Summary

Texas hospitals are treating children with vitamin A poisoning linked to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s promotion of the supplement as a measles treatment.

At Covenant Children’s hospital in Lubbock, patients with measles showed abnormal liver function due to excessive vitamin A intake.

Kennedy, the U.S. health secretary, claimed vitamin A dramatically reduces measles mortality. Experts warn his messaging confuses parents and downplays the proven protection of the MMR vaccine.

The U.S. faces its worst measles outbreak in decades, with nearly 500 cases across 21 states and two confirmed deaths.

  • BradleyUffner@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    If parents and doctors aren’t getting in trouble for killing their kids with quack drugs, why are they getting in trouble for giving real medication when their “child” is still in the womb?

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      2 hours ago

      Doctors aren’t giving the kids the Vitamin A, doctors are sounding the alarm that children are coming in with Vitamin A poisoning.

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        1 hour ago

        Sounds like a quick call to CPS is in order, if they are still around and haven’t been dumped by dumpy.