# Reports: RFK Jr. ordered measles deaths deleted; CDC still secretly counts them

https://mins.news/en/item/44490

- Ars Technica, 2026-09-03 22:13 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/09/reports-rfk-jr-ordered-measles-deaths-deletion-cdc-still-secretly-counts-them/

> Two reports say Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. directed new CDC chief Erica Schwartz to remove two measles-related deaths from the agency’s public website. Staff had reportedly reviewed the cases and accepted that measles contributed to the deaths, but Schwartz deleted them without objection. The victims were a newborn and a child in Pennsylvania, where an outbreak has sickened 540 people.

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