measles, Congress and RFK
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What I would say is my opinions about vaccines are irrelevant," Kennedy said. "I don't think people should be taking advice, medical advice, from me."
1hon MSN
Amid an ongoing measles outbreak in the U.S. that's killed two children and one adult — all unvaccinated — the health secretary has pushed unproven remedies.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a bizarre new “explanation” for the deadly measles outbreak sweeping western Texas. According to public health experts, the country’s worst measles outbreak in years is being fueled by vaccination hesitancy, which critics say Kennedy has stoked for years.
Kennedy deferred to the National Institutes of Health to 'lay out the pros and cons, risks and benefits, accurately as we understand them with
Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) joins Chris Jansing ahead of the Senate HELP Committee questioning Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on his budget cuts and measles response. Sen. Markey also weighs in on President Trump's plan to accept a luxury jet from the Qatari royal family.
But on Wednesday, the man responsible for running the nation’s public health response ... Jr. justified a religious Texas community’s decision not to receive the vaccine by claiming that the ...
The potential change outlined in a statement would require all new vaccines to undergo placebo testing, sparking concerns among medical experts.
The plans amount to an extraordinary flex of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s power as health secretary to make decisions ordinarily left to career scientists at the Food and Drug Administration.