The cases of measles climb in Texas because the outbreaks appear in the northeast

In the middle of the liquid the outbreak of measles In Texas, Senior Medical Analyst Fox News, Dr. Marc Siegel, sat down with HHS secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. -In an exclusive interview to discuss the worries of infection.

“The new Health and Human Services Secretary told me that he recommended a vaccine for the purpose of immunity in the community,” Siegel told Fox News, “Sandra Smith reports after an interview on Tuesday.

“He cooperates with Texas health officers to secure many more doses of shooting in Texas.”

At the same time, RFK still believes in a personal choice, Siegel added.

The cases of measles still spread to several countries after the child’s death

During the interview, RFK noted that most of the people who influenced Texas were part of the men’s community, including an unvaccinated girl who tragically died.

While the HHS secretary recommends vaccines in “very unvaccinated communities such as mennonite,” he admitted that there was “a lot of distrust in vaccines.”

“There are people who cannot be in this community – and they should not be vaccinated because they have autoimmune diseases or other immune problems,” he said. “If you vaccinate, you protect these people from the possible spread.”

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Kennedy also calls for more transparency and more vaccine studies, as well as an accurate reporting of vaccine injury, Siegel said.

The “stunning” 108 people have been treated with measles in Texas in the last 48 hours, RFK noted.

Therapies such as the use of cod liver oil, which contains vitamins A and D, “work,” he said.

The measles cases are still expanding after the initial outbreak in Texas.

Since Tuesday, March 4, the Texas Department of State Health Service has reported on 159 cases since late January.

Twenty -two patients were hospitalized in Texas of The epidemic began in the State South Plains region.

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Last week, Texas reported on the first death of a measles-child at the school that lived in the area and was not vaccinated against the virus.

The agency warned that because of the very infectious nature, the measles of additional cases “probably” appear “in the surrounding communities.

There is a disease Since it spreads Outside Texas borders on CDC reported 164 cases across the country from February 27.

Cases were discovered in Alaska, California, Georgia, Kentucky, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Rhode Iceland and Texas.

Pennsylvania also reported on her first case in Montgomery County, according to local news sources.

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Fox Weather reported on Monday that this case Pennsylvania had led to a warning of passengers at the JFK airport in New York.

Officials warned that individuals who traveled inside and from the terminal 4 of the airport were on February 25th may have been exposed, and some may have already been contacted around the potential infection.

Most of these cases in the US happened in the unvaccated, Children at schoolAccording to the CDC.

There have been almost 200 reported cases since the beginning of the year. 2024 were 285 cases for the whole year, per CDC.

Forty percent of last year’s cases were hospitalized for insulation or complications.

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Texas health officials emphasized that the best way to prevent infection is immunized with two doses measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine.

The virus can remain in the air and on the surfaces up to two hours after the infected person has started, doctors warn.