September 18, 2026

You’ve Got a Friend in the White House.

One health secretary, two doors, and two very different messages about vaccines.

Editorial cartoon showing HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. between two doors. At an HHS measles outbreak clinic he says, People should get the measles vaccine. Toward a Children’s Health Defense gathering he says, Don’t worry. You’ve got a friend in the White House. An aide holds a proposal to split the MMR vaccine into three separate shots.