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Kennedy Urges CDC to Explore Vitamin A for Measles

5/4/2025

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has called on the CDC to investigate the potential of vitamin A as a treatment for the ongoing measles outbreak in West Texas, which has impacted over 900 people. However, immunologists caution that this could jeopardize herd immunity, stressing that vitamin A should only address deficiencies, not replace conventional treatments.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has called on the CDC to investigate the potential of vitamin A as a treatment for the ongoing measles outbreak in West Texas, which has impacted over 900 people. However, immunologists caution that this could jeopardize herd immunity, stressing that vitamin A should only address deficiencies, not replace conventional treatments.