The US Department of Health and Human Services is launching a campaign against childhood vaccine skepticism weeks before Donald Trump is slated to assume the presidency.
Trump’s pick to head the HHS in his administration, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is widely known to be a vaccine skeptic. Public health experts are concerned that his leadership of the HHS could further spread vaccine skepticism and complicate the government’s handling of viruses.
Friday’s announcement warns that measles and polio are among the diseases that can more broadly affect the population should parents stop getting their children vaccinated. Measles cases are increasing as ...
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