Trump says he supports polio vaccine despite signs of RFK Jr’s opposition – live
President-elect says he believes his choice for health secretary will ‘be much less radical than you would think’ amid concern over his anti-vaccine views
Last week, the New York Times reported that a lawyer who had filed petitions seeking to revoke the approval of vaccines for polio and other preventable diseases has been by Robert F Kennedy Jr’s side in interviews to hire top officials for the health and human services department.
A reporter asked Donald Trump today if he supported taking the polio vaccine out of circulation.
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Trump says he plans to speak with RFK Jr. about potential end of vaccine programs
President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is expected to make the rounds on Capitol Hill this week as he seeks support from senators for ...CBS News - 6h -
McConnell Defends Polio Vaccine, an Apparent Warning to RFK Jr.
“Efforts to undermine public confidence in proven cures are not just uninformed — they’re dangerous,” said the Republican leader, who is a polio survivor.The New York Times - 2d -
McConnell warns RFK Jr. against effort to undermine polio vaccines
Aaron Siri, an attorney to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., petitioned the FDA to "withdraw or suspend" its approval of a polio vaccine.CBS News - 2d -
McConnell blasts ‘effort to undermine’ polio vaccine linked to RFK Jr.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) on Friday blasted “specious disinformation that threatens the advance of lifesaving medical progress” after The New York Times reported that a lawyer ...The Hill - 2d -
McConnell defends polio vaccine after report that RFK Jr. adviser sought to revoke approval
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., a polio survivor, responded critically to a report in The New York Times that a key lawyer and longtime advisor to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.NBC News - 2d -
RFK Jr key adviser petitioned regulators to revoke approval of polio vaccine
Aaron Siri is helping Trump’s health secretary pick to select top jobs despite long history of attacking vaccines. A key legal adviser to Robert Kennedy Jr , Donald Trump ’s pick for health ...The Guardian - 3d -
RFK Jr to research unsupported link between vaccines and autism, Trump says
President-elect boosts discredited claims peddled by his health secretary pick Kennedy in NBC interview. Donald Trump has said Robert F Kennedy Jr , his nominee for health secretary, may ...The Guardian - Dec. 9 -
Trump says RFK Jr. will investigate discredited link between vaccines and autism
During an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, President-elect Donald Trump suggests that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his pick to run Health and Human Services, will investigate supposed links ...NBC News - Dec. 8 -
Trump says RFK Jr. will investigate the discredited link between vaccines and autism
Researchers attribute a rise in autism diagnoses to increased screening and changing definitions of the condition. Hundreds of studies have found childhood vaccines to be safe.NBC News - Dec. 8
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