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

A measles outbreak in rural West Texas has claimed the life of an unvaccinated child, marking the first U.S. measles-related death since 2015.

More than 130 people have been infected with measles across Texas and New Mexico. The previous measles death in the U.S. occurred in 2015.