I do blame him and others like him who, for the past 20 years, have been spreading lies about vaccines," said Rep. Kim Schrier (D-Wash.).

As the outbreak rages, unproven remedies like cod liver oil are being distributed free by some doctors. Families are lining ...

Measles is highly contagious. Without a vaccine, 9 out of 10 people exposed to measles will become infected, the CDC said. About 1 to 3 of every 1,000 children with measles will die, usually from ...

In response, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has praised the benefits of the measles, mumps, and ...

Kennedy has also questioned that the deaths of 83 people – mostly young children – in Samoa in 2019 were caused by measles, despite widespread evidence that the deaths were due to an outbreak ...

A 2019 measles outbreak that killed 83 people in Samoa around the time Kennedy visited the country was a key sticking point in the official’s confirmation hearing. Kennedy told the Senate his ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., head of the Department of Health and Human Services, downplayed the seriousness of an ongoing measles ...

But this is the man who, during a 2019 measles outbreak in Samoa that killed 83 people (79 of them children), actively worked to undermine public trust in the one thing that would have helped most.

The Vermont Department of Public Health confirmed a measles case in a child from Lamoille County on Tuesday, following the ...