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Texas' measles outbreak is up to 90 cases. Here's what you need to know about the virus, vaccination and boosters.

A child who tested positive for measles died in West Texas, the state health department said, marking the first death in an outbreak that has sickened nearly 140 people. The Texas Department of State Health Services said a school-age child died after being hospitalized in Lubbock.

The measles outbreak in West Texas has grown to 58 cases as of Tuesday. Eight people in neighboring eastern New Mexico also have been diagnosed with the highly contagious disease.

In recent weeks, cases of the measles virus have been increasing across the state of Texas. The epicenter of the measles outbreak has been in West Texas, in the area between Lubbock and Midland-Odessa.

It's the first measles death in the U.S. since 2015. More than 130 people in west Texas and New Mexico have been sickened in the outbreak so far.