Jessica McDonald

1 week ago | inkl.com | Jessica McDonald |Jessica Mcdonald

Two days later, in Phoenix, Ariz., Kennedy repeated the claim. “Our strategy has been very successful,” he said of dealing with the measles outbreak. “The number continues to grow by the day, but the growth rate … has diminished substantially.”In an interview CBS News released on April 9, he said, “the rate of the increase has substantially decreased, so we are successfully controlling it.” And in an April 10 Cabinet meeting, Kennedy again said that measles cases “have now plateaued.”Andrew T.

1 week ago | factcheck.org | Jessica McDonald |Jessica Mcdonald

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. 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.

4 weeks ago | factcheck.org | Jessica McDonald |Jessica Mcdonald

The measles vaccine uses a weakened virus that’s never been shown to spread to others. Samples from the outbreak in Texas also show that a wild-type virus is responsible. Yet, social media posts have falsely claimed that the outbreak is due to a vaccine strain. Without evidence, other posts have blamed immigrants crossing the southern border illegally. In 2000, following widespread vaccination, the U.S. eliminated measles, a highly contagious disease that can cause serious health complications.

1 month ago | factcheck.org | Catalina Jaramillo |Jessica McDonald |Jessica Mcdonald

In an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made several unsupported or misleading claims about the measles vaccine, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said is safe and “the most important tool to prevent” the disease. Meanwhile, a measles outbreak in Texas continues to expand.

1 month ago | factcheck.org | Jessica McDonald |Jessica Mcdonald

Measles is an extremely contagious vaccine-preventable disease that can lead to death or disability. It also wipes out immune memory for several years after an infection. As an outbreak in Texas continues to expand, social media posts have claimed without sufficient support that measles infections are beneficial later in life against cancer and other diseases, an idea health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has echoed.