"The CDC no longer recommends hepatitis B vaccine for all newborns, and last August the HHS cut funding for 22 mRNA vaccine development projects. The secretary has proffered up unproven treatments for measles and muddied the waters on the effectiveness of the measles vaccine amid one of the largest measles outbreaks in recent memory."
"When the health secretary hasn't been undermining vaccines, he has been propping up fringe health theories, such as that seed oils are uniquely unhealthy. And the false conspiracy theory that the U.S. military bioengineered Lyme disease."
"The HHS, which oversees the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, is effectively the nation's public health department. It's responsible for protecting the health of the American people."
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., sworn in as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services in February, oversees agencies responsible for protecting American public health, including the CDC and FDA. However, his tenure has been marked by actions contradicting established public health practices. The CDC no longer recommends hepatitis B vaccination for all newborns, and the HHS cut funding for 22 mRNA vaccine development projects. Kennedy has promoted unproven measles treatments and questioned vaccine effectiveness during a major measles outbreak. Beyond vaccines, he has promoted fringe theories, including claims that seed oils cause serious illness and that the U.S. military bioengineered Lyme disease, positions that contradict scientific consensus.
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