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RFK Jr. appoints longtime anti-vaccine ally Lyn Redwood to HHS position
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has hired an anti-vaccine advocate and longtime ally to a position at the Health and ...
RFK Jr.'s halt to U.S. funding for Gavi vaccine alliance a "travesty and a nightmare," experts warn
RFK Jr. announced a halt to all U.S. funding for the global Gavi vaccine alliance. One expert calls it a "travesty and a ...
RFK Jr. wins his fight against a rare, safe flu-shot ingredient
A CDC panel’s vote to stop recommending thimerosal-containing flu shots would have limited impact, but it illustrates how the ...
RFK Jr.’s New Vaccine Advisers to Re-Examine Shot Advice for Children
The panel’s new chairman questions hepatitis B vaccine timing, even as CDC nominee says vaccines save lives.
RFK Junior is stoking fears about vaccine safety. Here’s why he’s wrong – and the impact it could have
On Wednesday, RFK Jr announced the US would stop funding the global vaccine alliance, Gavi, because he claimed that “when the ...
Confused by changes in COVID and other vaccine policies? Here’s what you should know.
In recent weeks, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has begun to dismantle decades of vaccine safety ...
Hiltzik: Contradicting RFK Jr., CDC says the COVID vaccine protects pregnant women, babies, and children
RFK Jr. turned the CDC's vaccine committee into an anti-vaccine panel, but it still heard evidence that his campaign against ...