MAHA Turns on RFK Jr. Over Measles Vaccine Stance

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is confronting his first disease outbreak as Health and Human Services secretary. His response to the spread of measles in and beyond Texas has managed to alarm serious scientists while also drawing criticism from his Make America Healthy Again movement.

On Sunday, Kennedy endorsed the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, known as the MMR shot, amid an outbreak that has resulted in the deaths of two children and sickened hundreds of people. He reiterated that people should get the vaccine during a CBS interview this week. Following his long and well-documented history of vaccine skepticism, Kennedy’s backing of the shot—which health officials say is safe and effective—has been criticized by key allies, revealing fractures in his fervent base.