The measles outbreak in Texas has sparked debate over the use of vitamin A, with some health experts warning it may not be effective.
No, taking vitamin A is not going to protect you from catching measles, whatever Robert F. Kennedy Jr suggests. Here’s what will.
CDC officials warned in 2019 that the country was at risk of losing measles elimination status, after outbreaks spread for several months around undervaccinated communities in the
The U.S. registered its first death from measles since 2015 this week, as a child who wasn’t vaccinated died in a measles outbreak in rural West Texas.
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RFK Jr. is pushing this vitamin for measles treatment. Health experts are worried - While taking vitamin A can help prevent complications in people infected with measles, only the vaccine can ward off
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Verywell Health on MSNCan Vitamin A Prevent or Treat Measles?In response to the measles outbreak in Texas and other states, the HHS is highlighting vitamin A as a measles treatment. Experts say the nutrient does nothing to prevent measles and that most people in the U.
Texas announced the first measles death in the U.S. in a decade last week amid an ongoing outbreak. Here's where measles has been recorded.
US Health Secretary and long-standing anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is facing criticism for his equivocal response to the raging measles outbreak in West Texas, which as of Tuesday has grown to 159 cases, with 22 hospitalizations and one child death.
Texas health officials have reported one death and 22 hospitalizations in the northwestern Texas Panhandle region, mostly among unvaccinated children.
As cases of measles keep rising in Texas, some doctors call Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s response a "wink and nod" to anti-vaccine groups.
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