{"id":2187,"date":"2025-04-07T11:40:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T11:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retirednurseblog.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/07\/new-york-times-second-child-dies-of-measles-in-texas\/"},"modified":"2025-04-07T11:40:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T11:40:45","slug":"new-york-times-second-child-dies-of-measles-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/retirednurseblog.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/07\/new-york-times-second-child-dies-of-measles-in-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Times: Second child dies of measles in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm95mzdcq002q2bnt21cmawxs@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            An 8-year-old girl in Texas died Thursday morning of \u201cmeasles pulmonary failure,\u201d according to The New York Times, citing records it obtained.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm95nztmq00063b6omuzc4ji4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            A Trump administration official told the paper the girl\u2019s cause of death is \u201cstill being looked at.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm95nztmq00073b6ogf15ua81@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            This is the second death in the state linked to the ongoing measles outbreak. The first death was in an unvaccinated school-age child in February. A death in New Mexico remains under investigation.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm95nztmq00083b6oa8wvmw04@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The outbreak \u2013 now spanning Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and possibly Kansas \u2013 reached at least 569 cases Friday, according to data obtained from state health departments.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm95nztmq00093b6o4iionywp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Texas has reported 481 outbreak-associated cases; New Mexico has 54 cases, and Oklahoma reported 10 cases \u2013 eight confirmed and two probable \u2013 as of Friday.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm95nztmq000a3b6opl5ry1i1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Cases in Kansas, which the state health department said may be linked to the outbreak, reached 24 as of Wednesday.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm95nztmq000b3b6otw3kt9e8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Experts said these numbers are most likely a severe undercount because many cases go unreported.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm95nztmq000c3b6orgcj7wyv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Most of the reported cases are in people under 18, and experts worry about increasing hospitalizations, especially in younger children who are at higher risk of complications.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm95nztmq000d3b6ohvdwbn91@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cThe more children who get the disease means that there\u2019s an increased chance that there will be more children getting sicker with complications from measles,\u201d said Dr. Christina Johns, a pediatric emergency physician at PM Pediatrics in Annapolis, Maryland.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm95nztmq000f3b6ocf3mfx0o@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr has downplayed the severity of the outbreak and faced criticism of the agency\u2019s response.    <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An 8-year-old girl in Texas died Thursday morning of \u201cmeasles pulmonary failure,\u201d according to The New York Times, citing records it obtained. A Trump administration official told the paper the girl\u2019s cause of death is \u201cstill being looked at.\u201d This is the second death in the state linked to the ongoing measles outbreak. 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