More than 130 people have been infected with measles across Texas and New Mexico. The previous measles death in the U.S. occurred in 2015.

The first person known to have died from measles in the U.S. in a decade was announced by health officials on Wednesday and described as a "school-aged child" who perished in a children's hospital in West Texas,

A child in Texas has died from measles, officials said Wednesday, the first known death in the current large outbreak in West Texas and the first death from measles in the country since 2015. The individual, described as a school-aged child, was not vaccinated. The gender and previous health status of the child was not disclosed.