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Guest Opinion: RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Skepticism Is Entering a New Phase
Kennedy replaced CDC vaccine panel members with skeptics and cut $11 billion in COVID-era vaccination grants, reversing recommendations for seven childhood vaccines, researchers say.
- One year after his confirmation, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Health and Human Services Secretary, reshaped vaccine policy by purging ACIP and last month the CDC removed universal recommendations for seven vaccines.
- During confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. assured senators he supported vaccines, while Sen. Bill Cassidy said he pledged to maintain ACIP guidance.
- KFF found that public trust in the CDC fell from 57% to 47% last year, with measles cases reaching a 30-year high, linked to lower vaccination coverage.
- Weeks after taking over, HHS pulled major immunization funding, cutting $11 billion in COVID‑era grants and canceling a half‑billion dollars of mRNA research, which critics say broke vaccine program pledges.
- Looking ahead, public‑health experts caution about weaker surveillance and research as a White House memorandum prompted the CDC to cull the childhood schedule, raising concerns for future vaccine development.
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Guest Opinion: RFK Jr.’s vaccine skepticism is entering a new phase
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Source: Heather Diehl / Getty Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a lot of lofty promises both on the campaign trail and during his Senate confirmation hearings for the role. In news that is absolutely shocking to no one, Kennedy has broken several of those promises and reduced trust in the CDC during his first year on the job. According to AP, health care research nonprofit KFF found that the percentage of Americans …
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