An hours long grilling, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.. pressed about his tenure by the Senate Finance Committee, facing tough questions from both Democrats and Republicans as the impacts of his controversial decisions from vaccine policy to CDC chaos began to ripple out across the country. But he seemed to get a signal of support from perhaps the only person who really matters. I didn't get to watch the hearings today, but he's a a very good person. He's and he means very well an ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. . faced pointed questions, to put it mildly, from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle during that heated hearing yesterday.Over the course of about 3 hours, members of the Senate Finance Committee grilled Kennedy on vaccine policy and the chaos at the CDC right now. Democrats calling him a charlatan and a hazard to the health of the American people. Some of them saying he should resign.Would you accept the fact that a million Americans died from CO. ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. . faced pointed questions from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.It got heated over the course of about three hours where members of the Senate Finance Committee grilled him on vaccine policy and the chaos at the CDC. Democrats called him a hazard and a charlatan and said that he should resign. Would you accept the fact that a million Americans died from CO.I don't know how many. The Secretary of Health and Human Services doesn't know matter how m ...

"I don't think anybody knows" how many Americans died of Covid, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said at a Senate hearing about turmoil that has gripped the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and his moves to transform U.S. vaccine policy.Read more: https://t.co/8lc7GclVSb https://t.co/8t63u0hFTt ...

Joining us now is the man who wrote that resignation letter, former CDC vaccine chief Dr. . Dmitri Dashkalakis and former White House policy director and MSNBC medical contributor Dr. . Kavita Patel.Thank you both for joining us this morning. Um, Dr. . Dmitri, I would love to get to you first on your fairly tumultuous week.Can you break down what exactly happened at the CDC this week. We're having some audio issues. I think you're on mute.Oh, so many. We'll we'll figure that out. Oh, there we go.Thank you. ...

Let's discuss with NBC News White House correspondent Monica Alba, MSNBC senior enterprise reporter Brandy Zadznney, and Dr. . Amish Adidalia from the John's Hopkins Center for Health Security. Monica, we've just learned that Secretary Kennedy sent a letter to CDC staff last night.What did it say. Yeah, late last night, Anna, he sent this to all the employees at the CDC at around 9:30 p. m.And of course, many of them likely participated in that walk out yesterday that you saw for those top officials who res ...

Joining us this morning to talk more about the upheaval at the CDC at least is Dr. . Mandy Cohen. Served as director of the CDC from 23 until January this year.Dr. . Cohen, thanks for the time this morning. >> Yeah, great to be here.>> Uh it sounds like you're actually maybe a little bit more interested in the resignations than the firing today. Look, um, to the other conversation you were just having, you know, the CDC director was handpicked by the Trump administration to lead the agency and she is no lon ...

Group 1 - The U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has appointed a revamped government panel of vaccine advisors, which will soon vote on the use of thimerosal, a mercury-containing preservative [2][4] - The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is scheduled to meet on June 26 to discuss thimerosal and vote on recommendations for thimerosal-containing vaccines [3][8] - The new ACIP members, many of whom are known vaccine critics, will significantly influence U.S. immunization policy, including recommendations for vaccines and insurance coverage [4][8] Group 2 - Thimerosal has been used for decades as a preservative in multi-dose vaccines but its use has declined as manufacturers have moved to single-dose packaging [5] - Some multi-dose flu vaccines still contain thimerosal, while all vaccines recommended for children aged 6 and younger are available in thimerosal-free formulations [6] - The FDA and other health organizations have stated that extensive scientific studies have found no link between thimerosal and autism, asserting that there is no evidence of harm from its use in vaccines [7]