Senate Republican knocks Trump administration on measles surge: ‘Get vaccinated, you don’t die’ - Yahoo News Canada
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The chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), argued the Trump administration is not promoting vaccinations vigorously enough amid a massive measles outbreak that has claimed multiple lives in 2026. "My concern as a physician is that everyone should be vaccinated for measles," Cassidy told CNN's Jake Tapper. "And you may think it only affects me. That's not true because you infect other people. ""If I'm not protected, but you are, then I'm not exposed. I'm all about asking people to be immunized for yourself and for others," he added. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported Friday that U. S. measles cases this year had topped 4,000, with about 96 percent being associated with known outbreaks. By contrast, the agency recorded a total of 2,289 measles infections for all of 2025. About 95 percent of Americans infected with measles this year were either not vaccinated against the illness or had an unknown vaccination status, according to the CDC. During his CNN appearance, Cassidy urged Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the CDC to further push for vaccinations.
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