HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. earlier this week dismissed the measles outbreak in West Texas that killed an unvaccinated child as "not unusual" and appeared to misstate a number of key facts.

Robert F. Kennedy, in his first comments on measles as the new Trump health secretary, says the outbreak is not unusual. 'We have measles outbreaks every year.'

Experts answered key questions about the severity of the virus and the effectiveness of the vaccine. By Nina Agrawal Measles cases are surging in West Texas, where an outbreak has led to the first U.S.

Texas health officials say the number of people with measles has increased to 146 in a rural West Texas outbreak that led this week to the death of a school-age child who was not vaccinated

Vaccine hesitancy has been rising for years in the United States. Doctors and parents in one rural county are confronting the consequences.

The measles outbreak in Texas has grown to 146 cases with most infections reported among children and teenagers, according to new data released Friday.