Kennedy Jr. to Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, everyone is talking about water, and what’s going inside it. Since 1945, counties across the United States have implemented small traces of fluoride into their drinking water supply to support teeth enamel.

The death, reported on Wednesday, was the first U.S. fatality from the highly contagious disease in a decade. Government data showed a growing outbreak

At least 124 people have been infected in the fast-spreading outbreak. Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said "we have measles outbreaks every year."

Rates of measles in the US have climbed significantly over the past 20 years, as vaccine skepticism has grown.

At least 124 cases have been reported since late January, mostly among children and teenagers who were unvaccinated or whose vaccination status was unknown.

A child who was not vaccinated has died from measles in West Texas. It's the first death in an outbreak that began late last month and the first from measles in the U.S. since 2015.

Public health experts said that although it’s true we have measles cases in the U.S. every year, the latest outbreak is concerning.