
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told anti-vaccine activists at a Children's Health Defense conference that they have a friend in the White House.
Kennedy boasted about downsizing childhood vaccination schedules and reshaping a key advisory board, steps that have been halted by a judge following medical association warnings.
Pennsylvania officials reported four unvaccinated measles deaths this year, prompting a public feud between Governor Josh Shapiro and Kennedy over vaccine denial.