Robert F Kennedy Jr | TechnologyTangle

Jan 28 • 3 months ago

Dozens of CDC vaccination databases have been frozen under RFK Jr.

Anti-vaccine Kennedy may be "enacting a self-fulfilling prophecy," expert says. ...

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Jan 27 • 4 months ago

Doctors face-palm as RFK Jr.’s top vaccine advisor questions need for polio shot

Kirk Milhoan's comments come as federal vaccine policy slides to insignificance. ...

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Jan 23 • 4 months ago

‘It’s the sovereignty of the country’: Guinea-Bissau says US vaccine study suspended

Despite US pushback, officials in west Africa say controversial hepatitis B study on pause amid ethics concernsUS health officials insisted it was still on. African health leaders said it wa...

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Jan 06 • 4 months ago

Under anti-vaccine RFK Jr., CDC slashes childhood vaccine schedule

The changes are modeled after a small country with universal health care. ...

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Dec 19 • 5 months ago

US plan for $1.6m hepatitis B vaccine study in Africa called ‘highly unethical’

Experts decry ‘neocolonialist’ Guinea-Bissau study after Trump administration changed advice for US babiesThe Trump administration has indicated that it will fund a $1.6m study on hepatitis ...

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Dec 05 • 5 months ago

Without evidence, RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel tosses hep B vaccine recommendation

There is no data supporting a delay and no evidence of harm from a birth dose. ...

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Dec 05 • 5 months ago

CDC vaccine panel realizes again it has no idea what it’s doing, delays big vote

Today's meeting was chaotic and included garbage anti-vaccine presentations. ...

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Dec 02 • 5 months ago

Meet CDC’s new lead vaccine advisor who thinks shots cause heart disease

Milhoan has a history of touting unproven COVID cures while disparaging vaccines. ...

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Nov 15 • 6 months ago

As shutdown ends, dubious CDC panel gets back to dismantling vaccine schedule

Pediatricians are calling for members to be replaced and all their decisions reversed. ...

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Oct 28 • 7 months ago

If things in America weren’t stupid enough, Texas is suing Tylenol maker

Texas sues Tylenol maker over unproven claim the pain medicine causes autism. ...

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Oct 24 • 7 months ago

An NIH director joins MAHA, gets replaced by JD Vance’s close friend

The NTP produced controversial studies on cellphone radiation and fluoride. ...

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Oct 17 • 7 months ago

US anti-vax stance to blame for continent-wide surge in measles, say experts

The disease was eliminated across the Americas in 2024, but urgent vaccination drives are now under way as cases rise from Mexico to Bolivia after outbreaks farther northGovernments across L...

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