Federal funding cuts, though temporarily blocked by a judge, have upended vaccination outreach across the country, including in Arizona, Minnesota, Nevada, Texas, and Washington state.
On four separate occasions, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Health and Human Services secretary, has suggested that the measles outbreak in Texas, which is now over 500 cases, is beginning to subside and grow more slowly. But a review of state data indicates there’s no decline yet in the pace of cases.
The measles outbreak in West Texas didn’t happen just by chance.The easily preventable disease, declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, ripped through
The measles outbreak in West Texas didn’t happen just by chance.The easily preventable disease, declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, ripped through
A senior scientist overseeing the measles response by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said a recent pullback of pandemic funding from states has hurt Texas’s response to its
CDC Senior Scientist Dr. David Sugerman says Texas, where most measles cases are being reported, is being impacted by recent funding cuts during the outbreak.
