The U.S. registered its first death from measles since 2015 this week, as a child who wasn’t vaccinated died in a measles outbreak in Texas.

Texas House Speaker Justin Burrows praised the state's measles outbreak response and called for more vaccinations. The state is providing vaccines and resources to affected areas. Burrows is monitoring the situation.

(Reuters) -As a measles outbreak spreads across West Texas, Dr. Ana Montanez is fighting an uphill battle to convince some parents that vitamin A - touted by vaccine critics as effective against the highly contagious virus - will not protect their children.