Vaccine critic RFK Jr. backs measles vaccine amid deadly Texas outbreak HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a noted vaccine skeptic, is voicing support for the measles vaccine amid a deadly outbreak, mainly in Texas. CBS News

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a noted vaccine skeptic, voiced support for the measles vaccine Sunday amid a deadly outbreak in the Southwest, mainly in Texas. ...

Recently confirmed as health secretary, Kennedy has previously made numerous false and misleading claims about the safety of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and had downplayed the growing outbreak, saying annual outbreaks were "not unusual."

But on Sunday, Kennedy said he was "deeply concerned about the recent measles outbreak," in an opinion piece published by Fox News.

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