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Months after Kennedy's visit, the island was hit with a devastating measles outbreak that sickened hundreds and killed dozens, mostly children under the age of five.
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Sep 9, 2026 Sidney Hillman Foundation
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Our winners sued to obtain correspondence between Kennedy and the PM of Samoa in which Kennedy pitches a visit to study the MMR vaccine and the PM agrees to host him for that mission.
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Sep 9, 2026 Sidney Hillman Foundation
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Two children died in Samoa from a medical error with the MMR vaccine. The deaths were due to inadvertent contamination with drug and not the vaccine itself, but vaccinations were temporarily suspended in the island nation.