Infamous-vax-doubting Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. touted the benefits of the measles vaccine Sunday as a growing deadly outbreak of the disease ravages Texas. The HHS secretary,

The warning against measles parties comes days after an unvaccinated child died of measles in Lubbock County about month after an outbreak began in West Texas.

The measles outbreak in Texas has quickly grown to 146 cases. One child has died. NBC News answers readers' questions about the disease, vaccines and government response.

WASHINGTON—Amid a growing outbreak of measles in Texas, recently confirmed Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is urging parents to vaccinate their children against the disease. While such a recommendation would be usually be unremarkable for a secretary of Health and Human Services,

After his controversial nomination as HHS Secretary, all eyes were on Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as he addressed a measles outbreak in Texas that has affected over 160 people across 10 states. NBC News Health & Medical Reporter Erika Edwards reports on this and the postponing of a key CDC meeting that could hold up the production of next year’s flu vaccine.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., long known for his skepticism toward vaccines, expressed support for the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine on Sunday in response to a growing outbreak in the Southwest,

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wrote an opinion editorial in favor of vaccines, citing he is “deeply concerned” about the measles outbreak in Texas. There have been 146 confirmed cases of measles in Texas’s South Plains region since January,

While RFK Jr has long been sceptical of vaccines, he emphasised the importance of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine.