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Source: theguardian.com

<p>The US health secretary added that he would’ve made sweeping changes ‘on day one’ but he had to follow the law</p><p>As the death toll from the worst measles outbreak in decades rises, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/robert-f-kennedy-jr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Robert F Kennedy Jr</a> headlined the Washington DC conference of the anti-vaccine organization Children’s Health Defense, which he led for nearly two decades.</p><p>“Let me be clear. You have a strong and steadfast friend at the White House,” Kennedy, now serving as secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), told anti-vaccine activists at the conference in a nearly hour-and-a-half-long speech. He urged patience, saying that he would’ve made sweeping changes “on day one” but that he had to follow the law in order to make permanent change.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/17/rfk-jr-measles-anti-vaccine-organization" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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