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Secretary for Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He stopped in Texas on Sunday and visited the family of a 6-year-old girl who died of a measles virus in February.
Kennedy confirmed his visit to Texas in a post on X in which he encouraged people to receive a vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) in the midst of growing cases of measles.
“Today I came to Gaines County in Texas to comfort the Hildebrand family after the loss of their 8-year-old daughter Daisy,” Kennedy wrote in the post. “I met the family of 6-year-old Kayley Fehr after passing away in February. I also developed relationships with a deep inclination towards other members of this community at that difficult time.”
Kennedy said his intention was quiet to visit the Gaines district, comfort his family and be with the community as they grieve.
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But he also said he was there to support Texas health officials and to learn how HHS agencies may be better partners to control the outbreak of measles.
From Sunday, there were 642 measles cases in 22 countries, and 499 were in Texas.
In March, Kennedy arranged a team from centers for the control and prevention of illness (CDC) to help strengthen the local and state response to the epidemic, while delivering pharmacy and state clinics with MMR vaccines and other supplies.
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Rfk Jr. He stopped in Texas on Sunday to visit the family of a 6-year-old girl who died of measles. (Getty)
Kennedy also had teamwork with local schools and health care institutions to support contact investigations and address the communities to answer questions concerning health care.
“The most effective way to prevent the widening of measles is the MMR vaccine,” Kennedy wrote in a post on social networks. “I talked to Governor Abbott and offered constant support to HHS. At his request, we redeemed the CDC teams to Texas. We will continue to monitor Texas leadership and offer similar resources to other hit jurisdictions.”
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A medical worker prepares measles, mumps and vaccines of rubella. (East)
The Grim Texas measles in Texas include six newborns and toddlers in a kindergarten in Lubbock, which has been positively tested in the last two weeks, according to NBC News.
Two of these children among 56 people who were hospitalized with measles in the area since the disease began to spread in January.
About one to three of every 1000 children infected with measles dies from respiratory and neurological complications, according to CDC data.
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Almost one of every 20 children with measles suffers from pneumoniawhich is the most common cause of the death of measles in young children.
The outbreak of measles began in Texas at the end of January, but since then it has spread to several other countries.
Fox News Digital’s Landon Mion contributed to this report.
