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RFK Jr. made some promises on vaccines to get confirmed. Is he breaking them?
The Trump era is rife with Republicans who abandon their principles in the name of toeing Donald Trump’s line. But few have gambled with those principles recently like Louisiana Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy.
Cassidy in a bind as RFK Jr. blows up vaccine policy
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has put Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) in a political bind, squeezed by his loyalty to President Trump and commitment to medicine. Cassidy, the
RFK Jr. breaks promise to senators, guts CDC vaccine panel of independent experts
Before his confirmation, the HHS secretary said he’d leave the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices alone. Now he’s doing the opposite.
RFK Jr. ousts every member of CDC vaccine advisory committee
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has sensationally ousted every member of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the Biden-appointed group that made recommendations on the necessity and use
RFK Jr. fires entire CDC vaccine advisory panel
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ousted all 17 members of a panel that advises the CDC on the safety, efficacy and clinical needs of vaccines.
Opinion
How one meeting in 2020 and a GOP senator helped create RFK Jr.’s vaccine wreck
In more than 20 years of covering policy, I have witnessed some crazy stuff. But one episode towers above the rest in sheer lunacy: the November 2020 meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Sounds boring? Usually, maybe.
RFK Jr. names 8 vaccine committee replacements, including COVID shot critic
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday named eight new vaccine policy advisers to replace the panel that he abruptly dismissed earlier this week.
RFK Jr. faces blowback from senators, former vaccine committee members after firings
Recently fired members of a committee that advises the federal government on immunization safety lashed out at Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., saying that their terminations will limit access to vaccines and put American lives at risk.
Vaccine advisers to review ingredient RFK Jr. has long wanted banned
The health secretary wrote a 2014 book arguing that thimerosal caused brain damage, a claim his own agencies say is unfounded.
CDC Vaccine Expert Resigns After RFK Jr. Cuts Advisers
A senior scientist at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has resigned, warning that changes in leadership may weaken the country’s vaccine program. Dr. Fiona Havers, who led the CDC’s tracking of hospitalizations from COVID-19 and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus),
RFK Jr.’s New Panel Tackles Vaccine Ingredients, Kids’ Shots
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s plan for America’s vaccines is coming into focus, with his revamped immunization advisory panel set to discuss the use of measles shots in kids next week and vote on an ingredient that’s been wrongly linked to autism.
Editorial: As predicted, HHS Secretary Kennedy is undermining public health
Robert Kennedy’s time as Health and Human Services secretary has already severely undermined confidence in public health ...
‘Absolutely insane’ RFK Jr. fact-checked by doctors after bizarre Fox News appearance
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made several false claims about vaccines in a Thursday ...
Do Americans approve of how RFK Jr. is handling his job? What a new poll found
A slim majority of Americans, 53%, disapprove of the way Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is handling his job as Secretary of Health and Human Services, according to a new poll. Meanwhile, 38% approve. Photo ...
Kennedy’s HHS sent Congress ‘junk science’ to defend vaccine changes, experts say
A document the Department of Health and Human Services sent to lawmakers to support Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ...
Maryland lawmakers still in the dark on Fort Detrick research pause
Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Health and Human Services Department ordered a pause on all research activities at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases research facility at Fort ...
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Kraft Heinz to eliminate artificial colors amid Kennedy, Health Department push
Kraft Heinz said Tuesday that it will eliminate artificial colors from its U.S. products. Why it matters: The food industry ...
Poll: RFK Jr.'s food agenda finds appeal across partisan lines, but vaccines are a different story
The new NBC News Decision Desk Poll powered by SurveyMonkey found adults divided over the health secretary but with a bare ...