Texas measles outbreak spreads
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When Texas officials first discovered measles cases this year, they were among the Mennonite population. Now, officials say cases are spreading to other communities.
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505 measles cases have been reported in Texas as of April 8th, including two deaths.
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More than two months in, the West Texas outbreak is believed to have spread to New Mexico, Oklahoma and Kansas, sickening nearly 570 people. The World Health Organization also reported cases related to Texas in Mexico.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the curve is flattening in the measles outbreak in Texas. Public health experts say that's not what the data shows.
Texas officials yesterday announced the second death in its ongoing measles outbreak.
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The Texas Tribune on MSNA second Texas child has died from measles; RFK Jr. visitsAbout 500 Texans, mostly young unvaccinated children, have contracted the disease. The U.S. health secretary was in West Texas to visit the family.
The outbreak in Texas and neighboring states makes ... extraordinary healers" who he said have "healed some 300 measles-stricken Mennonite children using aerosolized budesonide and clarithromycin."
"While the initial measles outbreak in western Texas affected members of the Mennonite community, the virus easily spreads wherever communities are under-vaccinated—and right now, we’re seeing ...
A second school-age child in Texas has died from measles amid a fast-growing, multistate outbreak that now totals more than 600 cases nationally. | Texas health officials said a school-aged child who tested positive for measles was hospitalized in Lubbock and passed away Thursday.
Kennedy, an anti-vaccine advocate before ascending to the role of nation’s top health secretary earlier this year, has resisted urging widespread vaccinations as the measles outbreak has worsened under his watch.