In health news, the top vaccine regulator at the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Peter Marks, has resigned after being forced out by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. In his resignation letter, Marks wrote, “it has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”

Meanwhile, HHS has hired David Geier, a longtime vaccine skeptic, to head a federal study of immunizations and autism.

In addition, ProPublica is reporting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ordered staff last week not to release a report on measles that stressed the need for vaccinations. This all comes amid a measles outbreak that has infected over 520 people, including over 400 in Texas, almost entirely among unvaccinated individuals.