Second child with measles has died in Texas, officials say

Although the exact cause of death is not yet known, the second child with measles in Texas has died, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.

A spokesman told NBC News that HHS secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., plans to attend his child’s funeral on Sunday.

A pair of children and an adult in New Mexico are also considered Died from measles It is the first reported death to disease in the country in a decade.

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The second child in Texas with measles died. (Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images)

Since January, 481 cases of measles have been confirmed Texas onlyAccording to the Texas Department of Health Services.

According to NBC News, a daycare center in Lubbock, which includes a total of six babies and toddlers, has tested positive in the past two weeks. Two of these children are one of 56 people hospitalized with measles in the region since they began spreading in January.

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Since January, 481 cases of measles have been confirmed in Texas alone. (Reuters/Anne Rice)

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 1,000 out of every 1,000 children infected with measles die from respiratory and neurological complications. About 1 in 20 children with measles Suffering from pneumoniaThis is the most common cause of death for measles in young children.

The measles outbreak began in Texas in late January, but has since spread to some other states.