No. of Recommendations: 7
Texas Measles Outbreak? WTF...
All of the cases are in unvaccinated people or those who have unknown vaccination status. Among the 48 cases, 13 have been hospitalized.
A record share of US kindergartners had an exemption for required vaccinations last school year, leaving more than 125,000 new schoolchildren without coverage
for at least one state-mandated vaccine, according to data published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in October.
Coverage of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine is particularly low in Gaines County Texas, where nearly 1 in 5 incoming kindergartners in the 2023-24 school year did not get the vaccine.
The 18% vaccine exemption rate for the county is one of the highest in the state, according to data from the Texas health department.
Also just in:
"Brain Worms Kennedy says panel will examine childhood vaccine schedule after promising not to change it."
In his comments Tuesday, Kennedy promised that a new “Make America Healthy Again” commission would investigate vaccines, pesticides and antidepressants to see if they have contributed to a rise in chronic illnesses.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/health/measles-texa...https://apnews.com/article/childhood-vaccines-sche... 