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

Measles Outbreak Nears Grim Milestone as Hundreds Quarantine in South Carolina

The South Carolina Department of Public Health reported 27 new cases of measles on Tuesday, all identified since last Friday, bringing the total number of identified cases in the state this year to ... Read More

While scientists race to study spread of measles in U.S., Kennedy unravels hard-won gains

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has fired experts on the vaccine advisory committee to the CDC and has said, without evidence, that vaccines may cause autism, brain swelling, and death. 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

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

If Texas measles outbreak is still spreading, U.S. could lose measles-free status, scientists say

One study estimates that an outbreak the size of the one in West Texas earlier this year costs about $12.6 million. Read More

Measles outbreak in Upstate SC grows to 34 cases; state has seen 37 total cases since July

The measles outbreak in Upstate South Carolina continues to spread, with four new cases confirmed, the Department of Public Health announced Oct. 31. The outbreak has now sickened 34 people, and the ... Read More

Measles outbreak in Arizona and Utah could spell the end for U.S. elimination status

A measles outbreak in Arizona and Utah shows no sign of slowing, putting the United States dangerously close to losing its elimination status for the vaccine-preventable disease. With holiday travel ... Read More

Kennedy’s push for vitamins in response to measles outbreak worries physicians

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s rhetoric on Texas’s measles outbreak is concerning physicians, who fear his public guidance is misguided and verges on being dangerous ... 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

Canada loses its measles elimination status. Will the U.S. be next?

Canada has lost its measles elimination status, the country’s Public Health Agency announced Monday. It’s the first country in the Americas to do so since the pandemic, and it could serve as a warning ... Read More

Canada loses its measles elimination status amid large outbreak

Canada has lost its measles elimination status amid a large ongoing outbreak of the virus, the Public Health Agency of Canada said Monday. Canada’s health agency was informed by the Pan American ... Read More

CDC Links Measles Outbreaks in Multiple States for the First Time

Health officials on Monday linked for the first time the measles outbreak that began in Texas with another in Utah and Arizona, a finding that could end the United States’ status as a nation that has ... Read More