By Marie Rosenthal, MS
Another child died from measles in the ongoing outbreak centered in the South Plains region of Texas. The school-aged child who tested positive for measles was hospitalized in Lubbock and died on April 3 from pulmonary failure due to measles, according to the state health department.
The child was not vaccinated and had no reported underlying conditions. This is the second Lubbock child to die during this outbreak, which has infected 481 people, mostly children, as of April