RFK Jr boasts of handling of US measles outbreak in op-ed amid CDC upheaval

RFK Jr boasts of handling of US measles outbreak in op-ed amid CDC upheaval

Curated from US news | The Guardian — Here’s what matters right now:

HHS secretary failed to respond to critics in editorial amid growing calls for him to resign and chaos across the agency US politics live – latest updates Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), defended his response to the largest measles outbreak in the US in 33 years in a new editorial, calling it an example of “what a focused” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) “can achieve”. Kennedy did so in a Wall Street Journal editorial published on Tuesday, which coincides with extreme tumult at the CDC and strong claims from a former employee that the secretary wasn’t even briefed on the measles outbreak. Continue reading...

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Original reporting: US news | The Guardian

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