In 2018, improperly prepared vaccines — after nurses mixed doses with muscle relaxants instead of water — led to the deaths of two Samoan children. The incident sparked widespread mistrust in the vaccine program, including from Samoa’s prime minister, who suspended MMR immunizations altogether.

RFK Jr.'s testimony to senators clashed with past articles and letters he wrote concerning Samoan vaccine policy

Donald Trump's controversial pick to lead the department of Health has been accused or promoting mistrust of vaccines.

Hawaii Governor Josh Green had a scathing rebuttal to claims made by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s during his confirmation hearing Wednesday regarding a 2019 measles outbreak in Samoa. “He’s a liar, and it’s bulls--t,

Kennedy’s confirmation hearings are Wednesday and Thursday before two Senate committees, which will then vote on if his nomination advances to the full Senate.

RFK Jr. and Governor Ron Wyden of Oregon discuss the 2019 Samoa measles outbreak, and RFK Jr.'s role in the outbreak.

It was a spasm of tragedy on a remote Pacific island that only a few months later was overshadowed by a pandemic. But to Gov. Josh Green of Hawaii, the measles outbreak on neighboring Samoa that killed 83 people,