RFK Jr. touts measles response in defense of CDC overhaul

RFK Jr. Boasts About Major Measles Outbreak Response Amid Criticism Over CDC Chaos

The number of measles cases reported in the U.S. in 2025 was higher than in any year since the disease was declared eliminated in the country a quarter-century ago.

RFK Jr. touts measles response in defense of CDC overhaul

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has hailed the end of the largest measles outbreak in 30 years as a success story, despite criticism from experts and officials, and nine former CDC leaders, who have raised concerns about his decisions at the agency.

RFK Jr. Clears Out the Top Brass at CDC

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RFK Jr. sets out changes he wants at CDC in op-ed (MRK:NYSE)

RFK Jr.'s outlines his goal of restoring CDC trust by refocusing on infectious disease, better infrastructure, and science-based public health. Read more here.

RFK Jr. Shakes Up CDC Bureaucracy as Big Pharma Scrambles

RFK Jr. is tearing into the CDC’s entrenched bureaucracy, firing leaders and reshaping vaccine policy. Supporters call it long-overdue reform, while critics warn of chaos.

RFK Jr.’s Victory Lap – DG Verifications & Stats

This spring, months before the recent dramatic departures from the CDC, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. battled with the agency’s scientists during the very first public-health crisis of his tenure as health secretary. As measles tore through a remote community in West Texas, Kennedy waffled on the vaccine and promoted alternative remedies, such as vitamin A. So the CDC pushed back. Demetre Daskalakis, who resigned last week as the CDC’s director of the N…