A rapidly spreading outbreak of measles in Texas has killed two people, US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr said on Wednesday. They are the first mortalities from measles in the US in nearly a decade.

New measles cases have been reported since the first death in West Texas amid the ongoing outbreak. Cases have also been confirmed in New Mexico and New Jersey.  Read More

A measles outbreak has infected dozens in Texas and New Mexico, with cases also reported in Alaska, Georgia, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island.

New measles cases have been confirmed in New Jersey and Kentucky with the one common factor being a lack of measles vaccinations.

Security forces shot and killed an airman from New Jersey who was pursued outside an Air Force base in New Mexico early Saturday, officials said.

Christopher Blevins dumped Laura Hughes’ body in the refrigerator in the forest in July before running off to Mexico, cops say.

The New Jersey Department of Health confirmed an initial measles case on Feb. 14 in an unvaccinated individual, and by Feb. 20, two additional cases were identified in people who had close contact with the original patient.

At least 124 cases of measles have been reported in Texas since late January — marking the largest outbreak in the state in close to 30 years. The dozens of reported cases have mostly affected children,

Texas and New Mexico have been at the center of the current measles outbreak, but four more states have confirmed cases.

Brian Rivers Jr. is accused of sexually assaulting a child from 2012 to 2018. He’d been on the run since May 2019.