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U.S. Measles Cases Top 4,580, More Than Double All of 2025, as Pennsylvania Deaths Reach 5
The CDC says 96% of this year's cases were unvaccinated or of unknown status, and New York's governor has declared a disaster emergency.
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26 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: October 25, 2026.
PoliticsTrump's FDA Pick Tells Senators Vaccines Are Safe but Won't Say She'd Defy Him
Dr. Heidi Overton called the MMR vaccine and the abortion pill mifepristone safe and effective under FDA review, but dodged questions about IUDs and whether she would stand up to the president.
PoliticsRFK Jr. Gave the Keynote at Children's Health Defense, the Anti-Vaccine Group He Once Chaired, and Told the Crowd 'You Have a Strong and Steadfast Friend in the White House'
'We've accomplished in 19 months things that would have seemed unthinkable two years ago,' Kennedy said, citing the cut-down childhood schedule and the remade vaccine advisory panel, both of which a judge has since halted. Gov. Josh Shapiro said he 'couldn't bring himself' to tell people to get the measles shot.
Top NewsA 40-Year-Old Woman Died of Measles in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania has logged 676 cases across 37 counties, and fewer than 1% of the patients were fully vaccinated. Nationally, the U.S. has passed 3,000 cases in its worst measles year since 1991.
Top NewsThe FDA Cleared This Winter's COVID Shots. The CDC Panel That Normally Recommends Them Has Not Met All Year
Updated vaccines from Moderna, Pfizer and Sanofi target the XFG variant behind roughly 40% of U.S. cases. Who has to pay for them is the part nobody can answer.
WatchPoliticsTrump Signs an Order Cutting the Universal Childhood Vaccine List From 18 Diseases to 11 — and Splitting the MMR Shot in Three
The president said infants are getting "vats" of vaccine and should be dosed across five separate visits. The Senate's only practicing physician called the order "wrong" within minutes of the signing.
PoliticsNIH Director on Childhood Vaccines: 'I've Vaccinated My Kids' and Parents Should Too
Jay Bhattacharya said flatly that he trusts the science on measles, DTP and the standard childhood schedule — a message that lands differently coming from an agency under Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
PoliticsThe CDC Finally Has a Confirmed Director Again. The Vote Was 51-44, and Only One Democrat Said Yes
Dr. Erica Schwartz, a retired Navy rear admiral and former deputy surgeon general, takes over an agency that has gone nearly a year without a Senate-confirmed leader since Susan Monarez was forced out 29 days into the job.
Top NewsThe U.S. Has Logged 2,318 Measles Cases This Year — the Most Since 1991, With Five Months Still to Go
The 2026 total has already passed last year's, and 93% of the infections are in people who were never vaccinated. Officials expect the country to lose its measles elimination status this year.
Top NewsRFK Jr. Shows Little Interest in Health Department Beyond Vaccines, Colleagues Say
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has demonstrated minimal engagement with managing his sprawling department as he focuses narrowly on food and vaccine policies, according to administration sources.
Top NewsU.S. Measles Cases Hit 1,893 — Highest in 33 Years — Putting Country on Track to Lose Elimination Status This Fall
Three deaths and 27 active outbreaks, with Idaho and Montana now showing sustained transmission for more than 12 months — the WHO's threshold for revoking elimination.
PoliticsFDA Suppresses Internal Studies Showing COVID and Shingles Vaccines Are Safe as HHS Appeals Ruling That Blocked Kennedy's Schedule Cuts
Senior Trump-era appointees told FDA scientists their findings had 'messaging concerns,' even as Judge Sara Ellis's March 16 order restoring the old ACIP charter heads to the Seventh Circuit.
Top NewsRFK Jr. Drives Sweeping Vaccine Investigation Despite Public Silence on Criticism
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has toned down his public vaccine criticism under White House orders, but inside his department, a sprawling research effort examining vaccine safety remains a top priority.
TechFDA Vaccine Studies Censored by Trump Administration After Finding Benefits of Shots
Government blocked publication of research conflicting with RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine positions as health policy becomes increasingly politicized.
Top NewsTrump Withdraws Surgeon General Nomination, Names New Pick After Vaccine Controversy
Dr. Casey Means's nomination stalled over her views on vaccines. President nominates Dr. Nicole Saphier from Memorial Sloan Kettering instead.
Top NewsRFK Jr. Advises All Children Get Measles Vaccine Despite Personal Opposition
Health secretary distances himself from anti-vaccine stance while testifying before Congress, speaking on behalf of his department rather than personal beliefs.
PoliticsRFK Jr. Refuses to Back New CDC Director on Vaccines in Tense Congressional Hearing
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declined to commit to supporting CDC Director Erica Schwartz on vaccine policy while denying responsibility for ongoing measles outbreak.
PoliticsRFK Jr. Grilled by Congress Over Measles Outbreak Exceeding 1,700 Cases in 33 States
Lawmakers confronted Kennedy with documented CDC messaging rollbacks as the U.S. faces losing its measles elimination status for the first time since 2000.
TechTrump Picks Qualified Health Leader to Head CDC Amid Agency Turmoil
Erica Schwartz nomination comes as health agency faces multiple leadership shakeups under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
PoliticsDozens of Democratic Doctors Launch Congressional Campaigns Opposing RFK Jr. Anti-Vaccine Stance
Medical professionals mobilize for midterm elections, with many citing opposition to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as primary motivation.
Top NewsKennedy Softens Vaccine Rhetoric but Experts Fear Post-Midterm Reversal
Health Secretary's recent moderate tone on vaccines may be temporary strategy ahead of crucial November elections.
Top NewsRFK Jr. Moderates Vaccine Stance in Congressional Hearing, Calls Measles Shot Safe
Health Secretary who has sought to roll back vaccine policy testified that measles vaccine is safe and effective 'for most people' and safer than getting measles.
TechRFK Jr. Rewrites CDC Panel Charter, Opening Door to Anti-Vaccine Critics
Health secretary's changes to advisory committee structure could allow vaccine skeptics to gain influence over national immunization policy.
TechCDC Study Shows COVID Shot Benefits as Trump Official Blocks Public Release
Internal research demonstrating vaccine effectiveness remains unpublished despite completion as administration officials intervene.
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Kennedy's Vaccine Agenda Hits Roadblocks, Diminishing His Clout
Health Secretary's vaccine skepticism poses challenges for Trump administration as top health jobs remain unfilled and court blocks policy changes.
PoliticsFederal Judge Blocks RFK Jr.'s Attempt to Gut Childhood Vaccine Schedule
Court halts Kennedy's plan to drop protections against hepatitis, meningitis from recommended immunizations.
