Lisa Jarvis: RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel is turning misinformation into policy

Video RFK Jr.'s handpicked vaccine panel set to meet again

The CDC's new vaccine advisory panel, appointed by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is set to meet again to make some recommendations on vaccines for the flu and the winter virus season.

Lisa Jarvis: RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel is turning misinformation into policy

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy’s dismantling of Americans’ trust in — and ultimately, access to — vaccines isn’t happening with one sweeping policy that grabs the public’s attention. It’s unfolding quickly and quietly, in bland conference rooms where hand-picked appointees make decisions that will have far-reaching consequences for our health. Inside one of those nondescript rooms last week, the Advisory Committee on Immun…

RFK Jr. signs off on some more vaccine recommendations

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New State Reports Measles Outbreak as RFK Jr. Guts Vaccine Access

Measles have reached a record peak, but Robert F. Kennedy Jr. doesn’t want to vaccinate people.

HHS to ‘Revolutionize’ Vaccine Injury Compensation, RFK Jr. Tells Tucker Carlson

By Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D. | The Defender | July 1, 2025 Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sat down yesterday with Tucker Carlson to share an update on his mission to end the skyrocketing rate of autism in U.S. kids. By the end of their nearly 90-minute conversation, the two had covered a slew of topics, including pharmaceutical ads on TV, increasing compensation for the vaccine-injured, and the need for a “truth commission” to uncover who a…