US EditionCDC Blindsided by RFK Jr.; Bird Flu in Farm Poultry; Double-Dipping Risks?
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as HHS Secretary in 2025, announced that the CDC would no longer recommend COVID-19 vaccines for healthy children and pregnant women.
- This change followed Kennedy's longstanding anti-vaccine stance and coincided with a decrease in pediatric vaccination rates and measles outbreaks in Texas.
- Kennedy, alongside doctors Kory and Edwards, disputed official medical assessments of measles deaths, promoting alternative treatments and casting doubt on vaccine safety.
- The CDC’s change sparked backlash from health experts who cited evidence-based protocols and warned the decision could reduce vaccine access and increase health risks.
- The event reflects ongoing tensions between anti-vaccine advocacy under Kennedy’s HHS leadership and public health efforts to maintain vaccination and control infectious diseases.
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Wisconsin Doctor Makes Wild Measles Claims - EXPOSEDbyCMD
This piece is published in partnership with the Wisconsin Examiner. Last month, Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary and longtime anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attended the funeral for the second unvaccinated child in Texas to have died in the ongoing measles outbreak. While in Texas, he met with the two grieving families — along with two local doctors promoting unproven measles treatments, whom he called “extraordinary healers.” Follow…
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Wisconsin doctor makes wild measles claims
This story was published in partnership with the Center for Media and Democracy. Last month, Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary and longtime anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attended the funeral for the second unvaccinated child in Texas to have…
Rescinding COVID-19 vaccine recommendations, RFK Jr. escalates assault on science and public health
With COVID-19 still an ongoing global threat, Kennedy's policies are not only dangerously anti-scientific but actively calculated to deepen inequality and accelerate mass death in order to drive down the life expectancy of the working class and funnel billions from social programs into the pockets of the rich.
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CDC removes pregnant women, healthy children from COVID vaccine list
The Trump administration continues to rewrite COVID-19 vaccine protocol with the announcement by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that healthy children and pregnant women will no longer be on the list of recommendations for the…
Illinois health organizations and doctors are expressing concern over U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to stop recommending COVID-19 vaccines for healthy children and pregnant women, calling it “shortsighted” and warning that it could limit health care options for families. Dr. Corinne Kohler, a family physician and president-elect of the Illinois Academy of Family Physicians (IAFP), n…
CDC Blindsided by RFK Jr.; Bird Flu in Farm Poultry; Double-Dipping Risks?
(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. The CDC reportedly was blindsided by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s announcement earlier this week ending COVID-19 vaccine recommendations for healthy children...
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