FACT FOCUS: Examining RFK Jr.’s claims about measles, autism and diet as head of HHS

Photo: President Trump Participates in Swearing in Ceremony for RFK Jr., the Secretary of Health and Human Services – February 13, 2025. Photo credit: The White House via Flickr. US government work. Article by the Associated Press. AP News – updated April 21, 2025.

WASHINGTON (AP) — In just two months as the federal health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made sweeping changes to the Department of Health and Human Services — and its priorities. He’s dismissed 10,000 public health workers, met with state governors who want to restrict unhealthy foods in taxpayer-funded programs and delivered an inconsistent message on vaccines as measles outbreaks across the country have sickened hundreds. Last week, he promised to find some of the causes of rising U.S. autism rates in under six months’ time. […]

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