RFK Jr Faces Senate Grill Over Measles Outbreak and Vaccines

At a Senate Finance Committee hearing, Health Secretary RFK Jr faced sharp questions about the measles outbreak and vaccine misinformation, defending vaccines while acknowledging controversy, noting rising measles and flu case numbers, and the risk to elimination status; he refused to release written pharma agreements citing proprietary information, and the session also touched on AI in healthcare, Medicaid budgeting, and broad CDC leadership vacancies amid ongoing public-health challenges.