A second school-aged child has died in Texas from a measles-related illness, a hospital spokesperson confirmed Sunday. The child's death comes as an outbreak of measles originating in West Texas continues to spread.

A second school-aged child in West Texas has died from a measles-related illness, a hospital spokesman confirmed Sunday, as the outbreak continues to swell.

A second child infected with measles has died as an outbreak of the disease surges in West Texas. The 8-year-old girl died Thursday of "measles pulmonary failure" at a Lubbock hospital, as reported by The New York Times on Sunday. Another girl, 6, from the West Texas region died in February after contracting the disease.