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2nd child dies in Texas measles outbreak

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The virus has been spreading in undervaccinated communities, and since February, two unvaccinated people have died from measles-related causes.
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"We are deeply saddened to report that a school-aged child who was recently diagnosed with measles has passed away," a spokesperson for the UMC Health System in Texas said in a statement to ABC News.
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Kennedy added that “the most effective way to prevent the spread of measles is the MMR vaccine,” which has arguably been his most forceful statement to date in support of the vaccine.

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