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Kennedy defended his rollback of COVID-19 vaccine recommendations amid bipartisan criticism and agency turmoil; medical groups warn his policies may increase vaccine-preventable diseases, officials said.
- On Thursday, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appeared before the Senate Finance Committee, defending his rollback of COVID-19 vaccine recommendations during a rancorous three-hour hearing.
- Since taking the job, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Health Secretary, has enacted sweeping changes including narrowing COVID-19 shot eligibility, dismantling the 17-member Advisory Panel on Immunization Practices, canceling $500 million in mRNA research funding, and last week removing CDC director Susan Monarez.
- Medical and public-health groups publicly rebuked Kennedy's policies, and ousted CDC director Susan Monarez alleged political interference, saying, `I was told to preapprove the recommendations of a vaccine advisory panel newly filled with people who have publicly expressed antivaccine rhetoric`.
- Democratic senators and medical groups called for Kennedy's resignation, while Sen. Bill Cassidy warned Thursday that the changes "effectively" deny vaccine access.
- Health experts say the federal changes have prompted divergent state responses, with Massachusetts ensuring broad vaccine access while Florida ends school vaccine mandates, raising concerns about vaccine-preventable diseases.
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Tense Hearings On COVID Vaccines
(Washington, DC) — It was a tense three-hours on Capitol hill this past Thursday as Robert Kennedy Jr. fielded questions over his recent decisions as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. Some of those decisions included the abrupt firing of CDC Director Susan Monarez and the dismissal of all 17 members of the advisory committee on immunization practices. He insisted these moves were “absolutely necessary” to restore the CDC’s credibi…
A defiant Kennedy defends vaccine changes, CDC shake-up - West Hawaii Today
WASHINGTON — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced a barrage of questions Thursday during a fiery Senate hearing in which he defiantly defended his vaccine policy, blamed the nation’s public health agency for a rise in chronic disease and repeatedly clashed with Democrats, whom he accused of “making stuff up.”
A defiant Kennedy defends vaccine changes and CDC shake-up - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
WASHINGTON — Democrats and Republicans pushed U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy’s Jr. on his recent vaccine policies and their stark contrast to President Donald Trump’s successful first-term pandemic initiative to speed vaccine development during a combative three-hour Senate hearing on Thursday.
RFK Jr. tries defending vaccine stance, faces raucous hearing
WASHINGTON — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., facing pointed bipartisan questioning at a rancorous three-hour Senate committee hearing Thursday, tried to defend his efforts to pull back COVID-19 vaccine recommendations and explain the turmoil he created at federal…
Kennedy tries to defend COVID-19 vaccine stance in raucous Senate hearing (copy)
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., facing bipartisan questioning Thursday, tried to defend his efforts to pull back COVID-19 recommendations and explain the turmoil he created at health agencies.
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