A second child with measles in Texas has died.
The Texas Department of State Health Services said a school-aged child who tested positive for measles was hospitalized in Lubbock and died on Thursday from what the child’s doctors described as measles pulmonary failure. The child was not vaccinated and had no reported underlying conditions.
The New York Times reported Sunday that the victim was an 8-year-old girl. Lubbock County has had at least 33 confirmed infections since the outbreak began in January in the South Plains region of western Texas. The first child died in Lubbock in February…