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A sign reading “measles testing” is seen as an outbreak in Gaines County, Texas, has raised concerns over its spread to other parts of the state, in Seminole, Texas, on Feb. 25. Most adults and parents have read or heard false claims about measles and the measles vaccine, leaving many unsure of what to believe, a poll by the nonprofit organization KFF showed today.
Most adults and parents have read or heard false claims about measles and the measles vaccine, leaving many unsure of what to believe, a poll by the nonprofit organization KFF showed today.
The health policy nonprofit polled Americans on whether they had been exposed to three circulating false or misleading statements about measles.
Experts have said that the fight against rising measles cases is being hampered by a lack of forceful advocacy for vaccination by government health officials and by statements on unproven treatments that confuse parents.
A third of the 1,380 U.S. adults and parents polled by KFF have been exposed to the claim that receiving the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine is more dangerous than becoming infected with the disease, marking an increase of about 15 percentage points since a poll conducted in March 2024.
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