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Kennedy, vaccine and health secretary

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s made promises about vaccines. Here’s what he’s done as health secretary

During his Senate confirmation hearings, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested he wouldn’t undermine vaccines. “I am not going to go into HHS and impose my preordained opinions on anybody at HHS,” he said. “I’m going to empower the scientists at HHS to do their job and make sure that we have good science that is evidence based.”

The New York Times · 2d

Kennedy’s New Advisers Promise Closer Scrutiny of Childhood Vaccines

The reconstituted C.D.C. panel will revisit the standard vaccination schedule. The former head of an anti-vaccine group is now a special federal employee.

The Boston Globe · 15h

RFK Jr.’s made promises about vaccines. Here’s what he’s done as health secretary.

The Department of Health and Human Services has taken unprecedented steps to change how vaccines are evaluated, approved, and recommended.

Kennedy, Flu and vaccine

The New York Times · 21h

With Flu Shot Vote, Kennedy’s Vaccine Skepticism Comes Full Circle

The preservative thimerosal started Robert F. Kennedy Jr. down the path of questioning vaccine safety. A panel of experts he appointed will no longer recommend annual flu shots that contain it.

Reuters on MSN · 20h

Kennedy's US vaccine panel backs preservative-free shot despite safety evidence

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s newly revamped vaccine advisory panel voted on Thursday to recommend Americans receive seasonal influenza shots that are free from the mercury-based preservative thimerosal despite decades of studies showing no related safety issues.

The Associated Press on MSN · 1d

Kennedy’s vaccine committee to vote on flu vaccines and controversial preservative thimerosal

ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisory committee backed another option to protect infants against a dangerous virus — before turning to questions about fall flu vaccines and a preservative in a small fraction of them that some antivaccine groups have falsely tied to autism.

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Associated Press News on MSN · 1d

Kennedy says US is pulling funding from global vaccine group Gavi

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the country is ending support for the international vaccine alliance Gavi.

U.S. News & World Report · 18h

U.S. Stops Funding for Gavi Global Vaccine Program, Sparking Backlash

The United States will stop sending money to Gavi, a global group that helps vaccinate children in low-income countries, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday.

CBS News on MSN · 1d

Experts say halting U.S. funds for Gavi vaccine alliance will cost lives

RFK Jr. announced a halt to all U.S. funding for the global Gavi vaccine alliance. One expert calls it a "travesty and a nightmare."

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Unusual pushback, ‘dangerous precedent’: What the first meeting of Kennedy’s CDC advisers reveals about the future of vaccines in America

A startling new vision of vaccination in America is becoming clearer — one likely to involve fresh scrutiny of established ...

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Kennedy's US vaccine panel votes in favor of Merck's RSV antibody drug

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s newly revamped vaccine advisory panel voted on Thursday for recommending use of ...

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Kennedy’s new vaccine panel alarms pediatricians with inquiries into long-settled questions

Opening the first meeting of Kennedy’s handpicked seven-member panel, committee chairman Martin Kulldorff said he was ...

Why Kennedy’s overhaul of a key CDC committee could lead to ‘vaccine chaos’ in the US

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, will gather this ...

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Kennedy's new US vaccine panel backs Merck's RSV drug for infants

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s newly revamped vaccine advisory panel voted on Thursday to recommend use of ...

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A rundown of recent Trump administration vaccine policy changes

The Trump administration continued to reshape U.S. health policy in recent days with several moves that could change what ...

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