Measles is a respiratory virus that can survive in the air for up to two hours. Up to 9 out of 10 people who are susceptible will get the virus if exposed, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

New numbers from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) show high activity for respiratory illnesses in Colorado.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the last confirmed measles death in the United States was in 2015. There are also nine measles cases in eastern New Mexico, but the state health department said there is no direct connection to the outbreak in Texas.

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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the last confirmed measles death in the United States was in 2015. There are also nine measles cases in eastern New Mexico, but the state health department said there is no direct connection to the outbreak in Texas.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as well as the health departments in Texas and New Mexico, are closely monitoring a measles outbreak

Measles outbreaks in Texas and New Mexico, which have already seen one death, have many Americans wondering whether they are at risk and how cautious they should be. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning that global measles outbreaks increase the likelihood of cases among unvaccinated travelers.

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,

Health officials are deeply concerned after one child died from the highly contagious disease, and the virus has reached four states across the U.S.

Twenty-five years after the disease was declared “eliminated” in the U.S., cases are rising again, with a Texas outbreak now spreading to New Mexico. Measles cases continue to rise in the United States nearly two and a half decades after the virus had been declared eliminated in the country.

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Cases of the highly contagious disease are expected to rise and potentially spread to other states where vaccination rates are low.