Several states are working to contain measles outbreaks after authorities confirmed that a school-age child has died from the disease in Texas. Officials in Texas announced the child's death Wednesday,

The nation's top public health agency says about 180 employees who were laid off two weeks ago can come back to work.

A measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico has grown to 208 confirmed cases, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. 198 of the cases are in Texas and 10 are in New Mexico.

Texas announced the first measles death in the U.S. in a decade last week amid an ongoing outbreak. Here's where measles has been recorded.

A historic measles outbreak in West Texas is just short of 200 cases, Texas state health officials said Friday, while the number of cases in neighboring New Mexico tripled in a day to 30. Most of the cases across both states are in people younger than 18 and people who are unvaccinated or have an unknown vaccination status.

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.