Two of the cases have been reported in Lubbock, a first in more than 20 years. Meanwhile, measles vaccination rates in Texas have fallen over the last four years.
Physicians say a measles inoculation rate of roughly 95% achieves herd immunity. Pike and Wayne fall short by some of Pa.'s widest margins.
Gov. Josh Green battled a measles outbreak that killed 83 people, mostly children. President Trump wants Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., a vaccine skeptic, as his health policy chief.
MMR vaccines are safe and effective, but fewer children are getting them.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushed back on Democrats’ allegations that he contributed to a measles outbreak in Samoa, saying vaccination rates were already low when he visited in 2019. “I went there nothing to do with vaccines,
Samoa’s director general of health says Robert F. Kennedy Jnr’s comments in the United States Senate about the 2019 measles outbreak in Samoa are a “complete lie”. The country’s health boss called the appointment of Kennedy as health secretary a “disaster for public health in the world”.
Governor Josh Green (D-HI) joins CNN’s Erin Burnett to discuss Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s testimony during his confirmation hearing to be President Donald Trump’s health and human services secretary about his role in the deadly measles outbreak in Samoa in 2019.
Canada’s top doctor is encouraging un- and under-vaccinated Canadians to seek protection against measles as cases of the incredibly contagious illness rise in Ontario and Quebec. This week, Theresa Tam,
A measles outbreak has been declared by two neighbouring Ontario public health units as there are now 19 confirmed cases of the virus in the area.
This entire administration is DEI for mediocre white men who know nothing about how to lead a country through a crisis.
Lubbock Public Health hosted a Q&A session on Thursday afternoon regarding the recent case of measles at a local healthcare facility.