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RFK Jr, measles

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RFK Jr.’s Senate Minder Can’t Rein Him In on Vaccines
Hi, it’s Damian in New York, where I’m worried about friends and family in New Mexico as the state’s measles cases climb. More on measles in a moment, but first
RFK Jr. to father of child who died of measles: ‘You don’t know what’s in the vaccine anymore’
RFK Jr., an anti-vaccine advocate who President Donald Trump tapped to be secretary of Health and Human Services.
RFK Jr. offers qualified support for measles vaccination
In an interview with CBS, the health secretary also suggested he wasn’t familiar with massive cuts to state funding for public health.

autism, Rfk Jr. and September

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RFK Jr. pledges an answer to the 'autism epidemic' by September
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said at Thursday’s Cabinet meeting that, by September, his agency will "know what has caused the autism epidemic."
RFK Jr. Says HHS Will Determine the Cause of Autism by September
The nation's top health agency will undertake a “massive testing and research effort” to determine the cause of autism, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Thursday. Kennedy,
RFK Jr. claims new research effort will find cause of ‘autism epidemic’ by September
The US Department of Health and Human Services has launched a “massive testing and research effort” involving hundreds of scientists worldwide that will determine “what has caused the autism epidemic” by September,
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'You own this': Top GOP senator who backed RFK Jr. now under attack after HHS mass firings
Kennedy Jr., presses forward with a mass firing in a sweeping effort to downsize the agency tasked with safeguarding the ...
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RFK Jr. won’t appear before Senate panel this week
La., had invited the HHS secretary to testify April 10 on the sweeping layoffs of federal health workers Kennedy ordered last ...
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Cassidy gave himself a difficult task. RFK Jr. isn’t making it any easier on him
Cassidy received commitments from the nation’s health secretary in return for Cassidy’s support, but those promises are difficult to enforce.
Bill Cassidy says children who died with measles, whooping cough would be alive with vaccines
Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy said vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s endorsement of the measles vaccine should encourage immunizations.
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‘Trying to Understand’: Senator Who Backed RFK Jr. Now on Defense After Massive HHS Firing
As the Trump administration’s Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., presses forward with a mass ...
RFK Jr., a vocal critic of vaccines, is now advocating for the MMR vaccine to stop measles from spreading in Texas
Kennedy Jr., advocated for the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine amid the ongoing measles outbreak in the country.
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Top vaccine regulator quits, but Louisiana's Bill Cassidy says RFK Jr. hasn't broken promises
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy said Tuesday the abrupt resignation of the nation’s chief vaccines regulator did not violate his pact with health chief Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
GOP Senator mourns 2nd measles death — and gets blamed: ‘This is on you!’
Sen. Bill Cassidy, a medical doctor, took to X to urge people to get vaccinated for measles after a second young child in ...
US Senator Cassidy calls on Kennedy to appear before Senate panel over health agency cuts
The U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee will on April 10 hold a hearing on the reorganization of the ...