vaccines

States join forces to make their own vaccine recommendations amid CDC turmoil

By John Yang, Claire Mufson

Amid turmoil at the CDC, the debate over the federal government’s vaccine policy remains as contentious as ever. Now, some states are taking matters into their own hands, forming alliances to review scientific data and make their own vaccine recommendations.

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4 fact-checks from Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Senate testimony over COVID-19 vaccines, CDC

By PolitiFact staff

PolitiFact fact-checked some of the most notable back-and-forth moments.

Fact-checking RFK Jr.’s claim that ‘everybody can get’ the COVID-19 vaccine

By Grace Abels, Maria Ramirez Uribe, PolitiFact

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s blanket statement to senators is misleading and premature.

4 major moments from RFK Jr.’s contentious hearing with senators

By Joshua Barajas, Hannah Grabenstein, Kenichi Serino

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was at the center of a maelstrom Thursday as senators, including those who voted to confirm him, raised pressing questions over his public health agenda.

In tense hearing, RFK Jr. challenged on vaccine views and trust in health agencies

By Lisa Desjardins, Jackson Hudgins, Jonah Anderson

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was grilled during a combative hearing before the Senate Finance Committee. Senators pressed Kennedy on his views on vaccines and whether he was effectively limiting access and destroying trust in past data and public…

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Examining RFK Jr.’s claims about vaccines, COVID and the health of Americans

By Amna Nawaz, Doug Adams

In a fiery Senate hearing, Robert Kennedy Jr. made a number of questionable or misleading claims about vaccines, COVID and the health of Americans. Amna Nawaz discussed some of these claims with Dr. Richard Besser, the president and CEO of…

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WATCH: Sen. Barrasso presses RFK Jr. on whether policy decisions are based on science or politics

By Joshua Barajas

As one of the handful of doctors on the Senate Committee on Finance, Barrasso said vaccines have saved an estimated 154 million lives globally over the last 50 years.

WATCH: Sen. Cassidy asks RFK Jr. how he can support Nobel for Trump COVID program but not back the vaccines

By Joshua Barajas

Cassidy said it surprised him that Kennedy would think so highly of Operation Warp Speed when the health secretary has attempted to restrict access to the vaccines and cancelled funding for mRNA vaccine research that was critical to the initiative's…

WATCH: RFK Jr. testifies on Trump’s health care agenda before the Senate Finance Committee

By Matt Brown, Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. came under pointed bipartisan questioning at a rancorous three-hour Senate committee hearing on Thursday, about — among other things — turmoil at federal health agencies and efforts to pull back recommendations for COVID-19 vaccinations.

Florida leaders working to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates

By Curt Anderson, Associated Press

Florida will work to phase out all childhood vaccine mandates in the state, building on the effort by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to curb vaccine requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic.