Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) — Today (Friday) Texas state health officials announced a historic measles outbreak in the western part of the state, just short of 200 cases. While the number of cases in neighboring New Mexico tripled in a day to 30. Most of the cases across both states are in people younger than 18 and people who are unvaccinated or have an unknown vaccination status. New Mexico’s health department’s website states, it hasn’t been able to prove a clear connection to the Texas outbreak; but a link is “suspected.” U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist who has stopped short of recommending people get the vaccine, has promoted unproven treatments for the virus, like cod liver oil.
