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Politics● ElevatedSep 17 · Sep 17, 2026, 2:56 PM

Shapiro slams RFK Jr. as not ‘connected or grounded in reality’ on measles outbreak

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from The Hill · North America

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-Pa.) accused Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday of not taking adequate steps to address a growing measles outbreak in the U.S.  The governor blamed the secretary, a vaccine skeptic, for the downtick in measles immunizations in the country during an appearance on CNN’s “The…

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