Measles has been spreading in the US, reaching infection levels not seen in decades …. This year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recorded 1,748 infections as of April 17 – a rate that’s far outpacing last year’s total – though public health experts say the national numbers are likely a gross undercount.
For some vaccine-hesitant parents …, who’ve been goaded by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., watching an outbreak rip through their state has made the deadly realities of the disease more concrete. …. And in several measles hotspots, enough of them are quietly changing their minds on the MMR shot that it’s slowing down the outbreaks.
The health department in South Carolina saw a nearly 170% increase in MMR immunizations at free clinics in January from the year prior …. MMR vaccines jumped 15% in Texas last year before the state declared its outbreak over in August.
A growing number of MAHA supporters embracing shots when measles comes to town calls into question the strength and sustainability of his movement. In recent weeks, Kennedy himself has gone quiet on the hot-button issue ahead of the midterm elections ….
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