HOUSTON — Houston Mayor John Whitmire told KHOU 11 he is confident in the city's ability to swiftly respond to any potential arrival of measles cases as an outbreak in the western part of the state continues to grow.
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Measles cases are growing across Texas. How to check for measles symptomsMeasles cases has risen to 124 across several counties in West Texas, and health officials are seeing no clear end in sight to the outbreak. Texas Department of State Health Services confirmed the first death related to the outbreak Wednesday.
A child who wasn't vaccinated has died in a measles outbreak in rural West Texas, state officials said Wednesday, the first U.S. death from the highly contagious respiratory disease since 2015.
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