"Amid a flurry of disinformation and non-science-based medical advisories from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), a Democratic lawmaker has indicated she is readying articles of impeachment against HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Kennedy has peddled myriad falsehoods about vaccination over the years, including errant statements regarding their efficacy and safety and wrongly claiming that vaccines are linked to autism."
"As head of HHS, he removed all members of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory committee on immunization, and filled the vacancies mostly with anti-vaxxers and conspiracy theorists. More recently, Kennedy, alongside President Donald Trump and other health officials, announced that it was the White House's official position that acetaminophen use during pregnancy could lead to children being born with autism - a statement that is contradicted by studies examining whether there is a causal relationship between the two."
A Democratic lawmaker is preparing articles of impeachment against HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. amid allegations of disinformation and medical advisories lacking scientific basis. Kennedy has promoted falsehoods about vaccines, including claims linking vaccines to autism, and removed all members of a CDC immunization advisory committee, replacing them largely with anti-vaccine figures and conspiracy theorists. Kennedy and other officials endorsed a White House position tying prenatal acetaminophen to autism, a claim contradicted by studies and condemned by medical experts who warned untreated fever or pain in pregnancy can cause grave complications. Kennedy fired thousands of HHS workers and failed to fulfill rehiring commitments, and more than 1,000 current HHS employees wrote an open letter citing his lack of health experience.
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