State health officials said on Thursday that the non -fortified person who died in New Mexico had proven positive for the group.
The officials have not yet confirmed that the measles were the cause of death, and they said that the person did not ask for medical treatment before death.
The announcement came a little more than a week after a The child died From measles in Jeans Province, Texas, the first death in the United States in 10 years.
Ten cases of measles were reported, six adults and four children, in Lea County, New Mexico, which borders the Jeans Province, West Texas Petty Center.
This fascism was a trial by the fire of the Minister of Health and the new Humanitarian Services, Robert F. Kennedy Junior, a prominent vaccine. His profitable response has extracted severe criticism from scientists who say it is an offer Continue support for vaccination And his son Emphasizing unparalleled treatments For a group like cod liver oil.
Instead of widely praised the safety and effectiveness of vaccines, as the former HHS trustees did, Mr. Kennedy said that vaccines help protect from measles, but the decision to vaccinate “is a personal decision.”
All cases of New Mexico included an unknown person or with an unknown vaccine. While the cases in New Mexico were not officially linked to Texas’s outbreaks, officials said the link was “suspected.”
As of Tuesday, measles outbreaks were in West Texas A disease of approximately 160 peopleWith 22 in the hospital.
New Mexico’s health officials have urged the population to obtain measles, mumps and pill, which experts say the best way to protect against the disease. Two doses of the vaccine prevent more than 97 percent of measles infections.
“We do not want to see the new Mexicans who get sick or die from measles,” said Dr. Chad Smiler, the government of government epidemics.
Measles virus, which spreads when an infected person breathes, coughs or sneezes, is very infectious. Every person with an injured person can spread the nurse to up to 18 others.
Within a week or two of exposure, people with high fever, coughing, ciliary brand, red, water eyes may develop. Within a few days, a rash explodes, first as a flat red spots on the face and then spread in the neck and torso to the rest of the body.
In most cases, these symptoms are solved within a few weeks. But in rare cases, the virus causes pneumonia, which makes it difficult for patients, especially children, to get oxygen in their lungs.
The infection can also lead to swelling of the brain, which may cause permanent damage, including blindness, deafness and mental disabilities.
For every 1,000 children they get measles, one or two will die, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The virus weakens the immune system in the long run, making its host more vulnerable to future infections.
A 2015 study found that before the MMR vaccine was widely available, the measles may have been responsible for up to half the death of infectious diseases in children.
