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The Dangerous Decline in Vaccination Rates
With measles on the rise, this episode of "Uncanny Valley" looks at RFK's role in the revival of the once-eliminated deadly illness.
Because last month, Katie, you talked with Emily Mullen from our science desk on one of our Tuesday episodes about the rise in measles cases that have happened under the watch of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who is the country's head of health and human services appointed by the Trump Administration. I think it's important to note, just in the context of this conversation today, that at the same time as RFK Jr., and DOGE, and the administration are making these sweeping cuts to federal health agencies, they are also targeting what appears to be a lot of vaccine-related infrastructure. Now, I should remind everyone that MRNA vaccines and the incredible research that has allowed them to be possible is the reason several years ago we were able to get shots in arms to make sure that millions more Americans, not to mention people around the entire world, did not die of COVID.
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