Kennedy has touted the benefits of an unconventional measles treatment including the steroid budesonide, the antibiotic clarithromycin and cod liver oil, which has high concentrations of vitamin A.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s cousin Jack Schlossberg ridiculed the Secretary of Health and Human Resources' wife, Cheryl Hines, over the death of a child who died from measles in Texas. Schlossberg, the 32-year-old grandson of the late John F.

Some health policy experts say Kennedy’s early moves as HHS Secretary are concerning and suggest that he could undermine immunizations in less direct ways.