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The Latest Breaking News from RFK Jr

Rand Paul called out after saying gay CDC official’s ‘lifestyle’ disqualified him from government

Dr. Demetre Daskalakis was one of four top CDC officials who resigned last week, citing changes under RFK Jr.

The Independent UK

RFK Jr. writes about restoring ‘public trust’ at the CDC. Its former directors say he’s ‘endangering every American’s health’

‘We are worried about the wide-ranging impact that all these decisions will have on America’s health security,’ the former CDC directors said about Secretary Kennedy’s shakeup at the Health and Human Services Department

The Independent UK

RFK Jr.'s Wild Week

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RFK Jr 'Endangering' All Americans, Health Agency Ex-chiefs Warn

Nine former leaders of the top US health body sounded the alarm Monday about the Trump administration's evisceration of the agency and warned that vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr is "endangering every American's health."

International Business Times

What chaos at the US CDC could mean for the rest of the world

Ever since Robert F Kennedy (RFK) Jr was appointed United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been under pressure to abandon its traditional evidence-based approach to public health in America and across the world.

The Conversation

‘I only see harm coming’: Top CDC official who quit over RFK Jr policies says he fears more attacks on vaccines still to come

Demetre Daskalakis warns that the new acting CDC director will only serve Robert F. Kennedy Jr

The Independent UK

University funding is shrinking under Trump’s White House. Researchers fear this will propel RFK Jr’s autism conspiracies

Cutting off grants for international collaborators, punishing universities and freezing their money has all created a situation of uncertainty. One researcher tells Eric Garcia ‘makes you feel like you're losing your mind’

The Independent UK

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RFK Jr.'s Defenders Are Right To Attack the Public Health Establishment. They're Wrong To Embrace Kookery.

RFK Jr. has had a crazy week. It will not be his last, alas.

Reason

‘Only the strong survive’: CDC official outlines RFK Jr’s eugenics beliefs, says he may not believe in viruses and bacteria

"The people who survive are the people who should continue to propagate the species."

We Got This Covered

Vance goes after NYC mayoral hopeful Mamdani: ‘He should show more gratitude to the United States’

‘I don’t know the guy but my sense is that he has had a very good life in this country,’ said Vance on Zohran Mamdani

The Independent UK

Is RFK Jr.'s 'Brain Worm' Behind His Claims—Like Diagnosing a Child Without a Medical Degree? Here's What Doctors Say

HHS Sec. RFK Jr. claims he spots child illnesses visually—no degree needed. Ties to 2010 parasite? CDC stats debunk claims.

International Business Times UK

Elizabeth Warren Slams Trump's CDC Purge: Calls Out RFK Jr's Statements On Measles Vaccines — 'These Fools Can't Be Trusted With Your Health'

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is sounding the alarm on President Donald Trump’s attempts at overhauling leadership at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, warning of risks to public health.

Benzinga

Who is Jim O’Neill? CDC chief set to bolster RFK Jr plan to remake vaccine policy

Ally of health secretary worked as speechwriter in George W Bush administration and has no training in medicine

The Guardian - US

Turns out, North Carolina official who poisoned his granddaughters’ ice cream was a diehard follower of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

RFK Jr. is hanging out with the wrong crowd.

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The Independent UK

RFK Jr. uses Minneapolis church shooting to push his latest health initiative

Minnesota’s junior senator Tina Smith branded Kennedy’s antidepressant comments ‘bulls***’

The Independent UK

CDC officials resign en masse over RFK Jr’s policies they warn will lead to deaths of children and vulnerable adults

‘America is going to be far less healthy, far less safe, and when the next global health emergency hits, we’ll knock on CDC’s door and no one will be there,’ warns one leading public health expert

Reason

Is Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. 'Weaponizing Public Health' by Removing the CDC Director?

The CDC needs drastic reform, but RFK Jr.'s firing of agency head Susan Monarez does not achieve that.

The Guardian - US

RFK Jr faces calls to quit as CDC chief fired and senior staff resign: ‘an embarrassment’

Susan Monarez’s ousting and four top resignations follow vaccine confusion, leaving US health agencies in turmoil

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The Independent UK

RFK Jr, who doesn’t have a medical degree, says he can diagnose children just by just looking at them

Kennedy has often raised concerns about the increasing juvenile diabetes and autism rates

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‘Absolute ****show’: Nation’s health services in ‘pure chaos’ from RFK Jr ‘disaster’

CDC on verge of collapse as leaders refuse to sign up to RFK Jr's conspiracy garbage.

We Got This Covered

‘Wiping out the whale population’: RFK Jr says wind farms are annihilating whales, it’s yet another lie

Less "save the whales" and more "save the fossil fuel industry".

The Independent UK

Pam Bondi trashed for ‘creepy’ way she keeps addressing Donald Trump to his face

Attorney general’s habit of addressing Trump in this odd manner has been called out by online critics on more than one occasion

The Independent UK

‘Horror show’: RFK Jr and Trump fearmonger about autism in marathon cabinet meeting while research is axed behind scenes

Kennedy has said he will release his own report on the ‘epidemic’ of autism next month

We Got This Covered

‘Complicit’: RFK Jr. is already choking on the medicine he’s been prescribing everyone else

Funny how reality has a way of hitting back.

The Guardian - US

US health agency workers accuse RFK Jr of fueling violence against them

More than 750 workers in letter say HHS secretary’s rhetoric played a role in recent attack at CDC’s Atlanta headquarters

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