Shapiro says he’ll spurn federal measles aid until CDC confirms four deaths

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Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) said Wednesday he would refuse any federal aid for Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak until the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirms the four measles deaths reported in the state.

Shapiro spoke with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins following a public feud with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over the measles crisis in Pennsylvania. Shapiro had blamed Kennedy for the severity of the outbreak and claimed the secretary was directing the CDC not to report the measles deaths.

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