RFK Jr. Public Health Implications

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr, vaccines

With slate of anti-vaccine moves, RFK Jr. steps up his assault on public health

Kennedy also sent members of Congress a fact sheet justifying his May 27 lifting of CDC recommendations that pregnant women and healthy children receive COVID vaccinations.

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

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

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US CDC official in charge of COVID, RSV data resigns ahead of vaccine meeting

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Former CDC advisers say they are ‘deeply concerned’ RFK Jr.’s actions will critically weaken US vaccine program

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Who Is on RFK, Jr.’s New Vaccine Panel—And What Will They Do?

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RFK Jr. is sabotaging the vaccine program. Here’s how to stop him.

When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was appointed secretary of Health and Human Services, some hoped that the responsibility of public office would temper his long-standing hostility toward vaccines. Instead, he is doing exactly what many of us feared: dismantling the systems that protect Americans from preventable infectious diseases.

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Vaccine Expert and Former CDC Advisory Committee Member on RFK Jr.’s Firings

Paul Offit knows vaccines. A trained doctor, he spent 26 years working in pediatric infectious disease and studying the rotaviruses before ultimately creating the strain that became the RotaTeq vaccine.

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

(THE CONVERSATION) On June 11, 2025, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a slate of eight new members to serve on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on national vaccine policy.

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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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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 ...