Updated
Updated · The Washington Post · Jun 23
RFK Jr. Keeps Anti-Vaccine Push as HHS Quietly Targets Immunization Access
Updated
Updated · The Washington Post · Jun 23

RFK Jr. Keeps Anti-Vaccine Push as HHS Quietly Targets Immunization Access

3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Jun 23

Summary

  • Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and allies at the Department of Health and Human Services are still working to undermine vaccines, even after scaling back more visible efforts to limit access.
  • HHS has muted those moves because overt restrictions on immunizations proved politically damaging, but the report says the broader anti-vaccine agenda has not been abandoned.
  • The latest shift suggests a tactical change rather than a policy reversal, with the administration lowering the public profile of actions that could weaken uptake of lifesaving shots.

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