喬·肯尼迪猛烈抨擊川普「公然非法」奪取肯尼迪中心所有權的行為
喬肯尼迪三世終於打破沉默，並猛烈抨擊。
這位前馬薩諸塞州國會議員直面川普企圖將自己的名字印在甘迺迪中心上的舉動，並直言不諱地稱之為「公然非法行為」。
這一切始於川普第二個任期開始的幾週。他罷免了中心的領導階層，安插了一群忠實擁護者組成董事會，並自封為主席。到了12月，這個橡皮圖章式的董事會投票決定將他的名字印在美國最神聖的文化機構之一上。
聯邦法院僅憑一眼就駁回了這項決定。
川普政府驚慌失措。他們懇求上級法院阻止這項裁決，聲稱如果中心上沒有「川普」的名字，捐贈者就會紛紛撤離，募款活動也會一夜之間崩潰。
上訴法院駁回了這項說法。 6月12日，這項請求被駁回。幾個小時後，刻有川普名字的銅牌被永久地從大樓上拆除。
甘迺迪明確表示，這絕非關乎個人私利或牆上的一枚銅牌。這關乎中心所代表的一切：藝術、音樂、來自各行各業的人們匯聚於此，以及他的家族世代為之奮鬥的價值觀。
當其他親屬保持沉默時，小喬·甘迺迪挺身而出。他捍衛了家族的傳承，也捍衛了支持這份傳承的國家。
Joe Kennedy Drops the Hammer on Trump's "Blatantly Illegal" Kennedy Center Power Grab
Joe Kennedy III finally broke his silence, and he came out swinging.
The former Massachusetts congressman looked Trump's attempt to slap his own name on the Kennedy Center dead in the eye and called it exactly what it was: a "blatantly illegal act."
It started just weeks into Trump's second term. He ousted the center's leadership, installed a board of loyalists, crowned himself chairman, and by December, that rubber-stamp board had voted to plaster his name across one of America's most sacred cultural institutions.
A federal court took one look and shut it down.
Trump's administration panicked. They begged a higher court to block the ruling, claiming that without "Trump" on the building, donors would flee and fundraising would collapse overnight.
The appeals court wasn't buying it. On June 12, the request was denied, and within hours, the bronze letters spelling Trump's name were ripped off the building for good.
Kennedy made it clear this was never about ego or a name on a wall. It was about everything the center stands for: the art, the music, the people from every walk of life who come together inside it, and the values his family has spent generations fighting to protect.
While other relatives stayed silent, Joe Kennedy III stood tall. He defended his family's legacy, and he defended the country that legacy was built for.
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在周二的一封措辭嚴厲的信中，卡羅琳·肯尼迪警告參議員們要提防她的堂兄小羅伯特·F·肯尼迪，稱他為“掠食者”。 In a scathing letter Tuesday, Caroline Kennedy warned senators about her cousin, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., calling him a "predator."
美國德州：“麻疹讓我害怕。”
甘迺迪 (JFK甘乃迪 孫輩)(稱麻疹爆發「並不罕見」。
專家回答了有關病毒的嚴重性和疫苗的有效性的關鍵問題。
Kennedy Said Measles Outbreaks Are ‘Not Unusual.’ Here’s What the Data Says.
Experts answered key questions about the severity of the virus and the effectiveness of the vaccine.
.......施瓦茨博士說：“隨著時間的推移以及大多數美國人距離患麻疹的距離越來越遠，人們有時會忽視感染麻疹的風險。”
麻疹通常以發燒、咳嗽、流鼻水和流淚開始，皮疹通常會先出現在臉上，然後向下蔓延。
據美國疾病管制與預防中心稱，未接種疫苗的感染者中約有 20% 需要住院治療。孕婦、免疫系統較弱的婦女以及免疫系統仍在發育的嬰兒和幼兒更容易出現併發症。
「這不是普通的感冒，」漢迪醫生說。
美國疾病管制與預防中心稱，每 20 名感染麻疹的兒童中，就有 1 名會罹患肺炎。每 1,000 名兒童中就有 1 名出現腦腫脹，可能導致失明、失聰或癲癇。拉特納博士說，在極為罕見的情況下，麻疹還會導致感染數年後出現的進行性致命神經系統疾病。
每1,000名感染麻疹的兒童中，會有1至3人死亡。
時至今日，麻疹每年仍導致全球約10萬人死亡，其中大多數是兒童。
漢迪醫師有年幼的孩子，她說，身為醫生和家長，麻疹讓她很擔心。
「我知道該擔心什麼，」她說。 “麻疹讓我害怕。”
“The risk of measles infection sometimes gets overlooked with the passage of time and how far most Americans are from seeing measles,” Dr. Schwartz said.
Measles typically begins with a fever, cough, runny nose and watery eyes, as well as a rash that usually first appears on the face and then spreads downward.
About 20 percent of unvaccinated people who are infected are hospitalized, according to the C.D.C. Complications are more common among pregnant women, those with weakened immune systems and babies and young children, whose immune systems are still developing.
“This is not a run-of-the-mill common cold,” Dr. Handy said.
As many as one out of every 20 children infected with measles will develop pneumonia, according to the C.D.C. One out of every 1,000 children get brain swelling, which can lead to blindness, deafness or seizures. In extremely rare cases, Dr. Ratner said, measles can also cause a progressive and fatal neurological disease that develops several years after an infection.
And one to three out of every 1,000 children infected with measles will die.
Today, measles still kills an estimated 100,000 people — most of them children — around the world each year.
Dr. Handy, who has young children, said measles is concerning to her both as a doctor and a parent.
“I know what to worry about,” she said. “And measles terrifies me.”
Catherine Pearson contributed reporting.
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