Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a notorious vaccine skeptic, has backed the measles vaccine amid the deadly Texas outbreak.

The measles outbreak that began in West Texas has now grown to well over 100 cases, with confirmed cases across Texas and New Mexico and possible exposures as far away as San Antonio and San Marcos. From the ongoing outbreak,

A child’s death this past week in Texas is the first U.S. death from measles, a highly contagious but preventable respiratory disease since 2015, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease