Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. urged the public to get the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine after a second school-aged child died from the virus in Texas, calling it the “most effective” way to prevent the spread of measles.
Kennedy traveled to Gaines County, Texas, on Sunday to attend the funeral of an 8-year-old girl who died from measles. He also met with state health officials and Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) about how his department can continue to support efforts to control the measles outbreak, which has now spread from West Texas to New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
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