Arizona hasn't had a reported measles case so far this year, but red flags are leading some experts to worry we could see an outbreak like the one in Texas. Why it matters: Some Arizona counties have lower measles vaccination rates than in west Texas,

Texas health officials are issuing a stern warning against the dangerous practice of “measles parties” as the state grapples with a growing measles outbreak.

With growing cases of measles in Texas and Lubbock reporting the states first death, local health officials hosted a news conference offering updates.

A Texas public health official is warning people to stop holding and attending "measles parties" as the outbreak has now spread to nine states across

An unvaccinated school-aged child in Texas has died of measles, the first associated with an outbreak that has infected more than 100 people.

Nearly a month after the first reported case of measles in the South Plains, health officials have confirmed the first death due to the outbreak.

LUBBOCK, Texas — A person who was hospitalized with measles has died from measles in West Texas, the first death in an outbreak that began late last month. Lubbock city spokesperson Lauren Adams confirmed the death Wednesday. It wasn't clear the age of the patient, who died overnight.

The unvaccinated school-age child is the first confirmed fatality in Texas’s worst measles outbreak in three decades.

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