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Maddow Blog | RFK Jr.’s rough start as HHS secretary gets even worse amid Texas measles outbreak
Some experts question RFK Jr. calling measles outbreak 'not unusual'
In his first public comments on the measles outbreak hitting West Texas and New Mexico, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a prominent vaccine skeptic whose first
RFK Jr. Says Texas Measles Outbreak ‘Not Unusual’
Trump’s favorite hometown paper just demanded Robert F. Kennedy Jr. convince them he’s not a “crank” and go to measles-hit Texas to “preach the truth” about vaccines. The New York Post’s Trump-endorsing editorial board called on the secretary of health and human services to “prove” that he really did believe in the safety and efficacy of vaccines in Thursday’s edition.
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Raw Story on MSN'You fired all the scientists!' The View blasts RFK Jr. for 'blasé response' about MeaslesThe co-hosts of "The View" attacked new Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after they said he got basic facts wrong during the Wednesday Cabinet meeting. An outbreak in Texas claimed its first life this week,
The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board published an op-ed Monday calling on Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to set aside his anti-vaccine activist positions in light of the nearly 50 measles cases that have been confirmed among mostly unvaccinated children in Texas.
Trump’s new Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is also targeting the root causes of chronic diseases, including in children.
Fact Check: Did a Boy Die in Texas from Measles Due to RFK Jr. and Republicans’ Anti-Vaccine Stance?
Claim: A claim has circulated suggesting that a boy in Texas died from measles because of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) and Republicans’ anti-vaccine
Critics say RFK Jr.'s briefing on a Texas measles outbreak sent the wrong message - as well as incorrect information on the number of deaths.
When Health and Human Services Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Kennedy answered questions during the first cabinet meeting of the new Trump administration, he incorrectly described the number of people who died in a West Texas measles outbreak and the reason people were hospitalized.
A doctor has accused Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, of downplaying a measles outbreak in Texas by saying outbreaks are "not unusual" in the United States.
Recently appointed Health Secretary RFK, Jr. appeared to dismiss a rare measles outbreak in Texas, saying it’s “not unusual.”
Rates of measles in the US have climbed significantly over the past 20 years, as vaccine skepticism has grown.
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