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FACT FOCUS: RFK Jr. Says the US Is Limiting Measles Outbreaks Better than the Rest of the World
Kennedy said the U.S. is doing better than other countries on measles as cases topped 1,800 and lawmakers questioned vaccine safety and Medicare policy.
- On Thursday, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended his department's measles response before the House Ways and Means Committee as U.S. cases topped 1,800 in 2026.
- National vaccination rates have fallen to 92.5%, well below the 95% threshold needed to prevent outbreaks, driving a surge from fewer than 300 cases in 2024 to more than 2,000 in 2025.
- California Representative Linda Sánchez confronted Kennedy over the proposed 12% budget cut to HHS, arguing his 'anti-vaccine rhetoric' directly correlates with rising preventable diseases.
- Kennedy insisted the U.S. has 'done better' at limiting measles than any other country, while denying remarks to Representative Terri Sewell that Black children should be 're-parented' for ADHD treatment.
- The U.S. risks losing its 26-year measles elimination status as 2026 case counts trend higher than last year's record total, leaving the nation vulnerable to further outbreaks.
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FACT FOCUS: RFK Jr. says the US is limiting measles outbreaks better than the rest of the world
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has claimed at his first congressional hearing in months that, under his leadership, the U.S. has limited the spread of measles better than any other country in the world.
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Kennedy Defends His Record on Measles, Prior Auth in Traditional Medicare
(MedPage Today) -- At a House hearing on Thursday, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. downplayed the nation's massive measles outbreaks and defended the expansion of prior authorization into traditional Medicare under his watch. During the Ways...
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