Jessica McDonald and Catalina Jaramillo
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In his first Senate confirmation hearing to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeated claims we have written about before on vaccines and chronic disease.
Known for spreading misinformation about vaccines, including the debunked idea that they cause autism, Kennedy said in his opening remarks, “News reports have claimed that I am anti-vaccine or anti-industry. I am neither. I am pro-safety.”
He has made similar statements recently. On Nov. 6, he told NPR that he wouldn’t take vaccines away, but...
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