A second child with measles in Texas has died, although the exact cause of death is unknown at this time, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to attend the child’s funeral on Sunday, a spokesperson told NBC News.
The pair of children and an adult in New Mexico who is also believed to have died from measles are the first reported deaths in connection with the disease in the country in a decade.
Since January, 481 cases of measles have been confirmed in Texas alone, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.
That total includes six infants and toddlers at a day care center in Lubbock who tested positive within the past two weeks, according to NBC News.
Two of those children are among 56 people who have been hospitalized with measles in the area since the disease began spreading in January. More here