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Flint doctor president of American Medical Association after brain tumor surgery
Just six months before becoming president of the American Medical Association, Dr. Bobby Mukkamala underwent brain surgery to remove a tumor.
After RFK Jr. autism claims, CT families respond — one with a poem
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. painted a bleak picture of people with autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, that was especially hurtful to ...
5 worm-ridden cartoons about RFK. Jr and the CDC
Artists take on vaccine advisers, medical quackery, and more ...
The Senator Who Failed America on Vaccines
On Monday, after Kennedy dismissed all 17 members of the vaccine advisory committee, Cassidy posted on X that he was working ...
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Journalists Assess RFK Jr.’s Remaking of Vaccine Committee and Trend of Kids Caring for Elders
KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national or local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.
RFK Jr. Appointee To CDC Advisory Committee Was A Paid Expert In Merck's Gardasil Lawsuit
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. named eight new members to the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on ...
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What to know about COVID vaccines for children, pregnant women after RFK Jr.’s change
Public health and infectious disease experts said they were surprised and confused about the move, and questioned why the HHS did not offer any reasoning for its decision.
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Q&A: UNC professor was part of CDC vaccine committee until RFK Jr. disbanded it
UNC professor and behavioral scientist Noel Brewer was among the 17 members of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization ...
RFK Jr.’s new vaccine advisers include ER doctor who posted Islamophobic commentary online, expert witnesses against vaccines
Among the eight people who Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced would make up his new group of outside vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are an emergency physician who ...
Kennedy allows US Senator Cassidy a pick in revamped CDC vaccine panel
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Thursday he promised to allow U.S. Senator Bill ...
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WA doctor among those fired in RFK Jr.’s purge of vaccine panel
The University of Washington’s Helen Chu, a leading voice in the COVID-19 pandemic, said she’s worried about where the panel ...
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Stanford Professor Smacks Down ‘Egregious, Dangerous’ Anti-Vaxx Lies Spouted by RFK Jr. on Fox News — Challenges Network to Bring Him On Air
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s appearance this week on Fox News was so chockfull of conspiratorial nonsense, misrepresentations, and flat-out lies, a doctor and ...