Allies of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the US Secretary of Health, secured changes to the federal vaccination schedule and are now moving to state legislatures.[1] A CDC committee voted to restrict the combined measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella vaccine to children over four years of age because of the risk of febrile seizures.[1] He withdrew support for widespread vaccination against covid-19, recommending only "shared clinical decision-making" in consultation with a doctor for those six months of age and older.[1][2] A vote on delaying hepatitis B vaccination at birth was postponed and the recommendation changed to one dose of the HPV vaccine instead of two.[1][2] These changes also include restrictions on pertussis, rotavirus, meningococcal, hepatitis A and B vaccines.[2] In Texas, two unvaccinated children (ages 6 and 8) died of measles in the epidemic.[3] Kennedy visited the epicenter in Texas, attended the funeral, and stated that the vaccine is the most effective way to prevent measles.[3] The measles epidemic resulted in more than 1,000 infections and three deaths, including two children.[4]