The NYT reported on Schumer's call for Kennedy Jr. to declare an emergency due to the measles outbreak

Senator Chuck Schumer called on US Secretary of Health Robert Kennedy Jr. to declare a state of emergency due to the outbreak of measles in the field of public health in Texas. This was reported on July 11 by The New York Times (NYT).

In a letter to Kennedy on Friday, Senator Chuck Schumer argued that the move was necessary to control the "rapid resurgence" of a highly contagious virus.

According to the newspaper, the US Secretary of Health has the exclusive right to introduce an emergency, but according to the Department of Health and Human Services, an emergency regime in the field of public health was not planned in the near future.

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Earlier, on July 7, the highest measles incidence rate since 1992 was recorded in the United States. More than 1.2 thousand confirmed cases have been reported in 38 states and the District of Columbia.