The measles outbreak is surging in West Texas, especially in under-vaccinated communities, but it’s not just coverage with the measles vaccine that is lagging behind. The use of other key vaccines in the childhood immunization schedule has decreased too.
Infamously vax-doubting Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. touted the benefits of the measles vaccine Sunday as a growing outbreak of the deadly disease ravages Texas. The HHS secretary,
The case count is now up to 158 people, according to the latest numbers reported by Dr. Jennifer Shuford, the DSHS Commissioner. She presented those numbers to the Texas House Committee on Public Health as the state faces a measles outbreak it has not seen in 30 years.
As of late last week, 164 people in the United States had confirmed cases of measles – more than halfway to last year’s total of 285 in the first two months of the year. Most cases were in
Avowed vaccine hater Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. appears to be walking back his own skepticism amid a massive measles outbreak in Texas.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime vaccine skeptic, seemingly reversed course and touted benefits of MMR vaccine amid deadly Texas measles outbreak.
Measles cases are popping up across the United States, including an outbreak in Texas that has led to the death of a child.
A child died in Texas after contracting measles. It was the first measles death in the United States since 2015, according to the CDC. The virus was declared eliminated from the United States in 2000. A measles outbreak infecting patients in Texas and New ...
A patient at CHOP in King of Prussia is the region’s first confirmed measles case this year. Authorities have not released the person's age or gender.