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As Kennedy tours West, frustrated Democrats demand meeting - Roll Call

Democrats, stymied in their demand for an in-person meeting with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., are taking their request on the road.

Roll Call

Push for Texas to weaken vaccine mandates persists as measles surge

Much of the outbreak is concentrated in the districts of Texas House leaders, including Speaker Dustin Burrows. The crisis appears to have done little to change support for “vaccine choice.”

The Texas Tribune

Measles is back. Now is the time to bolster Australian public health

The moment to prepare for the next health emergency is with us. We must not be complacent

The Guardian - AU

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Texas measles outbreak includes multiple cases at a day care in Lubbock

Public health officials say a day care facility in a Texas county that’s part of the measles outbreak has multiple cases, including children too young to be fully vaccinated

The Independent UK

RFK Jr stayed silent on vaccine, says father of child who died from measles

Pete Hildebrand says health secretary ‘never said anything’ about vaccine’s efficacy when he visited for funeral

The Guardian - US

RFK's vaccine "endorsement" is phony

Using Trump's pandemic playbook, Kennedy uses anti-prevention actions to speak louder than his empty words

Salon

RFK Jr praises anti-vaxxer hours after attending funeral of 8-year-old who died from measles

Nearly 500 people have been sickened in the West Texas measles outbreak. Of those, fewer than 10 were fully vaccinated

The Independent UK

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Robert F Kennedy Jr claims anti-vax physicians healed ‘some 300 measles-stricken children’

US health secretary continues to send mixed messaging about measles outbreak that has claimed at least three lives

The Guardian - US

2 school-age children have died in Texas measles outbreak, as total cases pass 480

Texas officials reported the death of a second school-age child in the state's ongoing measles outbreak.

LiveScience

Second child dies in US measles outbreak as new cases continue to soar

The unvaccinated 8-year-old was from a community in Texas experiencing a large measles outbreak.

Euronews

Second Child Dies Of Measles In Texas; Victim Was Unvaccinated, Previously Healthy

The unvaccinated school-aged child, who had no underlying health conditions, tragically died from lung failure while receiving treatment for measles at a Texas hospital.

International Business Times

Second Child Dies Of Measles In Texas;Victim Was Unvaccinated

The unvaccinated school-aged child, who had no underlying health conditions, tragically died from lung failure while receiving treatment for measles.

Medical Daily

Second US Child Dies Of Measles, Almost 650 Ill: Officials

A measles outbreak has killed a second child in the southwestern United States, authorities said Sunday, with almost 650 people now infected as the highly contagious disease spreads.

International Business Times

RFK Jr visits Texas as measles outbreak claims life of second child and outbreak continues to spread

The child is the second confirmed measles death in the the latest outbreak – and the second in the past decade

The Independent UK

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Second child died from measles-related causes in West Texas, where cases are nearing 500

A second school-aged child in West Texas has died from a measles-related illness

The Texas Tribune

A second Texas child has died from measles; RFK Jr. visits

About 500 Texans, mostly young unvaccinated children, have contracted the disease. The U.S. health secretary was in West Texas to visit the family.

The Guardian - US

Second child dies of measles in Texas amid rising outbreak

Officials reportedly said child died from ‘measles pulmonary failure’ having had no underlying conditions

Roll Call

Amid measles outbreak, Trump pulls funding for vaccines - Roll Call

The Trump administration clawed back $12 billion in grants for state and local health departments, leading to vaccine clinic cancellations.

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Evening Standard

OPINION - A great American brain drain is brewing — and so is a golden opportunity for London

Some great news came out of Texas this week. Great, that is, if you happen to be one of the better-known viral diseases. Measles is going gangbusters, and in cases at the Covenant Children’s hospital in Lubbock, now comes as a twofer with liver poisoning caused by elevated levels of…

The Texas Tribune

Lubbock’s public health director fights to stop measles and build public trust

Katherine Wells was celebrated early during the COVID-19 pandemic. Then public health became a political litmus test.

LiveScience

Kids infected with measles face long-term health consequences. Vaccines can prevent all of them.

Measles can erase the immune system's "memory" and cause a rare but fatal health condition. The MMR vaccine prevents these repercussions, evidence shows.

Fortune

50 free measles vaccine clinics in Dallas won't happen due to federal funding cuts

Closures come in one of the state’s biggest cities.

The Times of India

Traveller to the US and Europe at higher risk of catching measles: Precautions to take

The US and other European countries have been facing a measles outbreak with as many as 483 cases across the American states of California, Florida, Ohio, Vermont, Texas, New Mexico, and Kansas, as per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In Europe, an analysis by the World Health…

The Independent UK

US is on track to have the worst measles outbreak of this century, former Covid response coordinator warns

Hundreds of infections have been reported in West Texas as cases of the highly contagious virus continue to crop up nationwide

The Conversation

Measles can ravage the immune system and brain, causing long-term damage – a virologist explains

The measles outbreak that began in west Texas in late January 2025 continues to grow, with 400 confirmed cases in Texas and more than 50 in New Mexico and Oklahoma as of March 28.

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