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Former CDC Director: RFK Jr. is Dangerously Wrong about Vaccines

Kennedy Jr. poses a direct threat to American health. Far from restoring trust—Kennedy’s stated aim—this action dismantles a process that was a model for the world, built over six decades, and will create confusion for doctors,

Nature · 4d

Who is on RFK Jr’s new vaccine panel — and what will they do?

An emergency-room doctor, critics of COVID-19 vaccines and an obstetrician who advises a supplement company are among the advisers handpicked by vaccine sceptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the head of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), to provide advice on vaccines to the federal government.

Opinion

STAT · 6d

RFK Jr.’s attack on vaccine experts endangers every American

Our nation’s top health official cannot be trusted to protect America’s children and their families,” writes Richard Besser, pediatrician and president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

2don MSN

RFK Jr.'s shakeup of vaccine advisory committee raises worries about scientific integrity of health recommendations

Multiple new members have voiced anti-vaccine views that are not based in scientific evidence. Their actions could shape the ...

3don MSN

RFK Jr. taps allies and COVID vaccine critics among picks for CDC advisory panel. Here's who's on the list.

Meissner was previously listed in April as a consultant to the RSV vaccines work group for the CDC committee, before Kennedy ...

Opinion

6hOpinion

RFK Jr. is wrong. Dismissing vaccine experts won't make us healthier | Opinion

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s decision to dismiss all members of the ACIP, which regulates vaccines, isn't just wrong. It's dangerous.

6don MSN

RFK Jr.'s firing of CDC vaccine panel undermines science, could threaten public health, experts say

Some experts say the move undermines science, disrupts a trusted regulatory process and could sow public distrust in ...

U.S. News & World Report6d

Experts Warn of Vaccine Access Risks After RFK Jr. Dismisses CDC Committee

That ended Monday, when Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removed all 17 in a move experts say will further erode the public ... stuff with direct implications for ...

5dOpinion

RFK Jr.'s Policies Shouldn't Surprise Anyone

Firing the CDC’s panel of expert vaccine advisers tracks with his longstanding anti-science beliefs.

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