An adult infected with measles died in New Mexico, but state health authorities announced on Thursday, but the virus was not confirmed as a cause of death.
The state spokesman said in a statement that a person who died did not receive vaccinations and did not receive medical services. The exact age and other details of the person were not disclosed immediately.
The person came from LEA County, and 159 measles were confirmed across the main boundary of the West Texas region, and last week, the school -age child died. New Mexican health officials did not connect the onset with the Texas case.
The person was the 10th measles infection in LEA County. Seven people were vaccinated. The vaccination of the other three is unknown. There were six cases in adults and the rest were in children under 17 years old.
On Tuesday, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that it is sending a team to Texas for local public health authorities that began in late January.
Measles, one of the world’s most infectious diseases, is a respiratory virus that can survive in the air for up to two hours. According to the CDC, a virus occurs when up to 9 out of 10 people with sensitivity are exposed.
Measpy, fashionable loweritis and rubella vaccines are safe and very effective in preventing infections and severe cases. The first shot is recommended for children in 12-15 months, and the second shot is recommended for children aged 4-6.
“We don’t want to see the New Mexican people sick or die in measles.” “Measles-Pump Lubela vaccine is the best protection against this serious disease.”
Texas’s crisis occurs as the US Health and Welfare (HHS) turns under the leadership of Robert F Kennedy JR, a well -known vaccine skeptic. Kennedy has long encouraged disbelief theories that connect vaccinations with autism as a child. One of his first actions in the office was to postpone a public meeting on vaccination.
Kennedy issued an opinion that focused on vitamin A and nutrition, raising alarms among pediatricians, vaccine experts and lawmakers, and raising opinions that did not guarantee the vaccine. In response to the onset of measles in Texas, Kennedy wrote in Fox News about “good nutrition” and the benefits of vitamin A, but it didn’t explicitly recommend a very effective vaccine.
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According to the CDC, measles are fatal to 1 or 2 of 1,000 infected children. Viruses also weaken the immune system over time and make people more vulnerable to future infections.
In the United States, about one out of five people who have not been vaccinated should be hospitalized in measles. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. In 2024, the ratio was much higher. 40%of people with measles were hospitalized..
