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RFK Jr. tells anti-vaccine group it has a “steadfast friend at the White House.” What has actually changed for parents

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published September 18, 2026
Official 2025 portrait of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in front of the U.S. flag and the HHS flag.

RFK Jr. told an anti-vaccine group it has a friend at the White House. What’s actually in effect for parents: the vaccine order, a court stay, and measles.

Categories Health Tags Measles

Pennsylvania Reports a Third Measles-Linked Death in the Country’s Largest Outbreak

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published September 14, 2026 · Updated September 18, 2026
AI-generated illustration: a laboratory bench with test tubes, glass flasks, a microscope, safety goggles, gloves, a blank clipboard, and yellow hazard tape.

A 40-year-old woman from Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, died Saturday, September 12, 2026, from complications her county coroner has linked to measles.

Categories Health Tags Measles, South Carolina

Pennsylvania Measles Outbreak Reaches 540 Cases as Coroner Disputes Cause of One Death, Existence of a Second

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published August 31, 2026 · Updated September 18, 2026
A vial of MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine

Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak, centered in Lancaster County, had grown to 540 confirmed cases across 36 counties as of the state health department’s Sept. 3

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