Schools already dealing with declining childhood vaccination rates are watching with alarm Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent moves on public health.

Leaders are putting plans in place to handle outbreaks in classrooms after the U.S. this year saw its largest measles outbreak in decades and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stopped recommending the COVID-19 vaccine for those under 18. Kennedy, meanwhile, has fired all 17 sitting members of CDC’s vaccine advisory panel and also moved to oust the CDC head and other top HHS experts.

The states of Oregon, Washington and California announced on Wednesday that they are creating a public health partnership in an effort to spread the word about the safety and importance of vaccines.

“The CDC ha

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