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Vaccines

Vaccine schedules, safety regulation, and immunization policy.

  1. 2026

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    Surgeon general nominee Means questioned about vaccines, birth control and financial conflicts
    Surgeon general nominee faces scrutiny over qualifications and views on vaccines
    Surgeon general nominee Means questioned about vaccines, birth control and financial conflicts
    Feb 25

    Casey Means faces Senate grilling on vaccines, conflicts, and qualifications

    Unlicensed Stanford MD dodges flu vaccine question while seeking the nation''s top doctor job

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    Jan 5

    RFK Jr. strips 7 childhood vaccines from US recommended list

    15 states sue to reverse the January 5 CDC decision memo

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
    Jim O'Neill
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  2. 2025

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    CBS News: CDC website changed
    CNN: CDC website changed
    KFF Health News: CDC Baseless Guidance
    Nov 19

    RFK Jr. personally ordered CDC to rewrite its vaccine-autism page, exploiting a loophole in the promise that got him confirmed

    Kennedy kept the headline but gutted the science underneath it, turning a Senate promise into a public health warning label

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
    Bill Cassidy
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    Sep 5

    Trump praises some vaccines while HHS under RFK Jr. reshapes CDC panels and state moves target mandates

    Trump talks up vaccines while his health secretary destroys them

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    RFK Jr. testifies about U.S. health policy amid turmoil at CDC
    RFK Jr. faces heated questions on CDC turmoil, vaccine changes at Senate hearing
    The Hill: Cassidy confronts Kennedy over broken promises
    Sep 4

    GOP senators who confirmed RFK Jr. express serious concerns at contentious Senate hearing

    Kennedy's own party turns on him over vaccine lies

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
    Bill Cassidy
    Susan Monarez
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    Jul 27

    RFK Jr plans mass firing of cancer screening task force

    Wall Street Journal: Kennedy calls 16-member panel "too woke"

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    US Supreme Court preserves key element of Obamacare preventive care
    Supreme Court upholds Affordable Care Act’s preventive care mandate
    Jun 27

    Supreme Court saves free preventive care for 150 million Americans but gives RFK Jr. politicization power

    Court battle saves cancer screenings and vaccines from GOP attack

    Brett Kavanaugh
    Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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    John Roberts
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    Jun 25

    RFK Jr. replaces all 17 CDC vaccine advisors with conspiracy theorists

    RFK Jr. fires independent vaccine experts, installs anti-vaccine advocates

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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  3. 2023

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  4. 2022

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  5. 2009

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  6. 1998

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  7. 1964

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  8. 1955

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Key figures in Vaccines

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services
Bill Cassidy
U.S. Senator (R-LA), Chairman of Senate HELP Committee
Joe Biden
Former President
Susan Monarez
Former CDC Director
Amy Coney Barrett
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
Andrew Twinamatsiko
Director, Health Policy and Law Initiative, Georgetown University O'Neill Institute
Andrew Wakefield
Angus King (I-ME)
U.S. Senator
Barack Obama
Brett Kavanaugh
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; author of the majority opinion
Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
U.S. Senator
Jay Bhattacharya
Acting CDC Director (as of early 2026)
Jennifer Davenport
Acting New Jersey Attorney General
Jesse Salomon
Professor, Stanford Health Policy; senior author of the JAMA study on preventive services utilization
Jim O'Neill
Former Acting CDC Director
John Roberts
Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
Jonathan Skrmetti
Tennessee Attorney General; led amicus brief of Republican states supporting Braidwood
Justice Thomas
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; lead dissenter
Kris Mayes
Arizona Attorney General
Mandy Cohen
Former CDC Director (resigned Aug. 2025)
Mitch McConnell
U.S. Senator (R-KY)
Rob Bonta
California Attorney General
Steven Hotze
Republican megadonor; controlling owner of Braidwood Management
Susan Collins
U.S. Senator (R-ME)
The Wall Street Journal
News organization
William Tong
Connecticut Attorney General