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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 ...
Bernie Sanders calls for investigation into RFK Jr.’s firing of vaccine advisory panel
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is requesting the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Pensions, and Labor to investigate Health ...
RFK Jr.’s firing of little-known committee members could mean families can’t afford vaccines
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dismissed all members of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which recommends which ...
CDC vaccine advisers who were removed from committee by RFK Jr. speak out
The 17 members of the CDC's vaccine advisory committee, who were ousted last week, argued their abrupt dismissal has "left ...
Former CDC advisers say they are ‘deeply concerned’ RFK Jr.’s actions will critically weaken US vaccine program
Seventeen vaccine experts who were dismissed from a federal advisory panel last week say they are worried that recent moves ...
'He has reversed his word': Senator slams RFK Jr. for replacing CDC vaccine panel
Del., has introduced a new bill to require cause to fire members from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. The ...
All 17 fired vaccine advisors unite to blast RFK Jr.’s “destabilizing decisions”
Kennedy dismissed the entire committee on June 9, accusing the former members of lacking public trust and being "plagued with persistent conflicts of interest," despite the committee's transparent ...
CDC official overseeing COVID hospitalization data resigns after RFK Jr.'s vaccine orders
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official who led the agency's network to study hospitalization trends from ...
RFK Jr.’s new vaccine advisers include ER doctor who posted Islamophobic commentary online, expert witnesses against vaccines
Among the eight people Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced would make up his new group of outside vaccine advisers to the US ...
CDC virus expert resigns after RFK Jr.’s purge of vaccine advisers
Fiona Havers, who oversaw CDC respiratory virus data, told colleagues she no longer had confidence the data would be used ...
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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 ...
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 ...