US Measles Cases Surpass 2,000, Highest in 30 Years

Measles came roaring back, an ugly, avoidable throwback. The CDC's own data shows thousands of confirmed cases and dozens of outbreaks in 2025, with the overwhelming share of them preventable. We've cancelled vast numbers of promising programs that would have treated, cured, or prevented deadly diseases so RFK's woo-based cronies can play conspiracy games with our lives.

Most likely brought to the US by immigrants who came here illegally, and disappeared into the population.

peak MAHA.
Who knew putting a complete incompetent in charge of HHS would lead to such a spike?

I recommend that every American get the Heroin vaccine. If it doesn't kill you, it will make you feel great...
--Bob the MAHA Man

This is what happens when you allow garbage from around the world to flow across the border. And yet you stupid liberals interfere with Trump removing the garbage while complaining about what the garbage caused.

This is what happens when you allow garbage from around the world to flow across the border.

#12 | Posted by fortfisher

All you need is to get you and your children vaxxed.

It's a health and hygiene issue. No wonder you're confused.

@#5 ... A more interesting chart... ...

That's the same chart I linked to in #3, with a linear vertical scale instead of the logarithmic vertical scale in the chart.

If you go to the chart I posted and select the Settings button on the top right, then select linear, the chart your current alias posted appears.

I chose to use the logarithmic scale because it shows a recent uptrend in the number of cases, something that gets lost in the noise of the linear scaling.

@#10 ... Who knew putting a complete incompetent in charge of HHS would lead to such a spike? ...

Many people seemed to have known that.

But, the question might be ... why was he put in charge of HHS?

Possibly in a "deal" with then candidate Trump to remove himself from the presidential race and allow most of his voters to move to support then candidate Trump.

@#6 ... threatening the measles elimination status that the U.S. has held for a quarter-century. ...

Yup.

This may be the result of our HHS Secretary, a person who seems to have been espousing an anti-vax for years for his personal monetary benefit. Dead Americans for more personal wealth.

How R.F.K. Jr. Has Turned His Public Crusades Into a Private Windfall (2023)
www.nytimes.com

... The causes Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has championed have brought him admiration, criticism -- and tens of millions of dollars. ...

n 2021, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. earned more than $500,000 as the chairman and top lawyer at Children's Health Defense, the nonprofit organization that he has helped build into a leading spreader of anti-vaccine falsehoods and a platform for launching his independent bid for the White House.

The compensation was almost three times as high as the amount paid to the organization's president, but it was not Mr. Kennedy's biggest source of income. ...

RFK Jr. Claims to Fight Big Money Interests -- Here's How He's Actually Helping Them (September 2025)
www.commoncause.org

... Kennedy brands himself as an anti-corporate crusader, but his actions in the Trump Administration show otherwise.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has gotten plenty of attention this year with his "Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA) agenda.

And understandably so " many people across the political spectrum are frustrated with corporate control of our food and health systems and want the government to put people before profit.

Kennedy tries to present himself as a champion against corporate power. But his record tells a different story.

Instead of challenging powerful industries, Kennedy has advanced policies that benefit big corporations, weakened oversight, and put public health at risk.

Here are five ways Kennedy's HHS is helping corporate interests, not the American people.

1. The "10-to-1" Deregulatory Policy Cuts Regulations on Corporations

In May, Kennedy committed HHS to adopt a "10-to-1" deregulatory policy: for every one new rule, 10 existing rules would be eliminated. He even invited corporations to suggest which regulations they wanted to scrap.

Food and drug regulations exist to protect people's health and safety.

Letting corporations decide which rules are "burdensome" is a recipe for weaker protections and stronger corporate influence. ...

[four more to go, see the article ...]