HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has claimed that the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine contains "fetal debris" and "DNA particles" -- but experts say this is just not true.

Kennedy claimed the Mennonites’ reluctance to vaccinate stems from “religious objections” to what he described as “a lot of aborted fetus debris and DNA particles” in the MMR vaccine.

In related news from this week, the person in charge of the department that issued that report – HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. – said that the measles vaccine has “aborted fetus debris ...

The U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services has doubled down on false claims the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine contains “aborted fetus debris”. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a ...

On Wednesday, April 30, the secretary of health and human services (HSS) made a television appearance and incorrectly asserted that the vaccine contains “aborted fetus debris.” ...

During an April 30 News Nation interview, Kennedy said some people "have religious objections to the vaccination, because the MMR vaccine contains a lot of aborted fetus debris and DNA particles ...

The rubella portion of the vaccine is produced from a fetal cell line originating from an abortion that took place in the 1960s. The MMR vaccine does not contain the cells in its final form.

While weekly reported cases have slowed over the past few months, the CDC’s figure surpasses the high of 1,274 cases in 2019 and marks a grim milestone for the U.S. as immunization coverage wanes ...

Recently, he claimed the measles shot contained " aborted fetus debris," and in 2022, his lawyer and ally Aaron Siri petitioned the FDA to revoke approval for the polio vaccine.

Kennedy’s claim about fetal debris specifically refers to the rubella component of the MMR vaccine. The rubella virus is generally grown in a human cell line known as WI-38, which was originally ...