On Sunday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. met with the families of two girls who had died from measles in West Texas—and raised doubts about the safety of vaccines. “He said, ‘You don’t know what’s in the vaccine anymore,’” Peter Hildebrand, whose 8-year-old daughter Daisy’s funeral had been held just hours earlier, told me. “I actually asked him about it.”

Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week is sowing doubt about the safety and efficacy of some vaccines — beyond the measles shot — and arguing the government shouldn’t mandate their use.

The disease is on the rise in the U.S. Experts explain when parents should consider the shot before a baby turns 1. With the measles outbreak in the U.S. that began in Texas still spreading, many parents are on high alert.

In light of increasing measles cases, RFK Jr. advocates for vaccination while arguing against government mandates as the best approach to public health.

He finally claimed to support the vaccine—one day after boosting baseless treatments peddled by quack doctors.

Kennedy backed a pair of bills on their way to Gov. Katie Hobbs' desk addressing school lunches and soda purchases paid for with food stamps.

CHICAGO >> U.S. pediatricians and infectious disease experts say the fight against rising measles cases nationwide is being hampered by a lack of forceful advocacy for vaccination from government health officials and statements on unproven treatments that are confusing parents.

More than 600 cases of the preventable illness have been reported this year — the most the U.S. has seen since 2019. Two children have died.