What Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. might do to undermine vaccines — and what they likely can’t
RFK Jr. may push the FDA to gather more data, and could try to fill the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices with vaccine skeptics.
How much influence could RFK Jr. have over vaccines in Trump’s government?
RFK Jr., a longtime anti-vaccine activist, to play a role in Trump administration and potentially influence how the FDA and CDC approach the lifesaving shots.
Letters to the Editor: I'm a doctor. This is what worries me about RFK Jr. in the Trump administration
A doctor fears that an RFK Jr.-influenced Trump White House will discourage vaccination and block the release of data showing the disastrous consequences.
Robert Kennedy Jr’s influence over Donald Trump sparks Big Pharma alarm
Pharmaceutical executives and public health experts have warned that Robert F Kennedy Jr’s influence over Donald Trump could have a “chilling” impact on US vaccine research and provision. Kennedy, a vaccine sceptic,
RFK Jr. Gloats About Plan to Gut FDA Under Trump
Donald Trump associate and noted health nut Robert F. Kennedy Jr. still has federal health regulators in his crosshairs. On Wednesday, RFK, who is tipped to have a major role in Trump's administration,
RFK Jr. could play a big role under Trump—and Big Pharma is sounding the alarm: ‘We need somebody grounded by science and evidence, not somebody who rejects it’
One senior executive from the healthcare sector told the Financial Times his influence on policy would be “awful on a lot of levels."
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A Q&A with the FDA’s top vaccine regulator amid a fresh wave of disinformation
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“Pack your bags” RFK Jr. tells FDA. His war on public health under Trump would only accelerate
In an interview with NPR on Wednesday, Kennedy said Trump had already assigned him three tasks: to reduce the “corruption and ...
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Trump Says RFK Would Lead on Health. It’s a Risk to Vaccines and More.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr is known as a persistent critic of vaccine safety and is a longtime antagonist of the Food and Drug ...
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Which Vaccines Will RFK Jr. Come For?
Tragically, that same year, the CDC recommended that infants be injected with a series of mercury-laced vaccines. Newborns ...
Fluoride, vaccines and food dye are part of RFK Jr.'s plan to 'Make America Healthy Again.' What do experts think?
Rates of childhood vaccination have already fallen below the recommended ... Kennedy vowed in a statement Wednesday to gut “entire departments” of the FDA. Specifically, he called out the ...
Trump campaign quietly distances itself from RFK Jr after new vaccine safety comments
Donald Trump’s team appeared to be quietly distancing itself from Robert F Kennedy Jr in the immediate aftermath of the ...
RFK Jr warns he plans on clearing out entire departments of the FDA
Robert F Kennedy Jr, a likely political appointee in Trump’s new government, has already announced his intentions to clear ...