Authorities will work with the university to develop treatments.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will work to find treatment for measles that have caused multiple outbreaks in the United States this year, a spokesman said.
“We will have the whole agency involved in activating scientific processes, including measles, and treat many diseases, including single or multiple existing drugs combined with vitamins and other modalities,” a spokesman for the HHS told the Epoch Times in a May 1 email.
The HHS includes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration.
“This initiative includes collaboration with universities across the country, developing protocols, conducting testing and pursuing approval of new uses of safe and effective treatments that meet the highest scientific standards,” the spokesman added.
It was not clear which university would be involved.
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“In general, medical care is supportive to help relieve symptoms,” the fact sheet states. “Vitamin A may be used under the supervision of a healthcare provider. Other treatments, such as antibiotics, should be prescribed based on clinical judgment by the individual healthcare provider.”
The CDC also told providers that Vitamin A does not prevent measles and is not an alternative to vaccination. It also highlighted that research found that vitamin A successfully prevents measles death in children in areas with vitamin A deficiency, and warned that using vitamin A can lead to problems such as liver damage.
Kennedy says people should receive the measles, mumps and rubella vaccines.
“If you take that vaccine, you’re unlikely to get measles,” he said at City Hall recently.
He also notes that the shot has side effects, with some people refusing to take the vaccine and it is important for doctors to know how to treat measles patients.
“The CDC continues to recommend measles vaccinations as the most effective way to prevent illness,” a spokesperson for the HHS said. “At the same time, we recognize that some individuals and communities in the United States may choose not to get vaccinated. Our commitment is to support all families in order to reduce the risks of hospital risk, serious complications and death from measles.”
Kennedy told reporters in Texas this week that some mennonites in southern Texas have religiously challenged vaccinations, with health officials saying, “Now we’re developing worksheets for doctors to address vaccinations, and we’re actually with budesonide, clithromycin, and vitamins.
Some doctors, including Dr. Richard Bartlett, say they have successfully used the steroid budesonide and the antibiotic clarithromycin against measles, while others have criticized the promotion of the drug as a treatment for measles.
