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    "parsed_content": "Measles OutbreaksWhat to KnowVaccine EffectivenessLong-Term Health RisksICE Detention CenterAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTSupported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTOz Offers Forceful Call for Vaccination as Measles Becomes More DireThe comments by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services director come as South Carolina grapples with a large measles outbreak.Listen to this article \u00b7 3:39 min Learn moreShare full articleCredit...Eric Lee\/The New York TimesBy Teddy RosenbluthFeb. 9, 2026Dr. Mehmet Oz has urged Americans to get vaccinated against measles, one of the strongest endorsements of the vaccine yet from a top health official in the Trump administration, which has repeatedly undermined confidence in vaccine safety.Dr. Oz, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services director, told CNN on Sunday that there was a simple solution to the raging measles outbreak in South Carolina, which has infected more than 900 people and become the largest U.S. outbreak in recent history.\u201cTake the vaccine, please,\u201d Dr. Oz said. He also pledged that there \u201cwill never be a barrier to Americans getting access to the measles vaccine.\u201dDr. Oz\u2019s comments are far more urgent than those from his boss, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose comments about the measles vaccine are often contradictory. He has said that the vaccine \u201cis crucial to avoiding potentially deadly disease,\u201d but he also has raised safety concerns and said getting vaccinated is a personal choice. The measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is considered very safe and about 97 percent effective in preventing infection.Dr. Oz\u2019s statements come as the country struggles to contain the highly contagious virus, which infected thousands of people in 2025 and appears to be following a similar trajectory this year. The United States is now at risk of losing its elimination status, a designation given to countries that have not had continuous spread of measles for more than a year. Measles has been eliminated in the United States since 2000.Michael Osterholm, an infectious disease expert at the University of Minnesota, likened Dr. Oz\u2019s comments to taking a garden hose to a forest fire.\u201cWhen you cast those kinds of doubts about vaccine safety and effectiveness, one interview on one news show is not going to move the needle,\u201d he said.Dr. Osterholm argued that Mr. Kennedy began sowing distrust in the vaccine soon after he was confirmed last February. As measles spread through West Texas, he appeared on national television, encouraging vaccination and then, almost in the same breath, raising questions about its safety.\u201cWe don\u2019t know the risks of many of these products because they\u2019re not safety-tested,\u201d Mr. Kennedy said last April.As the outbreak swelled and crossed state borders, he spoke of \u201cmiraculous\u201d alternative remedies and promised to explore potential new treatments for the disease, a move public health experts said signaled to Americans that vaccines weren\u2019t necessary.Mr. Kennedy and other top health officials have taken other actions that experts believe could negatively affect M.M.R. vaccination rates, which have been declining for years. In November, Mr. Kennedy instructed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism, despite the fact that large-scale studies have found no link between the shot and autism. And one of his appointees, who leads the federal panel that recommends vaccines for Americans, said last month that shots against measles should be optional.Andrew Nixon, a spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services, said the department\u2019s leadership had consistently emphasized that the vaccine was the best way to prevent the spread of measles. During the interview with the CNN anchor Dana Bash, Dr. Oz also defended Mr. Kennedy\u2019s track record.\u201cWe\u2019ve advocated for measles vaccines all along,\u201d he said. \u201cSecretary Kennedy\u2019s been at the very front of this.\u201d\u201cOh, come on,\u201d Ms. Bash responded.Teddy Rosenbluth is a Times reporter covering health news, with a special focus on medical misinformation.See more on: Mehmet Oz, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ServicesRead 710 commentsShare full articleRelated ContentAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT",
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