Kennedy's vaccine advisers change COVID shot guidance, calling them an individual choice

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisers added confusion Friday to this fall’s COVID-19 vaccinations — declining to recommend them for anyone and leaving the choice up to those ... Read More

Kennedy’s vaccine advisers decline to recommend COVID-19 shot for all Americans

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisers added confusion to this fall’s COVID-19 vaccinations — declining to recommend them for anyone and leaving the choice up to those who want ... Read More

Kennedy’s take on vaccine science fractures cohesive national public health strategies

Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free national newsletter here. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has had a busy few months. He fired the director of the Centers for Disease ... Read More

Here’s What Happened at RFK, Jr.’s Overhauled Vaccine Panel Meeting

Three vaccines were on the agenda for this week’s meeting of ACIP, the CDC’s key advisory panel on immunization: the combined measles, mumps, rubella and varicella vaccine, the hepatitis B vaccine and ... Read More

Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders attack RFK Jr. over vaccines in fiery hearing

The Senate Finance Committee hearing comes amid chaos at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Warren said that Kennedy was "effectively denying people vaccines." Kennedy told Warren that ... Read More

Trump backs Kennedy on vaccines despite health, political risks

President Donald Trump is standing by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary who is upending the U.S. healthcare system, despite congressional pressure, public health concerns and the political ... Read More

Sen. Sanders, public health officials speak on vaccines

Sen. Bernie Sanders held a press conference on Tuesday morning to deliver remarks on why he believes vaccines work. Sanders was joined by public health experts and doctors to discuss vaccine safety ... Read More