Manipulating Health Data: A Threat to Public Trust The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has long been a trusted source of information on American public health.
However, recent revelations about manipulated measles data have raised disturbing questions about the influence of politics on scientific integrity. At the center of this controversy is Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
, who allegedly ordered CDC Director Erica Schwartz to delete two reported measles deaths from the agency's website in August 2023.