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The 2019 Samoa measles outbreak began in September 2019. [5] As of 6 January 2020, over 5,700 cases of measles and 83 deaths had been reported, out of a population of 200,874, [ 4 ] [ 6 ] over three per cent. [ 7 ]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s pick for health secretary, sought to use Samoa’s measles vaccine pause as a "natural experiment" months before a deadly outbreak.
Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. (born January 17, 1954), also known by his initials RFK Jr., is an American politician, environmental lawyer, author, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist [] who has served as the 26th United States secretary of health and human services since February 13, 2025.
At least 15 measles outbreaks totaling 272 cases have been reported this year, as of November 1, according to the CDC. More than half of those cases were among children under age 5, and another ...
During a November 2019 measles epidemic that killed 80 children in Samoa, Kennedy wrote to the country’s prime minister falsely claiming that the measles vaccine was probably causing the deaths.
After a 2015 measles outbreak at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif. showed that a large number of infected patients hadn’t been vaccinated, Kennedy helped lobby to block several state efforts to ...
We’re going to give infectious disease a break for about eight years.” The conference was organised by the largest anti-vaccine group in the US – Children’s Health Defense.
The measles vaccine, which in 1971 was combined with inoculations for mumps and rubella, is widely considered a triumph of public health. Since 2000, the MMR vaccine has saved an estimated 60.3 ...