In Tampa, RFK Jr. questions accuracy of report of measles deaths in Pennsylvania

By: Mitch Perry

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: August 26, 2026

Words: 987

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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TAMPA — U.S. Health & Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended the Trump administration’s stances on childhood vaccinations Wednesday, questioning the accuracy of a report that two unvaccinated Pennsylvania residents have died amid a global measles outbreak.

Kennedy is in the middle of series of public events with Florida Republican elected officials ahead of November’s midterm elections. He visited Tampa Bay Boulevard Elementary School in Tampa Wednesday with U.S. Sen. …

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