The individual—whose name, age, and sex were not released by local authorities—is the second person to die from the virus amid a growing outbreak along the New Mexico-Texas border, sparking widespread concern among doctors that the federal government’s response is simply not enough to halt the spread of measles.

In the midst of a growing measles outbreak in Texas that has killed one child, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has misleadingly focused on vitamin A, including from cod liver oil,

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who went mountaineering over the weekend, has experts concerned over his handling of the West Texas measles outbreak.

He also promoted the use of vitamin A for measles treatment in a recent Fox News op-ed. While these statements refer to the treatment of measles in a medical setting, medical expe

RFK Jr. has cited vitamin A and cod liver oil as effective methods of measles prevention while stopping short of outright suggesting vaccines.