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RFK Jr.’s Advisers Back Merck’s RSV Shot for Newborns
RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel endorsed Merck’s RSV shot for babies, easing fears that his stance might delay rollout.
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 ...
RFK Jr.’s new CDC advisers to study childhood vaccination schedule, guidelines for hepatitis B, measles shots
At the first meeting of a controversial new group of vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ...
CDC to hire former head of anti-vaccine group founded by RFK Jr.
Lyn Redwood, who spread debunked claims about vaccines, will be in the CDC's Immunization Safety Office, multiple CDC ...
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 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 ...
Hiltzik: 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 and human Services ...
Opinion
RFK Jr. dismissing experts creates deadly vaccine hesitancy | Opinion
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s decision to dismiss all members of the ACIP, which regulates vaccines, isn't just wrong. It's dangerous.