Dr. Patrick Jackson, a UVA infectious disease expert, warns declining vaccination rates could lead to more outbreaks.

Most of the measles cases reported so far this year are in Texas, where health officials are trying to clamp down on a growing outbreak that has sickened more than 150 people. Other states have also recorded measles cases though they trail far behind Texas, including New Mexico, California and New York City.

Here’s what to know about the current measles outbreak, how common the measles is in the U.S., how it spreads and what the symptoms and treatment are.

The deadly outbreak comes 25 years after health officials declared measles to be eliminated in the United States following an effective vaccination program. But immunization rates have been gradually dropping in recent years,

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An unvaccinated New Mexico adult who tested positive for measles has died, the second death in a growing measles outbreak centered along the West Texas-New Mexico border, officials said Thursday.