String of outbreaks tests US public health system amid funding cuts, vaccine resistance

By: Jennifer Shutt

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: July 30, 2026

Words: 1,710

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago

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WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged during his confirmation hearing to do everything in his “power to put the health of America back on track.”

Kennedy testified that when he worked as a lawyer he “learned that human health and environmental health are intertwined and inseparable.” He referred to the Make America Healthy Again agenda as “one of the most powerful and transcendent movements I've ever seen.”

“The nation is ready …

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