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U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., testifies before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on President Donald Trump’s 2026 health care agenda, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 4, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your …

Ex-CDC director: RFK Jr. planning September vaccine changes  Axios Trump Administration Live Updates: Kennedy Is Undermining Trust in Public Health, Former C.D.C. Officials Testify  The New York Times Fired CDC director says she was instructed by RFK Jr. not to speak to senators  The Hill Susan Monarez to tell Senate how RFK Jr fired her – follow live  BBC Fired CDC Director & Fmr. …

RFK Jr. said CDC employees were ‘killing children,’ former director says  Politico Trump Administration Live Updates: Kennedy Is Undermining Trust in Public Health, Former C.D.C. Officials Testify  The New York Times Ex-CDC official says RFK Jr. pressured her to stay silent  Axios Susan Monarez to tell Senate how RFK Jr fired her – follow live  BBC Ex-CDC director tells senators that RFK Jr. required …

‘You resisted firing people who think the Covid vaccine should be at six months’published at 16:13 BST 16:13 BST Image source, Reuters You can watch some of this exchange in the video carousel at the top of the page Monarez is now being questioned by Senator Rand Paul, a Republican from Kentucky. Paul asks her first about Covid vaccines: “Does …

Houry, who resigned after Monarez was removed, said that she made the decision to leave her post because “CDC leaders were reduced to rubber stamps, supporting policies not based on science and putting American lives at risk.” She criticized Kennedy’s leadership as head of Health and Human Services and accused him of censoring CDC science, politicizing its processes and stripping …

WASHINGTON – U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy has appointed a Baton Rouge physician to the committee that recommends vaccination policies to the federal government — and she has repeatedly questioned COVID vaccines and other inoculations for children. “I am very, very skeptical,” Dr. Evelyn Griffin said in 2024 while speaking to the congregation of Rev. Tony Spell’s Life Tabernacle Church near …

A 3D illustration of the inside of the human body showing a liver with cirrhosis, with permanent advanced scarring caused by hepatitis B. (Shutterstock) HEPATITIS B IS A HIGHLY TRANSMISSIBLE, blood-borne disease that’s been called a “silent killer” because it can become chronic without presenting symptoms for many years—until, one day, it leads to cirrhosis or liver cancer or both. …

Ousted CDC director expected to push back against RFK Jr.’s version of her firing  Politico Former C.D.C. Director to Tell Lawmakers She Was ‘Fired for Holding the Line’  The New York Times Ousted CDC director Susan Monarez to warn of “real risk” for vaccines for children if vaccine panel meets this week  CBS News Ex-CDC director set to tell senators that RFK Jr. …

A key federal vaccine advisory panel whose members were recently replaced by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to vote to recommend delaying until age 4 the hepatitis B vaccine that’s currently given to newborns, according to two former senior Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials. “There is going to likely be a discussion …

Hepatitis B Vaccine, Once a Public Health Win, Is Under Threat From RFK Jr.  The New York Times Kennedy’s vaccine panel expected to recommend delaying hepatitis B shot in children  NPR Should adults get vaccinated against Hepatitis B?  NewsNation Do babies really need the hepatitis B vaccine? What we know as RFK Jr. moves to delay shots for kids  New York Post Why do …