Hundreds across the country are attending town halls to make their opinions heard on the ongoing cuts to the federal workforce by the Trump administration. Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va., joins Alex Witt to discuss these public forums and cuts to the federal scientific agencies.

The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is having a huge impact on cervical cancer prevention among young women, a U.S. government report published Thursday suggests. Why it matters: The CDC report shows that rates of precancerous lesions among women aged 20-24 screened for cervical cancer dropped by about 80% from 2008 to 2022.

The CDC said the last confirmed measles death in the United States was in 2015, before this latest outbreak killed an unvaccinated child in Texas.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., says the CDC has sent vaccines to Texas, but emphasizes using vitamin A to treat the disease -- worrying infectious disease doctors.

A measles outbreak in Texas has grown to 159 cases, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it is now on the ground in that state to respond. The agency posted on X that it's partnering with the Texas Department of State Health Services.

A measles outbreak in the southwestern US has killed two people and infected more than 200, prompting a top health agency to issue a travel warning.

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Unvaccinated Texas man dies after contracting virus, country's total tally rise to 159. Read on to know what CDC has to say.

The number of measles cases associated with an outbreak in western Texas has grown to 198, according to new data released Friday.