Republican senator blames Trump administration policies for measles deaths in Pennsylvania

Health committee chair Bill Cassidy said fatal outbreak of disease is a ‘terrible legacy’ for Trump administration US politics live – latest updates Senator Bill Cassidy, the Republican chair of the US Senate health committee, blamed the Trump administration ’s vaccine-skeptical approach for ‌recent measles deaths in Pennsylvania and challenged Donald Trump’s pick for surgeon general to directly state that vaccines do not cause autism on Wednesday.

Cassidy, a Louisiana physician who chairs the panel, said three people in…