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37 articles about 28 events for “Trump Vaccines Measles Outbreak”.
“Bill Cassidy of Louisiana on Sunday urged the president to be "radically honest" when he's speaking about vaccines, as the U.S. this year has recorded the most measles cases in more than three decades.”
“Kennedy lauded Trump for pushing ahead with attempts to overhaul vaccine guidance, including an executive order last month calling for the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, against medical groups' recommendations.That executive order and now Kennedy's…”
“Kennedy delivered the keynote address in Washington, D.C., at a conference hosted by the group, noting that Trump has given directives to strengthen research, transparency and parental choice around childhood vaccines.”
“The speech, peppered with questions about long established vaccine safety, also highlighted how once fringe views on vaccines have been given a prominent pulpit under the Trump administration.”
“Trust in measles vaccines falls in US, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds WASHINGTON – Americans’ trust in vaccines for deadly childhood diseases, including measles, has fallen in recent years, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found, a troubling sign for the country as it…”
“Trump has made few public statements regarding the outbreak, even as the U.S. risks losing its official status as a nation that eliminated measles due to ongoing domestic transmission—a major shift for a country that eradicated the disease decades ago.”
“Trust in measles vaccines falls in US, Reuters Ipsos poll finds WASHINGTON, Sept 15 - Americans' trust in vaccines for deadly childhood diseases including measles has fallen in recent years, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found, a troubling sign for the country as…”
“The Trump administration health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, has been criticized for his response to the measles outbreak.”
“New York state has declared a disaster emergency over an outbreak of measles, as cases of the disease that had once been all but eliminated in the United States continue to increase.”
“Trump’s pick to lead FDA health agency grilled by Senate AI generated WASHINGTON – The doctor nominated by US President Donald Trump to lead the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave guarded support to vaccines on Sept 24 as she faced a contentious Senate…”
“…on” on Sunday, Cassidy — who has also aggressively questioned and pressed several Trump administration nominees on vaccines — said Overton must acknowledge that Trump’s claim that the measles vaccine is lethal is “absurd” when she appears before his…”
“Republican Senator Bill Cassidy has blamed the Trump administration’s vaccination policies for an uptick in measles deaths in the United States, where the preventable disease had previously been all but eliminated.”
“…ican chairman of the US Senate health committee, blamed the Trump administration’s vaccine-skeptical approach for recent measles deaths in Pennsylvania and challenged Donald Trump’s pick for surgeon general to directly state that vaccines do not cause autism…”
“Three weeks before President Donald Trump signed an executive order reducing the number of recommended childhood vaccinations and splitting vaccines into multiple shots, Johns Hopkins University announced that the number of measles cases in the United States…”
“Last week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to drive down the number of vaccines recommended for kids, a move that drew widespread criticism from pediatricians and public health advocates.”
“In fact, his push to toughen vaccination requirements was spurred by a 2014-15 measles outbreak at Disneyland, which, at the time, was one of the largest and most significant epidemics to arise after the disease was supposedly eliminated from the U.S. in 2000.”
“The US is experiencing its worst measles outbreak in three decades, with almost 3,900 cases this year, while childhood vaccination rates have fallen below levels needed to prevent outbreaks in many communities.”
“Fauci added that he hoped “to be able to immunize children at a very early age like we do with measles, mumps, and rubella to protect them from the possibility of an unexpected catastrophic outbreak like we saw in the pandemics that we have experienced.””
“Some experts attributed the measles outbreaks to misinformation from officials about the safety of vaccines, which has exacerbated declining vaccination rates.”
“NEW YORK (AP) — Pennsylvania has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year, state health officials said Monday, making it the largest state outbreak in more than three decades.”
“Speaking of measles, that vaccine has been in the news a lot lately because the disease has returned to the United States after more than twenty years of “elimination” status, causing outbreaks and multiple deaths.”
“Pennsylvania records fifth measles death as country sees worst outbreak in 35 years By Associated Press Published Sep. 30, 2026, 7:45 p.m.”
“Members of US President Donald Trump’s administration, including Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. and the president himself, have been criticised for promoting debunked claims linking vaccines to autism, among other misleading…”
“Meanwhile, the CDC has done little to respond to high-profile outbreaks of measles, food-borne cyclosporiasis, and rabies.”
“The update about the measles outbreak on Friday from Pennsylvania came after the Trump administration’s health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr – a longtime vaccine skeptic – has sought to cast doubt on deaths related to the disease in the state, writing on…”
“He only addressed the measles outbreak in Pennsylvania once during his speech, instead peddling unfounded fears about vaccines at a time when health experts are urgently encouraging people to vaccinate against measles.”
“Cassidy sounded off on the current clusters of measles outbreaks in the U.S., including the four adults who died of measles in Pennsylvania in 2026.”
“But the majority of Americans also disapprove of the Trump administration’s handling of the widening measles outbreak, which killed three people in Texas and Arizona last year in addition to those in Pennsylvania.”
“…r, has spent his time in office questioning the efficacy of vaccines and undermining vaccine science, culminating in a recent Trump executive order that seeks to break apart the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) shot and shrink the list of vaccines recommended…”
“Wiping out measles impossible due to vaccine hesitancy in rich countries, says Bill Gates AI generated LONDON - Vaccine hesitancy in rich countries means ending measles as a global public health threat is not currently possible, Bill Gates told Reuters in an…”
“The Trump administration has changed the way it counts measles deaths amid an outbreak in Pennsylvania, which on Sunday saw the third apparent measles-related death in the state reported by a local coroner.”
“US measles cases hit 3,134 as leaders feud over the death count AI generated WASHINGTON – The US has confirmed 3,134 measles cases so far in 2026, driven by a growing outbreak in Pennsylvania linked to two deaths that started a feud between the governor and…”
“The U.S. is now in the midst of its own measles outbreak, which has killed two unvaccinated people in Pennsylvania.”
“Kennedy’s visit came months ahead of a measles outbreak on the island that killed more than 80 people.”
“…void the conclusion that the HHS secretary sees deaths from outbreaks of diseases we had beaten or contained, like measles and cyclosporiasis, as a form of social hygiene that kills off the weak and susceptible while safeguarding the strong from the…”
“Donald Trump nominated Dr Heidi Overton – an abortion opponent who stood next to the president as he made false claims about vaccines – to be commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).”