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    Erika Edwards | NBC News

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    Another child with measles in Texas has died, the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed late Saturday night, though the exact cause of death is under investigation, NBC News reported.

    This would be the second pediatric death amid a fast-growing outbreak that’s infected nearly 500 people in Texas alone since January. An adult in New Mexico is also suspected of dying from measles. The deaths are the first from the disease in the United States in a decade.

    HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. was expected to attend the child’s funeral...

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