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Kennedy’s vaccine advisers sow doubts as scientists protest US pivot on shots
As fired and retired scientists rallied outside in the Atlanta heat, an advisory panel that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. handpicked ...
‘My greatest handicap was the attitude of normal people.’ Alan Marshall’s artful polio memoir, I Can Jump Puddles, turns 70
Polio is in the news, with vaccination under threat and recent outbreaks. This makes Alan Marshall’s classic disability ...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s made promises about vaccines. Here’s what he’s done as health secretary
During his Senate confirmation hearings, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested he wouldn’t undermine vaccines. “I ...
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What is thimerosal? What the research says about the vaccine preservative under fire by RFK Jr.
Thimerosal has been at the heart of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s antivaccine activism for 20 ...
Confused by changes in COVID and other vaccine policies? Here’s what you should know.
In recent weeks, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has begun to dismantle decades of vaccine safety ...
Maine, other states consider forming regional vaccine advisory group
A group of northeastern states, including Maine, New York, Rhode Island and Connecticut, are considering forming the group to ...
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See Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science in These Handy Charts
Kennedy’s decision to replace ACIP wholesale and the comments he has made about deviating from standard vaccine policymaking ...
How medical groups may preserve vaccine access — and bypass RFK Jr.
The moves come as Kennedy has replaced members of the key federal vaccine advisory panel to the Centers for Disease Control ...
RFK Jr.'s halt to U.S. funding for Gavi vaccine alliance a "travesty and a nightmare," experts warn
RFK Jr. announced a halt to all U.S. funding for the global Gavi vaccine alliance. One expert calls it a "travesty and a ...
Kennedy Withdraws U.S. Funding Pledge to International Vaccine Agency
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claims that the global organization has “ignored the science” in immunizing children around the world.
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 ...
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Calculating the Damage of Vaccine Skepticism
He claimed that Gavi had “ignored the science” about vaccine safety. He had already dismissed all seventeen members of the C.D.C.’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, before saying that his ...