The patient tested positive for the infection, but state health officials could not confirm that it was the cause of death.
A deceased, unvaccinated person in New Mexico tested positive for measles, the state health department said in a statement Thursday.
Health officials in New Mexico are investigating the cause of death of an unvaccinated person who tested positive for measles ...
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The Mirror US on MSNSecond 'measles death' confirmed in New Mexico in unvaccinated adultA second adult has died after being infected with the measles, health officials announced on Thursday. The individual was ...
An adult who was infected with measles has died in New Mexico, though the virus has not been confirmed as the cause. State ...
If measles is confirmed as the cause of death, it would be the first measles death in New Mexico in at least 40 years, a ...
A possible second measles death has been recorded in the U.S. this year after a New Mexico resident tested positive for the virus following their death.
The unvaccinated individual was from Lea County, located near West Texas, where a measles outbreak has resulted in 159 cases.
The New Mexico resident didn't seek medical care before dying, but the person tested positive for measles, state health officials said.
The death of a New Mexico adult comes eight days after a 6-year-old child succumbed to the disease in Texas last week.
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