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How Measles, Whooping Cough, and Worse Could Roar Back on RFK Jr.’s Watch

KFF Health News

Both men Kennedy as an activist, Weldon as a medical doctor and congressman from 1995 to 2009 have endorsed debunked theories blaming vaccines for autism and other chronic diseases. Weldon has been featured in anti-vaccine films in the years since he left Congress.) “One in 3,000 kids who gets measles is going to die. .

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How measles, whooping cough, and worse could roar back on RFK Jr.’s watch

NC Health News

Both men Kennedy as an activist, Weldon as a medical doctor and congressman from 1995 to 2009 have endorsed debunked theories blaming vaccines for autism and other chronic diseases. Weldon has been featured in anti-vaccine films in the years since he left Congress.) One in 3,000 kids who gets measles is going to die.