Documents show RFK Jr. sought to study Samoa’s MMR vaccines despite claiming his 2019 visit was unrelated to vaccines

Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told lawmakers that his 2019 trip to Samoa had nothing to do with vaccines.

New documents obtained by the Associated Press and The Guardian include a letter he sent to the Samoan prime minister before the visit, asking his team to study the nation’s measles, mumps and rubella vaccines.

The letter uses the term vaccine eight times and suggests the deaths of two children might have resulted from manufacturing problems, contradicting his congressional testimony.

The discovery raises concerns about the accuracy of his statements and his pledged support for existing vaccine policies.