Infamously vax-doubting Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. touted the benefits of the measles vaccine ...
Health experts say there ought to be no outbreaks in the United States. “Each outbreak signifies a lapse in our public health ...
Measles cases are popping up across the United States, including an outbreak in Texas that has led to the death of a child.
According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 10.3 million people were infected with measles and 107,500 died.
As of late last week, 164 people in the United States had confirmed cases of measles – more than halfway to last year’s total ...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime vaccine skeptic, seemingly reversed course and touted benefits of MMR vaccine amid deadly ...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has described the outbreak in West Texas last week as a “top priority.” But he has not explicitly ...
Measles was considered to be eliminted in the U.S. in 2000, thanks to vaccine developments. But vaccination rates have ...
Measles can cause complications like pneumonia, brain swelling, long-term hearing loss and death — as is the case in the current Texas outbreak. In the decade before the measles vaccine, the CDC ...
On Wednesday, the Texas Department of State Health Services (TDSH) said an unvaccinated child had died from measles as the ...