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Study details hospitalizations and complications in Texas measles outbreak
Filed: May 30, 2026 at 12:00 AM ET
Summary: A new CDC-linked study finds about 20% of measles patients in a multi-state outbreak were hospitalized with complications.
WHO: State and federal researchers publishing in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
WHAT: Published a postmortem analysis of last year's multi-state measles outbreak originating in West Texas, reporting high hospitalization and complication rates.
WHEN: May 29, 2026 at 2:35 PM ET
WHERE: USA
WHY: To document outcomes from the multi-state measles outbreak that spread out of West Texas.
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