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As Measles Continues to Spread in Texas, Cases Jump in New Mexico

The outbreak has sickened nearly 200 people in Gaines County, Texas. A neighboring county in New Mexico has seen 21 new cases since Tuesday.

© Desiree Rios for The New York Times

A family nurse practitioner administering a measles, mumps, rubella and varicella virus vaccine last month to a 3-year-old patient at the Seminole Memorial Hospital in West Texas amid the measles outbreak there.
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Unvaccinated New Mexico Resident Dies of Suspected Measles

The patient tested positive for the infection, but state health officials could not confirm that it was the cause of death.

© Desiree Rios for The New York Times

Measles tests taken among patients with symptoms at Seminole Memorial Hospital in West Texas last month.
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