ALSOBROOKS ON CNN – MEASLES CRISIS DIRECTLY TIED TO RFK JR.

August 27, 2026

WASHINGTON, DC - Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) joined Inside Politics with Dana Bash on CNN to discuss the surge in measles cases happening now in Maryland and across the country and how this crisis is directly tied to the disinformation coming from RFK Jr. and HHS.

"Well, what we know is that we're seeing a serious surge in these measles cases. This is something I've been discussing since last year when we [saw] the outbreak of measles across our country, now going from 285 cases just in 2024 to over 2,777 cases. And we can tie it directly to the horrific leadership of Secretary Kennedy… And so we have a large number of unvaccinated individuals, including, as you mentioned, children who are dying from a disease that we had eliminated-we [had] an elimination status as of 2000 in our country, and now we're seeing the resurgence of measles. No one should die of measles in 2026… It's horrific and it's completely preventable. It should not have happened, and it is directly tied, I believe, to the misinformation and disinformation coming out of HHS," said Senator Alsobrooks during the interview.

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