US EditionRFK Jr. visits West Texas as a second child is buried after dying from a measles-related illness
- Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited Texas after the state confirmed a second measles-related death of an unvaccinated child.
- The child died from measles pulmonary failure, as reported by the Texas Department of State Health Services.
- Kennedy deployed a CDC team to assist with the outbreak response by supplying vaccines and medical supplies.
- He emphasized that the MMR vaccine is the most effective way to prevent the spread of measles.
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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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