A child who was hospitalized with measles has died from the illness in West Texas, the first death in an outbreak that has infected more than 120 people​.

The first person known to have died from measles in the U.S. in a decade was announced by health officials on Wednesday and described as a "school-aged child" who perished in a children's hospital in West Texas,

A person who was hospitalized with measles has died from measles in West Texas, the first death in an outbreak that began late last month.