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As measles cases reach a 35-year high, a former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official sounded the alarm, saying the deadly outbreak is not being taken seriously and warning that the country is not \u201cprepared for global health threats\u201d under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/p>\n

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Former CDC Chief Medical Officer Debra Houry told MS NOW\u2019s Ali Velshi on Tuesday that the severity of the disease \u2014 which in 2000 was declared eliminated in the United States \u2014 has been dangerously underestimated as childhood vaccination rates have fallen, driven in part by unfounded conspiracy theories promoted by Kennedy and others.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think there\u2019s just been a really kind of a misconception that it\u2019s a harmless childhood disease,\u201d she said, adding, \u201cChildren are hospitalized with it. People can die from it. And even after you recover from measles, years later, people can die from a brain infection. \u2026 It\u2019s a really concerning disease, and this is not a record that we want to be having.\u201d<\/p>\n

Houry, who resigned last year in protest of Kennedy\u2019s \u201cpoliticized\u201d leadership at the CDC, said that health leaders typically speak \u201cabout the importance of vaccines\u201d during outbreaks. But she said the health secretary has bucked that tradition, instead spreading misinformation about the measles vaccines and promoting \u201cunproven treatments, like steroids and antibiotics.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Houry said the measles surge is only part of the broader erosion of the nation\u2019s public health infrastructure under the Trump administration, arguing that staffing cuts at the CDC and the country\u2019s withdrawal from the World Health Organization have left the U.S. less prepared for future outbreaks.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith about 30% of the workforce being cut, 80% of senior leaders at CDC being gone, we\u2019re seeing now that we\u2019re not able to track foodborne outbreaks as much,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd certainly if you can\u2019t have visibility into other countries, because we have withdrawn from the World Health Organization, we are not prepared for global health threats, either.\u201d<\/p>\n

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You can watch Houry\u2019s full interview in the clip at the top of the page.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Debra Houry told MS NOW that under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. 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