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Apr 10, 2026
Children in Lubbock, Texas were admitted to the hospital with liver damage. Not from measles. From vitamin A toxicity — because their parents followed RFK Jr.’s advice and gave them cod liver oil to t...
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Children in Texas were hospitalized with vitamin A toxicity after parents followed RFK Jr.'s advice to treat measles with cod liver oil instead of vaccination. This mirrors a 2019 Samoa campaign by RFK Jr. that preceded a deadly measles outbreak killing 83 people, and the U.S. is now facing record measles cases with deaths and threatens to lose elimination status.
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