Key Facts

• Cassidy said children too young for measles vaccination and people with weakened immune systems can face serious risks from exposure.
• Cassidy urged public health officials to repeatedly warn that unvaccinated people can spread measles to vulnerable people.
• Cassidy said he was in regular contact with CDC Director Dr. Schwartz.
• Cassidy said a website tool that helps people find flu shots by ZIP code had been broken for a year and that Schwartz was working to fix it.
• Cassidy said there were about four weeks remaining for a possible public hearing on health issues.
• Kennedy said the Senate no longer had leverage over him and that he did not expect anything to get in his way.
• Cassidy said Kennedy was trying to provide cover for what Cassidy called a failure as health secretary.