RFK Jr Public Health Cuts Draw Fire as Measles and Cyclospora Outbreaks Leave Americans Exposed

As cyclosporiasis and measles surge, critics say Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s cuts and vaccine overhaul weakened America’s ability to detect and contain disease. (Credit: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons)

Two outbreaks, one parasitic and one viral, have converged into a single accusation against the man running American public health: that his cuts left the country blind just as disease came calling.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is under mounting political fire as a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak sickens more than 1,600 people and measles surges toward its worst year in over three decades.