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Kennedy’s New Vaccine Advisers Helped Lawyers Raise Doubts About Their Safety
Three of the health secretary’s picks to replace fired members of an influential panel that sets U.S. vaccine policies have ...
Kennedy’s HHS sent Congress ‘junk science’ to defend vaccine changes, experts say
A document the Department of Health and Human Services sent to lawmakers to support Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ...
How Kennedy’s overhaul could make vaccines more expensive
The Affordable Care Act requires all insurance companies to cover, for free, all vaccines the panel recommends. Those ...
Kennedy has caused irreparable harm to vaccines
Anti-vaccine voices are now advising the CDC. Here’s how public health experts can respond.
Kennedy names new members of CDC vaccine advisory panel days after removing previous advisers
Just two days after retiring the entirety of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory panel, US ...
Kennedy’s ouster of US vaccine advisors puts pharma ties under scrutiny
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced questions from Congress about his own potential conflicts of interest during a confirmation ...
Exclusive: Kennedy's new vaccine adviser was expert witness against Merck vaccine
One of the new vaccine advisers picked by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has earned thousands of dollars as an ...
Kennedy Announces Eight New Members of C.D.C. Vaccine Advisory Panel
The health secretary promised not to pick “anti-vaxxers.” But some public health leaders accused him of breaking his word.
Kennedy's new CDC panel includes members who have criticized vaccines and spread misinformation
The new appointees include Vicky Pebsworth, a regional director for the National Association of Catholic Nurses, who has been ...
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 ...
RFK Jr.’s vaccine moves raise fears ahead of next school year
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to fire the Centers for Disease Control and ...
‘Undermining trust’: Kennedy’s promises on vaccines put to the test
Kennedy has made the point repeatedly in congressional testimony and in his response to an ongoing measles outbreak. He has said he believes reassuring Americans that vaccination is up to them, and ...