“Doctors treating measles patients in Texas are getting "very, very good results" from cod liver oil, budesonide (a steroid) and clarithromycin (an antibiotic).”
What FactCheck.org found
None of these are specific treatments for nor are they recommended for measles. While cod liver oil contains vitamin A, which can help if someone is deficient in the vitamin, it is not clear if it would benefit someone in the U.S.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (HHS Secretary) made this claim around 4 March 2025. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 7 March 2025, 3 days later. Its rating was “Unsupported”.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has 55 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 27 of them false or fake, 27 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- foxnews.comhttps://www.foxnews.com/video/6369604709112
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