US EditionRFK Jr. visits West Texas as a second child is buried after dying from a measles-related illness
- A second child in Texas has died from a measles outbreak, with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reportedly planning to attend the funeral.
- Both deceased children were unvaccinated and part of the Mennonite community, which generally avoids vaccinations due to religious beliefs.
- Measles is a highly contagious disease, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that additional cases are likely to occur due to its contagious nature.
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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…
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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…
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