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RFK Jr.’s Moves Gut Vaccine Infrastructure, Fired Advisers Say
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to overhaul a key committee on vaccine policy has left the country’s vaccine infrastructure ...
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 ...
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 ...
RFK Jr. fires ‘Washingtonian of the year’ from CDC vaccine panel
A Seattle infectious disease doctor, whose work was pivotal early in the COVID pandemic, shares more on her experience with ...
RFK Jr.’s Baseless Purge of CDC Vaccine Panel Alarms Public Health Experts
On Monday afternoon, the head of HHS enacted a "clean sweep" of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
Cassidy in a bind as RFK Jr. blows up vaccine policy
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has put Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) in a political bind, squeezed by ...
Top RFK Jr. aide attacks US health system while running company that promotes wellness alternatives
A top aide to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has built a following by accusing the nation's top medical institutions ...
RFK Jr.'s Policies Shouldn't Surprise Anyone
Firing the CDC’s panel of expert vaccine advisers tracks with his longstanding anti-science beliefs.
What RFK Jr.’s Changes to CDC Panel Mean for Vaccine Policy
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of health and human services, appointed eight new members of an expert panel that advises ...
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 Prevention’s (CDC) entire vaccine board even as childhood vaccination ...
CDC official overseeing COVID hospitalization data resigns after RFK Jr.'s orders to change vaccine recommendations
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official who led the agency's network to study hospitalization trends from infectious diseases like COVID-19 has resigned in protest following Health and ...