Health News Kennedy Links Measles Outbreak To Poor Diet And Health, Citing Fringe Theories

The US is on track to lose its measles elimination status in months. RFK needs to go.

Canada has lost its measles elimination status and the U.S. is likely to be next. These failures are the result of the anti-vaccination movement, bolstered by the appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Read More

RFK Jr.’s Miasma Theory of Health Is Spreading

The NIH is picking up Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s argument that a healthy immune system can keep even pandemic germs at bay. Read More

Health Secretary Kennedy, Trump link circumcision to autism through Tylenol

WASHINGTON – Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. expanded his crusade against using Tylenol with a warning: boys who were circumcised were twice as likely to be diagnosed with autism later. "There ... Read More

Vaccine misinformation is a 'great concern' to SC health officials as measles outbreak continues

As the measles outbreak in the Upstate has grown to 30 people, including eight new cases this week, South Carolina public health officials addressed disinformation and myths contributing to lower ... Read More

Frustration grows amid measles outbreak quarantines across several states

South Carolina's measles outbreak has grown to 15 cases, state health officials reported Friday, a small increase from a few days ago. The new cases are among those who'd been exposed to the virus at ... Read More

South Carolina measles outbreak rises as schools with low vaccination see new cases

A South Carolina measles outbreak has grown to 16 cases, including five from schools with low vaccination rates, state health officials said Oct. 14. The South Carolina Department of Health first ... Read More

Measles outbreak forces 140 unvaccinated students into quarantine in South Carolina

SPARTANBURG, SC — Health officials have confirmed 16 measles cases in South Carolina since July, prompting nearly 140 unvaccinated students to quarantine at home after exposure to the virus. The ... Read More

Only 7 take advantage of free mobile vaccination clinics as measles continues to plague Upstate SC

Only seven people in Spartanburg County have taken advantage of public health mobile clinics offering vaccine despite the ongoing measles outbreak there that has infected 20 people, the South Carolina ... Read More

Mobile health units coming to Upstate in response to measles outbreak

SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) — SC health officials plan to roll out mobile health units in the Upstate later this week to address the recent measles outbreak. There are currently 16 confirmed cases ... Read More

Measles spreading beyond the center of the Utah-Arizona outbreak

MOHAVE COUNTY, Ariz. — The nation's second-largest measles outbreak this year is spreading beyond its epicenter along the Utah-Arizona border. Most of the known measles cases — 123 as of Wednesday — ... Read More

Why South Carolina’s measles outbreak is so concerning — and so avoidable | Opinion

I am tempted to say South Carolina has made infectious disease great again, but that would be glib. What we are seeing is no joke and portends a future that should concern us all. The United States is ... Read More

Measles outbreak in South Carolina grows: health officials still searching for source

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WSPA) – South Carolina health officials are monitoring a growing measles outbreak that has now confirmed at least 10 cases since July, but they still don’t know where it started. Three ... Read More