RFK Jr. Sparks Controversy Over Claims Measles Deaths Were Fabricated
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ignited public debate and vaccine misinformation after suggesting that two recent measles fatalities were fabricated, citing questions raised by a local coroner. Health officials have strongly condemned the remarks as dangerous and factually incorrect.
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Vaccine misinformation spreads as RFK Jr suggests two measles deaths were ‘fabricated’
Anti-vaxxers are spreading conspiracy theories after two recent measles-associated deaths in Pennsylvania Anti-vaccine activists are trying to track down the families of two people, including at least one newborn, who died after contracting measles in Pennsylvania, as governor Josh Shapiro tangles with Robert F Kennedy Jr over his “inaccurate and misleading claims”. Kennedy, the secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), suggested late Wednesday that the deaths in the ...
By Melody Schreiber
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RFK Jr. alleged Pennsylvania's two measles-associated deaths may have been "fabricated" as a dispute with Gov. Josh Shapiro over the outbreak intensifies.
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