Wisconsin health officials are closely monitoring measles outbreaks in other states like Texas. It comes as a child in the southern state died from the infectious disease. It's the first measles death in the United States since 2015.

Florida has recorded its first measles case of the year amid an outbreak in states across the country. A student at Miami Palmetto Senior High School in Pinecrest has been diagnosed with the disease,

If measles is confirmed as the cause of death, it would be the first measles death in New Mexico in at least 40 years, a Health Department spokesperson said.

Health officials in New Mexico are investigating the cause of death of an unvaccinated person who tested positive for measles, the state health department said Thursday.

An adult who was infected with measles has died in New Mexico, though the virus has not been confirmed as the cause