A child’s death this past week in Texas is the first U.S. death from measles, a highly contagious but preventable respiratory disease since 2015, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease

Schoolcraft says small outbreaks of Measles are not uncommon. He warns that residents should not panic. It is believed that the child who tested positive for Measles does not live

Officials at Legacy Traditional School – Cibolo said Thursday they had confirmed a measles case in a first-grade classroom. They later said the case was actually rubella.