RFK Jr. accused of pressuring CDC to omit two Pennsylvania measles deaths from tally

Reuters reports that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. urged the CDC to remove two Pennsylvania measles deaths from the agency’s tally after questioning whether measles caused them; the CDC reportedly considered the deaths linked to measles, while an HHS spokesperson called Reuters’ report false and misleading. The Lancaster County cases followed state disclosures of two unvaccinated measles deaths as U.S. measles cases rise this year; Kennedy has a history of spreading vaccine misinformation.