A child hospitalized with measles in West Texas has died. It's the first death in an outbreak that began last month.

A child who wasn't vaccinated died in a measles outbreak in rural West Texas, officials there said Wednesday, the first U.S. death from the highly contagious respiratory disease since 2015. The school-aged child had been hospitalized and died Tuesday night,

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.