Measles Returns—Second Death Reported in US State!
United States: Doctors from New Mexico State Health announced an unvaccinated adult became infected with measles before passing away.
The patient would become the second measles fatality of 2025, thus representing the second American measles death in ten years next to an unvaccinated school-aged person who passed away during late February within the West Texas outbreak area, causing 160 identified infections.
More about the news
The recent measles outbreak has reached its largest dimensions in the United States since 2019 and is spreading to eastern New Mexico.
The deceased New Mexico resident did not receive medical attention prior to death, and doctors confirmed their body contained measles virus infections through laboratory tests, according to state Health Department news statements, as USA Today reported.
A review of the deceased individual’s death exists as part of the investigation process. Additional details regarding the deceased person remained undisclosed by state health officials even though healthcare authorities stated this new case did not belong to their previously identified nine individuals.
What are the officials stating?
New Mexico Health Department spokesperson David Morgan indicated that the state had not suffered from measles fatalities in at least 40 years based on CDC records, which started in 1985.
According to Dr. Chad Smelser, the deputy state epidemiologist for New Mexico’s health department, “We don’t want to see New Mexicans getting sick or dying from measles,” USA Today reported.
“The measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine is the best protection against this serious disease,” he continued.
The complete New Mexico measles patient population consists of six grown-up patients and four adolescent patients under 17 years, and it exists within Lea County near Texas’ Gaines County.
At least 22 patients need hospitalization at facilities across Texas.
The New Mexico New Mexico resident who died was the tenth case from the state; however, they were the only patients from the Nm cases who passed away, while every other case didn’t need hospital admission.
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