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RFK, Policy Moves and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Hiltzik: With slate of anti-vaccine moves, RFK Jr. steps up his assault on public health

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. places anti-vaxxers in control of U.S. vaccine policy, slandering an actual expert along the way.

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RFK Jr.'s picks for vaccine advisory panel raise concerns about anti-vaccine bias

A few of the new members Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appointed to the federal vaccine panel have promoted misinformation about vaccines and public health.

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RFK Jr.’s Policy Moves Are Weakening Vaccine Infrastructure, Fired Advisers Say

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to overhaul a key committee on vaccine policy has left the country’s vaccine infrastructure “critically weakened,” former members of the group said in a piece published in JAMA on Monday.

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RFK Jr. fired everyone on a key vaccine panel. Here’s who he replaced them with.

RFK Jr. fired everyone on a key vaccine panel. Here’s who he replaced them with. This story was originally reported by The 19th .

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RFK Jr. is sabotaging the vaccine program. Here’s how to stop him.

When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was appointed secretary of Health and Human Services, some hoped that the responsibility of public ...

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I Will Never Trust Robert F. Kennedy Jr. But I Want to Trust Public Health.

Kennedy Jr. fired all 17 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on June 9, I was devastated but not ...

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Who Is on RFK, Jr.’s New Vaccine Panel—And What Will They Do?

Critics fear that U.S. Department of Health and Human Services chief RFK, Jr., known for his antivaccine views, has picked a ...

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RFK Jr. kills policy on public comment for health regulations

The Department of Health and Human Services is reversing a decades-old policy of soliciting public comment before it ...

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Health Experts Call Out RFK Jr. Policy Changes: 'New Inconsistency Every Day'

HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. previously said about the new CDC guidance on COVID vaccines: "I couldn't be more pleased to announce that as of today the COVID vaccine for healthy children and ...

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RFK Jr. rolls back transparency policy on Medicaid and NIH changes

He covers federal public health agencies. Dubbed the "Richardson Waiver" after the former health secretary who issued the rule in 1971, the policy Kennedy repealed had required regulations ...

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What alarms health experts most about RFK Jr. is what he’s leaving out of his health policy proposals

Kennedy Jr., the former ... vaccines than RFK.” In a livestreamed event with supporters Monday, Kennedy said Trump had promised to give him “control” of several public health agencies ...

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After decades of anti-vaccine rhetoric, RFK Jr. pivots to chronic diseases — and gets Trump on board

Isabella Cueto covers the leading causes of death and disability: chronic diseases. Her focus includes autoimmune conditions and diseases of the lungs, kidneys, liver (and more). She writes about ...

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Analyzing what RFK Jr. said on 'Morning Edition' about his health policy vision

Kennedy Jr., and his skepticism of public health expertise ... we got Kennedy on the line on NPR. ROBERT F KENNEDY JR: Yes. That's something that the administration will do.

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RFK Jr. Keeps Telling A Flat-Out Lie About Childhood Vaccines — And Doctors Are Sick Of It

The health and human services secretary has repeatedly claimed children need dozens more vaccines than they actually do.

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