Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been confirmed as the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Do not be surprised when (if)

Republican Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana is facing backlash for supporting the confirmation of Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. following the first U.S.

MSNBC medical contributor Dr. Vin Gupta called out newly installed Health and Human Services SecretaryRobert F. Kennedy Jr on Thursday morning after the Donald Trump appointee tried to downplay the alarming growth of measles cases that has now resulted in children dying.

The death was a “school-aged child who was not vaccinated” and had been hospitalized last week, Texas officials said Wednesday.

An unvaccinated child has become the first death in a measles outbreak taking hold in west Texas – but Health and Human Services Services Robert Kennedy Jr. downplayed the case, saying measles cases were “not unusual.

Kennedy Jr. said ending the measles outbreak in Texas is a top priority for him and listed the steps his agency had taken to combat the spread of disease, including supporting the state’s vaccine efforts.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. earlier this week dismissed the measles outbreak in West Texas that killed an unvaccinated child as "not unusual" and appeared to misstate a number of key facts.

I recognize the serious impact of this outbreak on families, children, and healthcare workers,” Kennedy wrote on X Friday night.

A doctor has accused Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, of downplaying a measles outbreak in Texas by saying outbreaks are "not unusual" in the United States.

“We have measles outbreaks every year,” he added. Mr. Kennedy has also said in the past that immunizations against measles and some other infectious diseases are unnecessary and risky.

The health secretary has long pushed misinformation about vaccines and played down an outbreak in Texas that has led to the death of a child.