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International Business Times UK
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Chrys Brent Deiparine

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Resignation Calls Mount After Two Unvaccinated People Die From Recent Measles

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. speaking with supporters at a campaign rally at Legends Event Center in Phoenix, Arizona (Credit: Gage Skidmore | Wikimedia Commons)

Calls for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to resign intensified after two unvaccinated people died after contracting measles in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, marking the state's first measles-associated deaths in 35 years. Pennsylvania.gov

Pennsylvania has recorded 393 confirmed cases across 28 counties this year, while the latest available US figure stands at 2,777. The deaths, announced on 25 August, have sharpened scrutiny of Kennedy's long history of vaccine scepticism, even as he has recently urged parents to vaccinate their children against measles.

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