Some measles patients in West Texas show signs of vitamin A toxicity, doctors say, raising concerns about misinformation
Source: CNN
Some measles patients in West Texas show signs of vitamin A toxicity, doctors say, raising concerns about misinformation
By Neha Mukherjee, CNN
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Published 8:40 PM EDT, Wed March 26, 2025
At Covenant Children’s Hospital in Lubbock, several patients have been found to have abnormal liver function on routine lab tests, a probable sign of vitamin A toxicity. Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images
(CNN) — Doctors treating people hospitalized as part of a measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico have also found themselves facing another problem: vitamin A toxicity.
At Covenant Children’s Hospital in Lubbock, near the outbreak’s epicenter, several patients have been found to have abnormal liver function on routine lab tests, a probable sign that they’ve taken too much of the vitamin, according to Dr. Lara Johnson, pediatric hospitalist and chief medical officer for Covenant Health-Lubbock Service Area.
The measles virus, paramyxoviridae from the Morbillivirus family, transmission microscopy view. (Photo by: BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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The hospitalized children with the toxicity were all unvaccinated.
US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy has centered his response to the outbreak on vitamin A, even suggesting in a Fox News interview that it could work “as a prophylaxis.”
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Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/26/health/texas-measles-vitamin-a-toxicity/index.html
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It's insane. 
This has become the new "ivermectin-type" hoax. 
Jesus never asked for a co-pay.
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