RFK Jr.’s Vitamin A Fix for Measles Is Hurting Kids in Texas
A children's hospital has reported several cases of children being treated for both measles and vitamin A toxicity.
West Texas children treated for vitamin A toxicity after measles hospitalizations
Multiple children in West Texas have been treated for vitamin A toxicity stemming from at-home attempts to treat measles, ...
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High doses of vitamin A may be toxic, warns UVA Health’s Blue Ridge Poison Center
Because vitamin A is fat soluble, the body stores excess amounts. If too much vitamin A is stored, it can become toxic.
Local doctor warn of vitamin A use, toxicity as Texas measles outbreak continues to grow
A local medical official is warning against the unsupervised use of vitamin A to treat measles as Texas sees a growing number ...
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Amid Measles Outbreaks, Poison Centers See Uptick in Vit A Exposures in Kids
In a University of Virginia (UVA) Health briefing on vitamin A toxicity, Christopher Holstege, MD, medical director of UVA ...
Some measles patients in West Texas show signs of vitamin A toxicity, doctors say, raising concerns about misinformation
Doctors treating people hospitalized as part of a measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico have also found themselves facing ...
RFK Jr.'s Bogus Vitamin A Claims Are Making Some Measles Patients More Sick — And Medical Experts Have Thoughts
A Texas children's hospital is now treating children for vitamin A toxicity after RFK Jr. touted the vitamin as a measles ...
Multistate measles outbreak leads to dangerous vitamin A toxicity
As a measles outbreak spreads across the United States, doctors are now seeing a new and unexpected danger: children getting ...
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Can Vitamin A Treat Measles?
Measles is generally considered a well-controlled infectious disease, with only occasional surges. The U.S. has witnessed two ...
Remedy Supported by Kennedy Leaves Some Measles Patients More Ill
After the health secretary promoted vitamin A as a cure, parents in West Texas began giving their children high doses, ...
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West Texas children treated for vitamin A toxicity as medical disinformation spreads alongside measles outbreak
Medical disinformation connected to the West Texas measles outbreak has created a new problem. Children are being treated for ...
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Local doctor warn of vitamin A use, toxicity as Texas measles outbreak continues to grow
As measles cases continue to rise in Texas, a local health official is warning about using vitamin A to treat measles in children without the supervision of a medical professional. On Tuesday, the ...