— Links resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases to health secretary's skepticism
June 5, 2026
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Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD (R-La.), who recently lost his primary bid for reelection, is speaking up a little louder about Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s wariness of vaccines.
"A terrible outcome from RFK and others promoting vaccine skepticism," Cassidy said Thursday in a social media post containing a link to a New York Times story that outlined physician concerns about a resurgence in vaccine-preventable diseases in the wake of declining childhood vaccination rates.
