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The U.S. measles outbreak shows no signs of slowing

HHS Secretary Kennedy is now urging vaccination, as well as praising unproven treatments

A large white sign outside a hospital corridor proclaims in large black letters, Measles Outbreak. The sign gives symptoms of the disease and has a graphic with information about how to protect children with measles vaccines. A second child in Texas recently died from measles.

A measles outbreak sign warns those coming to the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock to be vigilant for symptoms of the highly contagious disease and take precautions, including vaccination.

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By Tina Hesman Saey

The death of a second child from measles is raising alarm bells anew that an ongoing outbreak of the highly contagious disease is larger than official numbers suggest.