Second child dies from measles-related causes as Texas outbreak continues to spread

The second school-old child died of a child ham in Texas, a hospital spokesman on Sunday confirmed. The child’s death comes as a Ham The emergence of western Texas spreads.

Texas Lubbak’s UMC Health System spokesman Aaron Davis said the child was “receiving treatment for ham when he was hospitalized” and was not vaccinated. The hospital refused to say that the child died someday. Doctors said he had no health conditions and died in the pulmonary failure of Ham.

The US Center or Texas State State Department of State Health Services for disease control and prevention does not include death in them Ham report Issued on Friday. Spokes on the State Health Department and the US Health and Human Services Department did not respond with the request to comment on Sunday.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. traveled to Gains County on Sunday. In a post of X he said he was there “their 8-year-old daughter, Daisy, to comfort the Hildbrand family after a loss.”

“I am here to learn how to support Texas health officials and how our HHS agencies can be better partner with them to control the outbreak of ham, which is today, with 499 states of 642 ham in Texas,” said Keddy X.

The death of the first ham in a decade

An Lubak-— in February – The first ham died in the United States in a decade. In early March, an adult in New Mexico who was uncovered and did not seek medical care became a death related to the second ham.

More than two months, west Texas outbreaks are believed to spread to New Mexico, Oklahoma and Kansas, made about 570 sick. The World Health Organization also reported in Texas in Mexico.

The number of Texas cases has increased from March 25 to April 1, and 5 16 people were admitted to the hospital. A team of US centers to control and prevent disease is on the ground in response to the prevalence of Texas.

Ham’s cases twice since last year

On Friday, April 7, the last CDC update, on Friday, confirmed at least 607 ham cases in the United States this year, which is more than twice the amount of cases seen in all cases of 2021. New Mexico And New York. The CBS News Data Team is tracking the cases of guaranteed ham as a state health department and publishing CDC data. This map Updated with new data from the CDC on Friday.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a long -time anti -vaccine activist, gave a TPid message about the importance of vaccinating against Ham, saying that it should be encouraged while sowing suspicion on the security of the vaccine. He is expected to visit a Make America healthy in the United States in the south -west early this week.

On Sunday, in a post by Kennedy X, “the most effective way to prevent the spread of ham is the MMR vaccine.”

Ham, mamps and rubella vaccines have been used safely for more than 60 years and are 97% effective against ham after two doses.

Dr Peter Marx, a former vaccine chief of the Food and Drug Administration, says the responsibility of death depends on Kennedy and its staff. Marx was expelled from the FDA after a disagreement with Kennedy due to the safety of the vaccine.

“This is a reflection of the unnecessary death,” told the Associated Press in an interview on Sunday. “These kids should be vaccinated – that’s how you prevent people from dying in the ham.”

Marx also said that he recently warned US senators that if the administration did not respond to the outbreak more aggressively, more deaths would occur. Kennedy was called to testify in front of the Senate Health Committee on Thursday.

Texas is a doctor in high alert

In West Texas, there is a doctor in northern Texas in North Texas with Ham, such as Dr. Carla Garcia Kareno, a medical center plano director for children to prevent infection with high precautions.

“Ham, as we know, it is a preventable disease. Unfortunately, we are now in most cases that we are watching in the outbreak,” said Garcia Kareno.

Garcia Kareno said the hospital has been preparing to see patients in North Texas since the outbreak of ham in Western Texas in January.

“They need to be seen, and trying to get the test as soon as possible, and to seek the people suspected in ham or ham as soon as possible,” Garcia Kareno said.

Garcia Careno told you to check your medical records that you got the vaccine if you got the vaccine in Ham, Mumps and Rubella (MMR). If you do not find the history of your vaccine, you can test blood. Blood tests test for antibodies of ham.

“We need to have a population that has resistance against ham,” Garcia Kareno said. “At least 95% of the population needs to be protected, either because the vaccine has a history of resistance or infection.”

Garcia Kareno said that the vaccine is 93% effective after a dose and 97% effective after two doses. Kids under the age of six months can get the primary dose.

Garcia Careeno said, “Obsolent adults can take the vaccine with a dose at least 20 days.”

About 20%of the uninterrupted children who get ham attacks may need to be hospitalized and one to three cases is deadly in one to three cases.

Garcia Kareno said, “If you are getting the ham and are uninterrupted, your prevention is about to be suppressed a few months and seven to 10 years later, more than that, you may have a very deadly, brain inflammation,” Garcia said.

Experts say vaccination is more important before the busy summer travel season to control the virus.

CDC team deployed

Kennedy said on Sunday that in March he “To respond to multiple Texas regions in March, to increase local and state capacity, supply the necessary MMR vaccines and other drugs and treatment, to support the investigation into contact with local schools and healthcare facilities,” to contact the faith, “(any).

The Health Secretary said that CDC teams were renewed in Texas at the request of Governor Greg Abbott.

Experts and local health officials are hoping that the outbreak will continue for several months if not a year. In Western Texas, a large majority of events are in uninterrupted people and children under the age of 17.

With Several state outbreaks in the face of the outbreak Some of the vaccine-resistable diseases expressed concern that ham could spend on its dignity in the United States because of the elimination of the disease.

Hum is a breathing virus that can survive in the air for up to two hours. According to the CDC, the 9 out of 10 people will find a virus in 9 people. The first shot is recommended for children between the ages of 12 to 15 months and the second is for the age of 4 to 6 years.

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