WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Samoa’s top health official on Monday denounced as “a complete lie” remarks that Robert F. Kennedy ...

Senators grilled Trump's health secretary pick over his 2019 Samoa trip, accusing him of downplaying his role in the epidemic ...

Kennedy's 2019 visit to Samoa has recently brought fresh attention to his history of activism focused on raising questions about the safety and effectiveness of the measles vaccine — because his ...

In 2019, a devastating measles outbreak erupted in Samoa. Eighty-three people, most of them children, died. Another 5,000 contracted the disease. In total, around 3% of the small island’s population ...

WELLINGTON, Nov 29 : More nations were flying medical staff and supplies to Samoa on Friday to battle a measles outbreak that prompted the Pacific island nation to declare a state of emergency this ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Nov 25 : Authorities said Monday that a measles epidemic sweeping through Samoa continues to worsen with the death toll rising to 25, all but one of them young children. In ...

Wed, January 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM UTC RFK Jr. caused Samoa measles deaths, says Hawaii Gov.

Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, glossed over key details about his involvement in the 2019 measles outbreak in Samoa that killed ...

In this November 2019, image from video, a woman prays in front of a portrait of her lost child with measles in Apia, Samoa. Samoa closed all its schools on Monday, Nov. 18, 2019, banned children ...