CDC staff received an email this week telling them to avoid using more than a dozen terms or words-- including "health equity," "race," "bias," and "disparity" -- in their annual performance evaluations;

A child who was hospitalized with measles has died from the illness in West Texas, the first death in an outbreak that has infected more than 120 people​.

A child in Texas has died from measles, officials said Wednesday, the first known death in the current large outbreak in West Texas and the first death from measles in the country since 2015. The individual, described as a school-aged child, was not vaccinated. The gender and previous health status of the child was not disclosed.