Amna Nawaz:

A second child died from measles-related causes in Texas last week. It’s part of a growing outbreak that’s infected at least 505 people in Texas and has spread across 22 states.

Until this year, the U.S. had reported no deaths from measles in more than a decade.

Over the weekend, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited Gaines County, the epicenter of the West Texas outbreak, and spoke with families of both children who died. Kennedy has previously resisted calling for widespread vaccinations, but, on Sunday, he posted on X — quote — “The most effective way to prevent the spread of measles is the MMR,” or measles, mumps, and rubella, “vaccine.”

The measles vaccine is considered one of the 20th century’s major advances in public health, and it saved an estimated 94 million lives in the last 50 years.

The “News Hour”‘s Deema Zein recently sat down with someone who had a front row-seat to its creation.

Amna Nawaz:

A second child died from measles-related causes in Texas last week. It’s part of a growing outbreak that’s infected at least 505 people in Texas and has spread across 22 states.

Until this year, the U.S. had reported no deaths from measles in more than a decade.

Over the weekend, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited Gaines County, the epicenter of the West Texas outbreak, and spoke with families of both children who died. Kennedy has previously resisted calling for widespread vaccinations, but, on Sunday, he posted on X — quote — “The most effective way to prevent the spread of measles is the MMR,” or measles, mumps, and rubella, “vaccine.”

The measles vaccine is considered one of the 20th century’s major advances in public health, and it saved an estimated 94 million lives in the last 50 years.

The “News Hour”‘s Deema Zein recently sat down with someone who had a front row-seat to its creation.

Amna Nawaz:

A second child died from measles-related causes in Texas last week. It’s part of a growing outbreak that’s infected at least 505 people in Texas and has spread across 22 states.

Until this year, the U.S. had reported no deaths from measles in more than a decade.

Over the weekend, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited Gaines County, the epicenter of the West Texas outbreak, and spoke with families of both children who died. Kennedy has previously resisted calling for widespread vaccinations, but, on Sunday, he posted on X — quote — “The most effective way to prevent the spread of measles is the MMR,” or measles, mumps, and rubella, “vaccine.”

The measles vaccine is considered one of the 20th century’s major advances in public health, and it saved an estimated 94 million lives in the last 50 years.

The “News Hour”‘s Deema Zein recently sat down with someone who had a front row-seat to its creation.

Amna Nawaz:

A second child died from measles-related causes in Texas last week. It’s part of a growing outbreak that’s infected at least 505 people in Texas and has spread across 22 states.

Until this year, the U.S. had reported no deaths from measles in more than a decade.

Over the weekend, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited Gaines County, the epicenter of the West Texas outbreak, and spoke with families of both children who died. Kennedy has previously resisted calling for widespread vaccinations, but, on Sunday, he posted on X — quote — “The most effective way to prevent the spread of measles is the MMR,” or measles, mumps, and rubella, “vaccine.”

The measles vaccine is considered one of the 20th century’s major advances in public health, and it saved an estimated 94 million lives in the last 50 years.

The “News Hour”‘s Deema Zein recently sat down with someone who had a front row-seat to its creation.