There have been 1,214 confirmed measles cases this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.

Measles cases in the U.S. are closing in on a 30-year record as the CDC confirms infections in 34 states.

Critics say Kennedy is ordering a review of childhood vaccines to stoke skepticism, risking the spread of disease.

On June 9, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. abruptly fired all 17 members of a key panel of medical and science experts overseeing the use of vaccines for the Centers ...