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Medical Professionals Are Among the Winners of the Midterms
About a half-dozen Democratic doctors and nurses ran for Congress. Some made opposition to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. central to their campaigns.
‘It’s a mess right now’: RFK’s sweeping changes place new vaccines in limbo
Health secretary’s effort to alter makeup of ACIP panel means no new recommendations coming – even as new vaccines are approved
US vaccine recommendations are in limbo, access to vaccines is suffering, and some of the uncertainty may continue for years following major blows to vaccination by the Trump administration, experts say.
Robert F Kennedy Jr, the secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has made sweeping changes to vaccination policy, cutting childhood immunization recommendations by a third and replacing experts on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) with his own handpicked allies.
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Key Trump Health Adviser Resigns Ahead of Midterms
Calley Means, who helped unite Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and President Trump, pushed food reforms but grew frustrated with stalled progress on the MAHA agenda.
RFK Jr. Pledged to Advance Anti-Vaccine Group’s Goals. Here’s What He’s Doing.
The health secretary is quietly taking steps that public health experts fear will reduce immunization rates further.
N.I.H. Hospital Board Rebukes Kennedy Over New Vaccine Injury Clinic
The board that oversees the N.I.H. Clinical Center voted unanimously to support a statement accusing Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of undermining trust in the hospital’s work.
RFK Jr. Pledged to Advance Anti-Vaccine Group’s Goals. Here’s What He’s Doing.
The health secretary is quietly taking steps that public health experts fear will reduce immunization rates further.
RFK Jr. to Announce Major Vaccine Injury Initiative, Including New Clinic
Vaccine safety experts say more research into the side effects would be welcome yet question whether the health secretary’s effort will be grounded in science.