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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. talks to guests following an event to release the new Make America Healthy Again Commission report in the East Room of the White House on May 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

RFK Jr.'s vaccine fight isn't over

Signs point the way to measles testing in the parking lot of the Seminole Hospital District across from Wigwam Stadium on February 27, 2025 in Seminole, Texas. ((Photo by Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images))

US measles status review delayed

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RFK Jr's risky attacks on HPV vaccines

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., joined by President Donald Trump, delivers at the White House on Sept. 22, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

RFK Jr. is winning MAHA’s vaccine war

Heather Digby Parton

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FDA rejects Moderna flu vaccine

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz speaks at a fireside chat in the National Press Building on February 02, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Dr. Oz: Please take the measles vaccine

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr. waits to enter a meeting with Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) on Capitol Hill on January 9, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

RFK Jr. set back by resistance

CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA - SEPTEMBER 15: A child receives a standard immunization at Doctor Gary M. Kramer, MD, PA's Pediatric office on September 15, 2025, in Coral Gables, Florida. The Florida Department of Health recently released information on the development of rulemaking to revise immunization and document requirements for school entry. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

New vaccine guidance is "dangerous"

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Boy get cold and blow her nose at home. (Vera Livchak / Getty Images)

Navigating the worst flu season in years

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. testifies before the Senate Finance Committee. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

RFK's vaccine changes spark backlash

President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy

Trump has declared war — on the Kennedys

Jason Kyle Howard

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Reinventing public health under Trump

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Measles outbreaks continue nationwide as more people grow cautious of childhood vaccination schedules, taking the lead set by anti-vax officials like HHS Secretary Kennedy. (Brandon Bell / Getty Images)

Anti-vaccine rhetoric fuels measles rise

Some Florida officials are asking for childhood vaccines to be downgraded to "optional" to support parental choice over mandated health and safety concerns and decades of accepted scientific research. (Sarah L. Voisin / Getty Images)

FL continues child vax rollbacks

Girl with measles on their body (Getty Images/StockPlanets)

Measles rips through South Carolina

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Sept. 4, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

RFK vaccine overhaul puts kids at risk

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Why RFK Jr.'s individualism is dangerous

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 30: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services testifies during his Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kennedy is testifying for a second day following a tense three-hour hearing before the Senate Finance Committee where he clashed with Democrats over his stance on vaccines and abortion rights. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

RFK could fumble a bad flu season

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., joined by President Donald Trump, delivers at the White House on Sept. 22, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

RFK Jr.'s attack on mRNA will cost lives

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is interviewed on Fox News outside of the West Wing on Sept. 9, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

RFK Jr is shaming moms, not helping kids

Amanda Marcotte

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Former Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Chief Medical Officer Dr. Debra Houry and former Director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Susan Monarez testify before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on September 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony from fired CDC employees and the implications on children’s health. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

RFK Jr.'s policies end in "kids dying"

A NHS vaccinator prepares to administer the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine to a member of public at a vaccination centre in London. (Dinendra Haria/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Florida doctors still support vaccines

Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo speaks at a press conference in Sanford, Florida. (Photo by Paul Hennessy/Getty Images)

Florida vax mandate ban based on vibes

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced grilling from the Senate on Thursday and calls to resign from his own family. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)

Kennedys call on RFK Jr. to resign

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