Health / Medical

US registers first measles death in decade

today27 February, 2025

Background

A child in the US state of Texas has died from measles amid a worsening outbreak. The death is the first in the country from the disease in more than a decade. Nick Harper reports from Washington.

 

Written by: Leonard Witbeen

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