RFK Jr. Public Health Implications

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RFK Jr.’s attack on vaccine experts endangers every American

Our nation’s top health official cannot be trusted to protect America’s children and their families,” writes Richard Besser, pediatrician and president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Nature · 5d

Who is on RFK Jr’s new vaccine panel — and what will they do?

An emergency-room doctor, critics of COVID-19 vaccines and an obstetrician who advises a supplement company are among the advisers handpicked by vaccine sceptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the head of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), to provide advice on vaccines to the federal government.

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The Atlantic on MSN · 3d

RFK Jr. Is Barely Even Pretending Anymore

Kennedy Jr. accepted his new position as health secretary, he made a big show of distancing himself from his past life. Ne

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RFK Jr’s shakeup of vaccine advisory committee raises worries about scientific integrity of health recommendations

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a slate of eight new members to serve on the Advisory Committee on ...

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RFK Jr. taps allies and COVID vaccine critics among picks for CDC advisory panel. Here's who's on the list.

Meissner was previously listed in April as a consultant to the RSV vaccines work group for the CDC committee, before Kennedy ...

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RFK Jr.'s firing of CDC vaccine panel undermines science, could threaten public health, experts say

Some experts say the move undermines science, disrupts a trusted regulatory process and could sow public distrust in ...

U.S. News & World Report6d

Experts Warn of Vaccine Access Risks After RFK Jr. Dismisses CDC Committee

That ended Monday, when Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removed all 17 in a move experts say will further erode the public ... stuff with direct implications for ...

RFK Jr. Shares Confusing Information With Congress. Here’s What It Means For Public Health

HHS sent Congress a document defending its decision to remove some COVID-19 vaccine recommendations, but it cited unpublished, disputed or misinterpreted studies.

5dOpinion

RFK Jr.'s Policies Shouldn't Surprise Anyone

Firing the CDC’s panel of expert vaccine advisers tracks with his longstanding anti-science beliefs.

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