Kennedy's statements have raised concerns about his childhood vaccine commitment to Republican Senator Bill Cassidy.

Robert F. Kennedy, in his first comments on measles as the new Trump health secretary, says the outbreak is not unusual. 'We have measles outbreaks every year.'

Experts answered key questions about the severity of the virus and the effectiveness of the vaccine. By Nina Agrawal Measles cases are surging in West Texas, where an outbreak has led to the first U.S.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday said the nation's major measles outbreak is "not unusual," as a child who was not vaccinated died from the virus in West Texas.