The CDC has redeployed staff to respond to a deadly measles outbreak in Texas following layoffs impacting virus response efforts. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has ordered more CDC staff to Texas after an 8-year-old unvaccinated girl died in the outbreak, which is part of the highest U.S. measles cases seen since 2019, threatening America’s elimination of endemic spread. Kennedy’s controversial statements on measles treatment have drawn scrutiny, with experts emphasizing the importance of vaccination and evidence-based treatments for the preventable disease.
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CDC redeploys to Texas measles outbreak after layoffs, as RFK Jr. calls vaccine “most effective way” to stop spread
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