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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 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 ...
Why Americans’ access to lifesaving vaccines is threatened by RFK Jr. overhaul
The leader of the Kennedy-appointed vaccine panel said it will reconsider the government’s recommendations for childhood ...
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 ...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pulls U.S. funding from global vaccines group, saying it has ‘ignored the science’
Gavi has paid for more than 1 billion children to be vaccinated through routine immunization programs, saving an estimated 18 ...
RFK Jr. appoints longtime anti-vaccine ally Lyn Redwood to HHS position
Kennedy Jr. has hired an anti-vaccine advocate and longtime ally to a position at the Health and Human Services Department, a ...
Key GOP senator finally challenges RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine policies — but he’s too late
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), a doctor, abandoned his good judgment to confirm Robert F. Kennedy as health secretary. He's ...