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The child dies because of the measles epidemic, marking the first US death in a decade

Listen to the article A child in West Texas died of measles, state health officials said on Wednesday, the first American death from the extremely contagious disease in a decade. It comes after an outburst in Texas, grew up from a handful of more than 130 in two states. The child, who was not vaccinated against the disease, died overnight in a children’s hospital, the Texas Health Department said in a statement. “We had so many kids coming and then we obviously weren’t prepared, probably so early in what we see death,” said Amy Thompson, chief executive of Covenant Children’s