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.

Robert F. Kennedy, in his first comments on measles as the new Trump health secretary, says the outbreak is not unusual. 'We have measles outbreaks every year.'

“Democracy dies in exchange for billionaire kickbacks” Indivisible Guide’s Leah Greenberg wrote on X. “A disgusting, gutless decision from Bezos that will go down in the history books as a textbook example of anticipatory obedience.”