When RFK Jr. was presented with the science on vaccines he said needed to see, he dismissed it
The man who hopes to be President Donald Trump’s health secretary repeatedly asked to see “data” or “science” showing vaccines are safe – but when an influential Republican senator did so, he dismissed it.
RFK Jr. Says He Doesn’t Know if COVID-19 Vaccines Work
R obert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s pick to head the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), was grilled by Democratic senators during his confirmation hearing on Jan. 29 and Jan. 30, who confronted him with conspiratorial and conflicting statements he has made about COVID-19.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he wasn’t antivaccine as senators pressed on his past remarks, in the first of two days of hearings over his nomination for health secretary.
RFK Jr. tries to convince skeptical senators that he won’t undermine vaccines
Kennedy’s bid to serve as America’s top health official may be decided by a handful of Republicans, including several senators who questioned him Thursday.
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Mary Holland, head of Kennedy-founded Children's Health Defense, spoke to POLITICO after attending his confirmation hearing.
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Kennedy vows to fight chronic disease, Big Pharma’s influence and ultra-processed food. Here's why his confirmation hearings in the Senate may draw fireworks.
RFK Jr. reverses, denies previous vaccine positions
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s nominee for the nation’s top health post, spent much of his confirmation hearing on Jan. 29 denying and clarifying his previous rhetoric on vaccines.
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When RFK Jr. was presented with the science on vaccines he said he needed to see, he dismissed it
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent two days this week insisting to senators that he’s not anti-vaccine. He said that he instead ...