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Moderna CEO Responds to RFK Jr.’s Crusade Against the Covid-19 Vaccine

wired.com Emily Mullin 2025-10-01 03:53:01

At the WIRED Health summit on Tuesday, Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel said the recent changes to Covid-19 vaccine policy made by Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. are a “step backward.” Moderna is one of the manufacturers of mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccines, and last month the company received approval from the Food and Drug Administration for an updated version of the shot. But as part of that approval, the FDA imposed new restrictions on who can receive the vaccine. Previous

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RFK Jr. says COVID shots still available to all as cancer patients denied access

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-08 22:18:36

US health secretary and ardent anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went before the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday amid turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and widespread chaos over access to COVID-19 vaccines. In the combative three-hour hearing, Kennedy defended his dramatic firing of the CDC director last week, less than a month after her confirmation, which he effusively supported. Today, he repeatedly called her a liar and made the extraordinary claim tha

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RFK Jr. Says He Doesn’t Know How Many Americans Died From Covid During Heated Senate Hearing

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2025-10-10 13:05:08

Fresh off the internal collapse of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s senior leadership, U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. testified before the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday. There, Kennedy deflected and denied any harmful impacts from the CDC’s implosion, while repeatedly spouting misinformation about vaccines and other health issues. The hearing comes after much of the CDC’s leadership resigned or were fired in last week. Former CDC director Susan Monarez was f

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Top CDC Officials Resign After Director Is Pushed Out

wired.com Emily Mullin 2025-10-23 02:08:28

Susan Monarez is no longer the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to a post by the official Department of Health and Human Services X account. She had been in the position for just a month. In the wake of her apparent ouster, several other CDC leaders have resigned. Named acting CDC director in January, Monarez was officially confirmed to the position by the Senate on July 29 and sworn in two days later. During her brief tenure, the CDC’s main campus in Atl

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RFK Jr. Promises to Reveal the ‘Cause’ of Autism Next Month

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2025-10-24 13:55:13

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is apparently about to solve a mystery that countless doctors and researchers have failed to crack. This week, the Secretary of Health and Human Services and longtime vaccine skeptic teased that he will reveal the cause(s) of autism spectrum disorder next month. Kennedy made the claim during President Donald Trump’s lengthy cabinet meeting Tuesday. After being prompted by Trump, RFK Jr. stated that his agency will announce having found “certain interventions” that are “cle

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Report: RFK Jr. and Trump to Pull Covid-19 Vaccines ‘Within Months’

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2025-10-29 00:40:45

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vaxxer allies are pulling for him to destroy the covid-19 shots once and for all. A purported close ally of the health secretary has claimed that Kennedy and President Donald Trump are preparing to imminently shelve the mRNA covid-19 vaccines. British cardiologist and RFK Jr. advisor Aseem Malhotra was interviewed by the Daily Beast for an article published Monday morning. In it, Malhotra states that the Trump administration will attempt to pull the mRNA-based vacci

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RFK Jr. Is Supporting mRNA Research—Just Not for Vaccines

wired.com Emily Mullin 2025-11-17 22:07:53

This month, the US Department of Health and Human Services announced that it was canceling 22 contracts and investments worth nearly $500 million as a part of a “coordinated wind-down” of mRNA vaccine research. Yet some projects that do not involve mRNA or vaccines have been caught up in the purge. At the same time, the administration has quietly endorsed research into mRNA treatments for cancer and genetic disorders. HHS secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has long been suspicious of mRNA vaccines

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RFK Jr. defends $500M cut for mRNA vaccines with pseudoscience gobbledygook

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-30 09:15:38

If anyone needed a reminder that US health secretary and fervent anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has no background in science or medicine, look no further than the video he posted on social media Tuesday evening. In the two-and-a-half-minute clip, Kennedy announced that he is canceling nearly $500 million in funding for the development of mRNA-based vaccines against diseases that pose pandemic threats. The funding will be clawed back from 22 now-defunct contracts awarded through the

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RFK Jr. Yanks $500 Million From Critical mRNA Vaccine Research

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2025-12-02 03:30:19

Robert F. Kennedy’s ongoing war against vaccines is escalating. Under his authority, the government has just stripped away its funding toward developing several next-generation vaccines reliant on messenger RNA technology. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday that it is ending its development of mRNA vaccines organized through the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA). The revoked funding will affect nearly two dozen projects worth almost $5

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States Are Moving to Protect Access to Vaccines

wired.com Emily Mullin 2025-12-12 08:53:46

With US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. already shaking up federal vaccine policy, some states are stepping in to preserve access to lifesaving shots in anticipation of further changes. The federal government has historically had a major influence on vaccine policy through the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), formed in 1964 to develop science-based recommendations on how vaccines should be used. The recommendations are almost always adopted by the

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RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine group sues him: “This is not the Bobby we know”

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-25 14:58:50

A lawyer who represents Children's Health Defense—the rabid anti-vaccine organization founded by the equally fervent anti-vaccine advocate and current US health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—has filed a lawsuit against Kennedy, alleging that he has failed to set up a task force to promote safer childhood vaccinations. The task force's creation is outlined in the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, which is mainly known for setting up the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Progra

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RFK Jr. wants to change program that stopped vaccine makers from leaving US market

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-04 08:10:04

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Five months after taking over the federal agency responsible for the health of all Americans, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to overhaul an obscure but vital program that underpins the nation’s childhood immunization system. Depending on what he does, the results could be catastrophic. In his crosshairs is the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, a system designed to provide fair and quick payouts for people who suffer rare but serious side effe

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RFK Jr.’s CDC panel ditches some flu shots based on anti-vaccine junk data

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-02-17 17:47:29

The vaccine panel hand-selected by health secretary and anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to drop federal recommendations for seasonal flu shots that contain the ethyl-mercury containing preservative thimerosal. The panel did so after hearing a misleading and cherry-picked presentation from an anti-vaccine activist. There is extensive data from the last quarter century proving that the antiseptic preservative is safe, with no harms identified beyond sl

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RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Panel Votes Against Thimerosal Flu Shots, Citing Debunked Risks

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2026-02-18 12:45:13

Robert F. Kennedy’s war against vaccines has garnered another victory. An outside advisory panel newly reassembled by RFK Jr. has voted today to recommend against people using vaccines containing thimerosal, a once-common ingredient that anti-vaccination advocates have wrongly blamed for causing autism and other health problems. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices met this week to issue several vaccine-related recommendations. In a majority vote, the ACIP recommended against childr

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After RFK Jr. overhauls CDC panel, measles and flu vaccines are up for debate

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-03-06 08:42:46

With ardent anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the country's top health position, use of a long-approved vaccine against measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella/chickenpox (MMRV) as well as flu shots that include the preservative thimerosal will now be reevaluated, putting their future availability and use in question. The development seemingly continues to vindicate health experts' worst fears that, as health secretary, Kennedy would attack and dismantle the federal government's scie

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RFK Jr. announces 8 appointees to CDC vaccine panel—they’re not good

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-03-17 00:44:50

Anti-vaccine advocate and current health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took to social media Wednesday to announce the names of eight people he is appointing to a critical federal vaccine advisory committee—which is currently empty after Kennedy abruptly fired all 17 previous members Monday. In the past, the vetting process for appointing new members to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) could take years. But Kennedy has taken j

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Moderna CEO Responds to RFK Jr.’s Crusade Against the Covid-19 Vaccine

RFK Jr. says COVID shots still available to all as cancer patients denied access

RFK Jr. Says He Doesn’t Know How Many Americans Died From Covid During Heated Senate Hearing

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RFK Jr. Promises to Reveal the ‘Cause’ of Autism Next Month

Report: RFK Jr. and Trump to Pull Covid-19 Vaccines ‘Within Months’

RFK Jr. Is Supporting mRNA Research—Just Not for Vaccines

RFK Jr. defends $500M cut for mRNA vaccines with pseudoscience gobbledygook

RFK Jr. Yanks $500 Million From Critical mRNA Vaccine Research

States Are Moving to Protect Access to Vaccines

RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine group sues him: “This is not the Bobby we know”

RFK Jr. wants to change program that stopped vaccine makers from leaving US market

RFK Jr.’s CDC panel ditches some flu shots based on anti-vaccine junk data

RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Panel Votes Against Thimerosal Flu Shots, Citing Debunked Risks

After RFK Jr. overhauls CDC panel, measles and flu vaccines are up for debate

RFK Jr. announces 8 appointees to CDC vaccine panel—they’re not good

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