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A child hospitalized with measles in Lubbock, Texas, has died, local officials said Wednesday, marking the first death in an outbreak of the highly contagious virus, which has spread to more than 120 confirmed cases over the last month.
Eighteen people sickened with the virus have been hospitalized.
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Melissa Whitfield, spokesperson for the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, told Forbes an unvaccinated, school-age child with measles died within the last 24 hours, though additional information about the case is unknown.
The Texas Department of State Health Services reported 124 cases of measles in the state as of Tuesday, with 18 of the patients having been hospitalized.
The health department said five of the…