A growing measles outbreak across Texas and surrounding states has taken an unexpected turn as several hospitalized children have developed signs of vitamin A toxicity, according to pediatricians in ...

A little boy braces himself before an MMR vaccine in Lubbock, Texas. (Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images) ...

Doctors treating people hospitalized as part of a measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico have also found themselves facing another problem: vitamin A toxicity. At Covenant Children’s Hospital ...

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After the health secretary promoted vitamin A as a cure, parents in West Texas began giving their children high doses, sometimes to prevent infection. By Teddy Rosenbluth Doctors in West Texas are ...

Many of us take extra vitamins, but we may not need them – and they can even be harmful. Photo: Getty Around half of UK adults take a food supplement – but vitamins and minerals are usually ...

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Vitamin D is one of many vital nutrients your body needs to stay healthy. It helps with calcium absorption and bone health. Without enough vitamin D, you may be at risk for bone loss and deformations.

But Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the new head of the Department of Health and Human Services, has suggested that vitamin A supplements are just as useful as vaccines. “Studies have found that vitamin ...