RFK Jr. visits West Texas as a second child is buried after dying from a measles-related illness

Don't believe RFK Jr.'s flip-flop on the measles vaccine

He finally claimed to support the vaccine—one day after boosting baseless treatments peddled by quack doctors.

By Neha Mukherjee and John Bonifield U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. publicly urged people to get vaccinated against measles in an interview with CBS News on Tuesday. “We encourage people to get vaccinated against measles,” Kennedy told the network’s chief medical correspondent, Dr. Jon LaPook. “The position of the federal government, my position, is that people should get vaccinated against measles, but the govern…

RFK Jr. claims curve is flattening in Texas measles outbreak. Does the data agree?

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Vitamin A and measles: The benefits and risks of the homeopathic remedy pushed by RFK

Currently, 22 states are reporting the highly contagious measles, with nearly 500 of the cases stemming from an outbreak in west Texas.

Some measles response plans crash to a halt after Trump cuts • West Virginia Watch

People stand outside of a Mennonite church in Seminole, Texas, where Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attended funeral services April 6 for Daisy Hildebrand, 8, the second Texas child to die from the measles this year. Measles cases are on track to reach a 34-year high as vaccine hesitancy spreads and funding cuts imperil state responses. (Justin Rex for The Texas Tribune)Cities and states fighting a historic measles out…

Measles outbreak in Texas surpasses 500 cases, majority in unvaccinated children

The health crisis continues to unfold as measles cases surge past 500, with only a handful of cases in vaccinated people.