Measles Outbreak: 160 Cases, Death
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As of Tuesday , more than 160 people had contracted measles in at least eight states.
Texas announced the first measles death in the U.S. in a decade last month amid an ongoing outbreak.
Measles is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable disease caused by a virus that primarily, and most severely, affects children.