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RFK Jr.'s reasons for cutting mRNA vaccine not supported by evidence

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. incorrectly argued mRNA vaccines are ineffective to justify the Department of ...

RFK Jr. announces end to some mRNA contracts, including for flu and COVID

The targeting of the vaccine technology once considered revolutionary follows intense criticism by conservatives and ...

Former Trump surgeon general says "people are going to die" after RFK Jr. halts some mRNA vaccine research

Adams, who served as surgeon general during the first Trump administration, said Kennedy's assertions about the efficacy of ...

Trump previously called mRNA vaccines a 'medical miracle.' Now, RFK Jr. cut $500M in funding

The top public health officials during Trump's first term praised mRNA vaccines. In the second term, officials seem to be retreating from them.
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Health secretary RFK Jr. shuts door on U.S. investment in mRNA vaccine research

Vaccine experts and people steeped in pandemic preparedness expressed horror at the news that RFK Jr. has shut the door in ...

RFK Jr. Vaccine Move Alarms Scientists: 'Dangerous Repercussions'

"A bad day for science, and huge blow to our national security, this decision will have dangerous repercussion," one scientist said.
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How RFK Jr. Mastered Fake Science—and Screwed Us in the Process.

THESE WERE JUST THREE of the specious claims Kennedy made; there were others, too. But it’s likely that for many people who ...