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Judge Blocks RFK Jr. Vaccine Cut as Measles Cases Surge

7/25/2026

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A judge blocked Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s plan to cut childhood vaccines from 17 to 11 shots.
The CDC recorded 2,318 measles cases in the United States in 2026, a 35-year high.
Vaccination rates have fallen below the roughly 95% herd-immunity target, with some South Carolina schools at 20%.
Outbreaks have hit Virginia, Pennsylvania, Utah and a Mennonite community that killed children and an adult in New Mexico.

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A judge blocked Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s plan to cut childhood vaccines from 17 to 11 shots.
The CDC recorded 2,318 measles cases in the United States in 2026, a 35-year high.
Vaccination rates have fallen below the roughly 95% herd-immunity target, with some South Carolina schools at 20%.
Outbreaks have hit Virginia, Pennsylvania, Utah and a Mennonite community that killed children and an adult in New Mexico.