{"id":2904,"date":"2025-04-06T23:02:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T23:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/06\/measles-death-second-child-texas-outbreak\/"},"modified":"2025-04-06T23:02:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T23:02:23","slug":"measles-death-second-child-texas-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/06\/measles-death-second-child-texas-outbreak\/","title":{"rendered":"Second child with measles dies in Texas, prompting RFK Jr. visit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A second unvaccinated school-aged child in\u00a0West Texas died from a measles<\/a>\u00a0-related illness, a hospital spokesman confirmed Sunday, prompting Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr<\/a>. to travel to\u00a0the area for the child\u2019s funeral.<\/a><\/p>\n

Kennedy, an anti-vaccine advocate before ascending to the role of nation\u2019s top health secretary earlier this year, has resisted urging widespread vaccinations as the measles outbreak has worsened under his watch. On Sunday, however, he posted a clear statement favoring vaccination as part of a lengthy statement on X. <\/p>\n

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Second child with measles dies in Texas, prompting RFK Jr. visit A second unvaccinated school-aged child in\u00a0West Texas died from a measles\u00a0-related illness, a hospital spokesman confirmed Sunday, prompting Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to travel to\u00a0the area for the child\u2019s funeral. Kennedy, an anti-vaccine advocate before ascending to the role of nation\u2019s top […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2145,1428,2179,2180,2149,2195],"tags":[2150],"class_list":["post-2904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cdc","category-health","category-infectious-disease","category-public-health","category-rfk-jr","category-vaccines","tag-statnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2904"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2904\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}