Health and Human Services Secretary and notorious anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to attend the funeral of a child who recently died of measles. Kennedy is slated to attend the Sunday ceremony in Lubbock,

A second child has died from a measles-related illness in West Texas as the outbreak continues to spread. The child was not vaccinated against the disease, a spokesperson for UMC Health System in Lubb

Texas confirmed 505 measles cases in 22 counties on Tuesday. About 70% of these cases were confirmed in children under the age of 18.

Many people not getting tested for measles or don't have access to test for highly infectious disease as outbreak area expands.

A second child in Texas has died from measles, one of the world’s most contagious illnesses, which was declared eliminated from the United States in 2000, several decades after the introduction of a highly effective vaccine.