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Kennedy’s push for vitamins in response to measles outbreak worries physicians

March 5, 2025 • 12:00 a.m.

Kennedy’s push for vitamins in response to measles outbreak worries physicians

The Hill, March 5, 2025

There is “no evidence that vitamin A supplementation improves the outcome of measles in a child who has no vitamin A deficiency in the United States,” UTMB’s Dr. Susan McLellan tells The Hill for a story on how Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s rhetoric on Texas’s measles outbreak is concerning physicians.

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Kennedy’s push for vitamins in response to measles outbreak worries physicians

March 5, 2025 • 12:00 a.m.

Kennedy’s push for vitamins in response to measles outbreak worries physicians

The Hill, March 5, 2025

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