Shapiro slams RFK Jr. as not ‘connected or grounded in reality’ on measles outbreak

Pennsylvania’s governor has criticized the U.S. Health and Human Services secretary over what he calls a failure to combat a rising measles outbreak, pointing to a decline in vaccination rates as a key concern. The governor, speaking on national television, singled out the secretary—a known skeptic of vaccines—for allegedly not doing enough to reverse the trend. The exchange highlights tensions between state officials and federal health leadership amid growing public health warnings. The dispute underscores broader debates over immunization policies and their role in preventing preventable diseases.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) accused Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday of not taking adequate steps to address a growing measles outbreak in the U.S.  The governor blamed the secretary, a vaccine skeptic, for the downtick in measles immunizations in the country during an appearance on CNN’s “The...