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RFK Jr. faces blowback from senators, former vaccine committee members after firings
Recently fired members of a committee that advises the federal government on immunization safety lashed out at Health and ...
RFK Jr.’s firing of little-known committee members could mean families can’t afford vaccines
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dismissed all members of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which recommends which ...
Hiltzik: With slate of anti-vaccine moves, RFK Jr. steps up his assault on public health
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. places anti-vaxxers in control of U.S. vaccine policy, slandering an actual expert along ...
CDC virus expert resigns after RFK Jr.’s purge of vaccine advisers
Fiona Havers, who oversaw CDC respiratory virus data, told colleagues she no longer had confidence the data would be used ...
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 ...
RFK Jr. names 8 vaccine panel replacements, including a critic of COVID vaccines
Kennedy’s decision to “retire” the previous 17-member Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices was widely decried by ...
RFK Jr. Names Eight Vaccine Panel Replacements, Including Covid-Shot Skeptics
The new composition of the influential advisory committee comes days after the health secretary dismissed the panel’s 17 ...
After firing entire CDC vaccine committee, RFK Jr. appoints 8 new members including vaccine skeptics: Who they are and what to know
Health and Human Services Department head RFK Jr. ousted all 17 sitting members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization ...
Connecticut man, known for anti-COVID vaccine arguments, appointed by RFK Jr. to CDC's vaccine panel
Martin Kulldorff is a co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration, which argued for a "herd immunity" strategy.
All 17 fired vaccine advisors unite to blast RFK Jr.’s “destabilizing decisions”
Kennedy dismissed the entire committee on June 9, accusing the former members of lacking public trust and being "plagued with persistent conflicts of interest," despite the committee's transparent ...