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Behind R.F.K. Jr.’s Vow to ‘Follow the Science’ on Vaccines

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Behind R.F.K. Jr.’s Vow to ‘Follow the Science’ on Vaccines

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent the first day of his back-to-back confirmation hearings deftly avoiding questions about his views on vaccines. On the second day, when a prominent Republican senator insisted there was no link between vaccines and autism, Mr. Kennedy shot back that a new study “showed the opposite.” …

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The $8 Billion Children’s Vaccine Fund Kennedy Would Oversee

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The Billion Children’s Vaccine Fund Kennedy Would Oversee

When President Bill Clinton worked with a bipartisan Congress to enact a federal program to guarantee vaccines for poor children, they agreed that the authority over buying shots from drug makers should rest with the health secretary. The bill’s drafters did not consider that an extremely vocal critic of childhood …

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