‘Measles is only a plane flight away’: As outbreak surges, experts warn against global health funding cuts
Although measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000, it still rages on in many parts of the world. With decreasing vaccination rates across the US, experts say, imported cases can ...
Kennedy Links Measles Outbreak to Poor Diet and Health, Citing Fringe Theories
In a recent interview, the health secretary also suggested that the measles vaccine had harmed children in West Texas, center ...
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Kennedy Said Measles Outbreaks Are ‘Not Unusual.’ Here’s What the Data Says.
By Nina Agrawal Measles cases are surging in West Texas, where an outbreak has led to the first U.S. death from the virus in a decade. But in a meeting with President Trump and other cabinet ...
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We ended measles once. Now a child has died needlessly from a preventable disease. | Opinion
In 2025, one of us announced the death of an unvaccinated child from a measles outbreak − the first such death of a child in the United States since 2015. As leaders of local health ...
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A child has died in the Texas measles outbreak
The death of the child, who was not vaccinated for measles, was confirmed by state and local health officials and comes after weeks of a growing outbreak that spans Texas and New Mexico.