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Among the eight people Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced would make up his new group of outside vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are an emergency physician who posted Islamophobic commentary on social media and two doctors who were paid to provide expert testimony in trials against a vaccine maker.
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made several false claims about vaccines in a Thursday appearance on Fox News.
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Offit has served on committees that advise the federal government on the use of vaccines. Earlier this week, Kennedy ignited controversy for dismissing all the members of one advising the CDC.
On Thursday, the CIA released 54 previously classified documents totaling 1,450 pages about RFK's death. The documents, some redacted, show how the CIA responded to his killing and detailed RFK's trip to the Soviet Union, among other vignettes about his life and the broader social and political context of the time.
A day after abruptly firing a key vaccine panel, RFK Jr. said he would reconstitute it with “highly credentialed" experts amid backlash.
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The CIA has released 1,500 pages of previously classified documents relating to the assassination of New York Sen. Robert F. Kennedy.
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The Texas Tribune on MSNTexas clarified when abortions are OK and aligned with RFK Jr. on health this legislative sessionAmid a quiet legislative session for health, lawmakers’ priority legislation reinforced the U.S. health secretary’s agenda.
Bill Nye revealed a barrage of old text messages from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., some of which were links to articles promoting vaccine skepticism.