Lisa Jarvis, Columnist

RFK Jr.’s Measles Strategy Is Leading the US Down a Dark Path

The secretary of Health and Human Services is peddling misinformation and fake cures and steering public health off course.

May 6, 2025 at 10:30 AM UTC

By Lisa Jarvis

Lisa Jarvis is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering biotech, health care and the pharmaceutical industry. Previously, she was executive editor of Chemical & Engineering News.

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Amid one of the most significant measles outbreaks in over 30 years, America’s top public health official is using his platform to peddle misinformation and fake cures and push an agenda that is opposed to evidence-based medicine and science.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is steering public health far off course. This diversion becomes more dangerous and difficult to correct each passing week.