Cod liver oil embraced amid Texas measles outbreak; doctors fight misinfo
US Health Secretary and long-standing anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is facing criticism for his equivocal response to the raging measles outbreak in West Texas, which as of Tuesday has grown to 159 cases, with 22 hospitalizations and one child death.
RFK Jr. touts vitamin A and cod liver oil for measles. Here’s what the science says.
In response, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has praised the benefits of the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine. But he has also touted the benefits of vitamin A, cod liver oil, and good overall nutrition as ways to stem the outbreak.
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‘It’s been flying off the shelf,’ Lubbock pharmacy sees more Vitamin A and Cod Liver Oil purchases amidst West Texas measles outbreakIn the midst of the West Texas measles outbreak, Drug Emporium, a local pharmacy in Lubbock, told EverythingLubbock.com ...
As the outbreak rages, unproven remedies like cod liver oil are being distributed free by some doctors. Families are lining ...
In a recent interview, the health secretary also suggested that the measles vaccine had harmed children in West Texas, center ...
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Cod Liver Oil for Measles; FDA, CDC Leases Terminated; Why Friday Surgery Is RiskyCod liver oil, the corticosteroid budesonide, and the antibiotic clarithromycin were among the measles treatments HHS ...
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