Only a dozen Public Health Service officers have reportedly been left to handle current and future ship inspections, which totaled nearly 200 last year.
“We would absolutely not take the MMR,” the mother said after her daughter became the nation's first death from the highly contagious, but preventable, disease in a decade.
Kennedy's idea could put humans at grave risk.
The highly contagious, diarrhea-inducing disease spreads through a lack of access to sanitation.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed this is the first measles death in the country since 2015.
The disease, which has infected more than 400 people and killed 53 within a few weeks, “poses a significant public health threat,” the World Health Organization said.
Dr. Chris T. Pernell called out the Trump White House's "fundamental lack of understanding" on public health.
Medical professionals use such data regularly to care for patients, but the Trump administration deleted it from government websites.
Trump is pulling the U.S. back from international organizations. But on health care especially, Americans have a lot to lose — including, even, their lives.
Vaccines have been a hotly-debated political topic lately. Here's the honest truth about them.
