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The measles crisis in West Texas led to the life of another child, and the second death in the outbreak of the area and wounded dozens of population in the adjacent states.
The 8 -year -old died due to the “pulmonary measles failure” in a hospital in Lubuk, Texas, according to the records obtained by the New York Times. This is the second confirmed measles death in a decade in the United States.
The first was a non -fortified child who died in West Texas in February. Another non -counted person died in New Mexico after his positive testing of the group, although officials have not yet confirmed that the measles were the cause of death.
The Trump administration official said on Saturday night that the girl’s death was “still looking at him.”
Since late January, when the disease began, West Texas has reported 480 of measles and 56 cases in hospitals. The outbreak of the disease also spread to the adjacent countries, as they wrapped 54 people in New Mexico and 10 in Oklahoma.
If the virus continues to spread this pace, the country risks the loss of measles, a hard victory obtained in 2000. Public health officials expected West Texas to continue for a year.
Robert F. Kennedy, the country’s Minister of Health, is severe criticism for dealing with him. He is skeptical of a prominent vaccine, and has provided inherent support for vaccination and confirmed unparalleled treatments for stiffness, such as cod liver oil.
According to doctors in Texas, Mr. Kennedy’s support for alternative treatments has contributed to delaying patients from critical care and absorbing the toxic levels of vitamin A.
Experts also fear that the recent Trump administration decisions to dismantle international public health guarantees and withdraw financing from local health departments have made large multi -stage outbreaks more likely.
Measles is one of the most neighboring pathogens. The virus can last in the air for up to two hours after the injured person left the room and spreads when a sick person breathes or cough or sneezes.
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 of flat red points explodes on the face and then spreads in the neck and stem 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, but in particular children, get oxygen in their lungs.
This may also cause brain swelling, which can leave permanent problems, such as 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 also harms the body’s immune defenses, which leaves it vulnerable to other pathogens.
Christina Gyeet The reports contributed.
