But in his new opinion piece about the ongoing measles outbreak, published March 2 in Fox News Digital, Kennedy wrote that vaccines “not only protect individual children from measles, but also contribute to community immunity,

In the 18 days since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in as secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, his department has postponed or canceled two major vaccine advisory committee meetings,

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, urged people to consider getting vaccinated against measles, as cases of the disease have been reported in 10 states, but also clarified that the decision to vaccinate is a “personal one.