A growing measles outbreak in west Texas has infected 48 people, according to official state data released Thursday -- the latest sign that the once-vanquished childhood disease is making a comeback as vaccination rates decline.
The outbreak comes as vocal vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. -- who has repeatedly and falsely linked the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to autism -- was confirmed as the United States' health secretary, a position that grants him significant authority over immunization policy.
