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RFK Jr.'s vow to overhaul vaccine injury program echoes grievances of anti-vaccine movement

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he wants to rework the U.S. program for compensating Americans injured by ...

RFK Jr.’s plans to overhaul ‘vaccine court’ system would face legal and scientific challenges

Congress was worried that lawsuits would collapse the country’s vaccine supply, allowing diseases to make a comeback. The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 created the vaccine court ...

Former Trump surgeon general says "people are going to die" after RFK Jr. halts some mRNA vaccine research

Adams, who served as surgeon general during the first Trump administration, said Kennedy's assertions about the efficacy of ...

Medical journal rejects RFK Jr.'s call for retraction of vaccine study

A U.S. medical journal is rejecting a call from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to retract a study that found that aluminum in vaccines do not increase health risks for children.

Healey proposes $2.45 billion spending bill that would decouple Mass. from RFK Jr.’s CDC on vaccine guidelines

The bill proposes that the Department of Public Health be able to set independent standards should the federal government ...

mRNA technology could hold hope for fighting cancer, but future is in doubt under RFK Jr.

Federal funding cuts to mRNA technology research doesn't just impact COVID vaccines — experts say it could stall progress in treatment for cancers, rare disease and more.
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After the shooting at CDC, RFK Jr. criticizes agency’s pandemic response

President Donald Trump’s Health Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., also described political violence as “wrong” and said his ...

RFK Jr. undermines trust in expertise at Department of Health and Human Services

From firing vaccine experts to cutting off research funding, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has undermined trust in expertise at U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.