WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., facing pointed bipartisan questioning at a rancorous three-hour Senate committee hearing on Thursday, tried to defend his efforts to pull back COVID-19 vaccine recommendations and explain the turmoil he has created at federal health agencies. Kennedy said the fired CDC director was untrustworthy, stood by his past anti-vaccine rhetoric, and …
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RFK Jr picks seven new members for US CDC vaccine panel, document shows | Robert F Kennedy Jr
US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has chosen seven new members for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s panel of vaccine experts, an internal CDC document showed on Wednesday. The Department of Health and Human Services has directed the CDC to name the new members to its advisory committee on immunization practices (ACIP), according to the document, which …
Read More »Medical groups call on US Health Secretary Kennedy to step down – Reuters
Medical groups call on US Health Secretary Kennedy to step down ReutersView Full Coverage on Google News Source link
Read More »Cassidy praises Trump, castigates Kennedy at hearing – Politico
Cassidy praises Trump, castigates Kennedy at hearing Politico Cassidy, RFK Jr. tangle in heated exchange on vaccines, Nobel Prize for Trump The Hill RFK Jr. hearing: Chuck Grassley, Joni Ernst must join Bill Cassidy in opposition | Opinion The Des Moines Register Will RFK Jr.’s Watchdog Hold His Feet to the Fire? Bloomberg.com GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy, a doctor, accuses RFK Jr. of ‘denying …
Read More »RFK Jr defends chaos at federal health agencies as Democratic senators attack his ‘disaster’ tenure – live updates | Robert F Kennedy Jr
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Kennedy also falsely claimed that “there are no cuts to Medicaid” taking place under the Trump administration. Deep cuts to Medicaid, which provides healthcare to low-income and disabled Americans, have been one of most contentious aspects of Trump’s signature tax and spending megabill. Under the legislation, …
Read More »Kennedy prepares to name new vaccine panel members – Politico
Kennedy prepares to name new vaccine panel members Politico Kennedy to Add New Members to Vaccine Advisory Panel The New York Times Schools prepare for the worst as RFK Jr. reshapes the vaccine landscape The Hill Kennedy picks seven new members for US CDC vaccine panel, document shows Reuters CDC Taps Vaccine Skeptic to Lead COVID Shot Review: Here’s What to Know MedPage Today Source …
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Kennedy picks seven new members for US CDC vaccine panel, document shows Reuters Kennedy to Add New Members to Vaccine Advisory Panel The New York Times Schools prepare for the worst as RFK Jr. reshapes the vaccine landscape The Hill CDC Taps Vaccine Skeptic to Lead COVID Shot Review: Here’s What to Know MedPage Today RFK Jr. Moves to Add More Hand-Picked Vaccine Advisory …
Read More »Groundbreaking sports broadcaster Jayne Kennedy finally tells her story in ‘Plain Jayne’ — Andscape
Plain Jane: A memoir by Jayne Kennedy is available now from Andscape books. In this excerpt she talks about how she turned a short-term contract with The NFL Today in the late 1970s into becoming the first Black woman to co-anchor the show, thanks to an interview with Muhammad Ali. When I was hired as the first Black woman to …
Read More »Kennedy to Add New Members to Vaccine Advisory Panel – The New York Times
Kennedy to Add New Members to Vaccine Advisory Panel The New York Times RFK Jr. Moves to Add More Hand-Picked Vaccine Advisory Members Bloomberg CDC Taps Vaccine Skeptic to Lead COVID Shot Review: Here’s What to Know MedPage Today HHS schedules next vaccine panel meeting after CDC director ousted Politico Kennedy prepares to name new vaccine panel members Politico Source link
Read More »RFK Jr boasts of handling of US measles outbreak in op-ed amid CDC upheaval | Robert F Kennedy Jr
Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), defended his response to the largest measles outbreak in the US in 33 years in a new editorial, calling it an example of “what a focused” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) “can achieve”. Kennedy did so in a Wall Street Journal editorial …
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