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Experts call on US Health Secretary RFK Jr to resign over misinformation

Health experts said Kennedy’s ‘repeated efforts to undermine science and public health’ left Americans ‘less safe’.

Al Jazeera

Pfizer CEO is latest to say Trump should get Nobel Peace Prize – for something much of MAGA hates

Vaccine makers are publicly defending Covid-era achievements as the Trump administration rolls back vaccine approvals and cuts research funding

The Independent UK

How RFK Jr.’s misguided science on mRNA vaccines is shaping policy − a vaccine expert examines the false claims

On Sept. 4, 2025, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is scheduled to testify before the Senate Finance Committee, where he is expected to face questions about his vaccine policies.

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California, Oregon and Washington ally on vaccines in rebuke to Trump’s CDC

Three Democratic governors create West Coast Health Alliance amid growing turmoil at US health agency under RFK Jr

The Guardian - US

Governors of Washington, Oregon and California form a health alliance

The Democratic governors of Washington, Oregon and California have created an alliance to safeguard health policies, believing the Trump administration is putting Americans’ health and safety at risk by politicizing the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Independent UK

Over 1,000 HHS staffers demand RFK Jr resign as civil war swirls over his remaking of the agency

Employees past and present come togther to express lack of confidence in Robert F Kennedy Jr over turbulent leadership of America’s public health institutions

The Independent UK

Rand Paul called out after saying gay CDC official’s ‘lifestyle’ disqualified him from government

Dr. Demetre Daskalakis was one of four top CDC officials who resigned last week, citing changes under RFK Jr.

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RFK Jr boasts of handling of US measles outbreak in op-ed amid CDC upheaval

HHS secretary failed to respond to critics in editorial amid growing calls for him to resign and chaos across the agency

The Guardian - US

The peppery salad favorite that boosts heart health and is a weight-loss winner

Watercress named healthiest vegetable on the market by the CDC in 2024

The Independent UK

More than 1,000 health workers urge Kennedy to quit over anti-vax policies

Letter says Kennedy installed ideologues, endangered US health and ignored pleas as resignations mounted at CDC

The Guardian - US

RFK Jr. writes about restoring ‘public trust’ at the CDC. Its former directors say he’s ‘endangering every American’s health’

‘We are worried about the wide-ranging impact that all these decisions will have on America’s health security,’ the former CDC directors said about Secretary Kennedy’s shakeup at the Health and Human Services Department

The Independent UK

RFK Jr.'s Wild Week

Plus: The National Guard standoff in Chicago, navigating debates when you’re outnumbered, and a court ruling that could upend Trump’s tariff agenda.

Reason

What you need to know about Covid vaccines in the US this fall

In a move praised by RFK Jr, the FDA approved a new shot, but only for some people – here’s what to know about who can get them, and where

The Guardian - US

‘I want it NOW’: Trump wants ‘justifications’, rich coming from a guy who’s spent his entire career dodging them

He wants proof.

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The Independent UK

Up to 100,000 Californians could have potentially fatal ‘kissing bug’ disease previously rarely seen in US

The illness has potentially infected between 70,000 and 100,000 Californians.

Benzinga

Trump Demands Pfizer, Other Covid Drug Makers To 'Justify The Success,' Show Their Results Amid New FDA Restrictions

President Donald Trump has called for pharmaceutical companies to provide evidence of the effectiveness of their COVID-19 drugs.

The Guardian - US

Former CDC leaders condemn RFK Jr for endangering Americans’ health

In a New York Times essay, nine officials said Kennedy’s leadership at HHS ‘should alarm every American’

The Independent UK

Trump casts doubt on his own COVID vaccines program after RFK Jr threatens restrictions

Trump wants drugmakers to ‘justify the success’ of Operation Warp Speed following wave of CDC resignations and warnings from public health officials

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International Business Times

RFK Jr 'Endangering' All Americans, Health Agency Ex-chiefs Warn

Nine former leaders of the top US health body sounded the alarm Monday about the Trump administration's evisceration of the agency and warned that vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr is "endangering every American's health."

Benzinga

Trump 'Must Fire' Robert F Kennedy Jr, Calls For Dismissal Get Louder — Don Beyer, Bernie Sanders, Wisconsin's Sara Rodriguez Join The Chorus

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is under intense fire after his dismissal of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez set off resignations among top public health leaders and renewed calls for his removal.

Benzinga

Robert Kennedy Jr.'s Leadership Can Only Bring More 'Harm,' Says Top Ex-CDC Official: 'Undoing Of Vaccination' In Works

Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention immunizations chief Demetre Daskalakis said Sunday he resigned because politics has overrun science at the nation's top public-health agency, warning he "only see[s] harm coming" under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The Conversation

What chaos at the US CDC could mean for the rest of the world

Ever since Robert F Kennedy (RFK) Jr was appointed United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been under pressure to abandon its traditional evidence-based approach to public health in America and across the world.

International Business Times

Directors Who Quit US Health Agency Warn It Is 'Destroying' Protections

Senior experts who recently resigned in protest from the top US public health agency denounced Sunday growing politicization of the organization, warning of a breakdown in the "firewall" between science and ideology.

The Guardian - US

Former CDC official ‘only sees harm’ to public health under RFK Jr’s leadership

Demetre Daskalakis, who resigned after White House fired CDC chief, cautions against ‘undoing of vaccination’ to ABC

The Independent UK

‘I only see harm coming’: Top CDC official who quit over RFK Jr policies says he fears more attacks on vaccines still to come

Demetre Daskalakis warns that the new acting CDC director will only serve Robert F. Kennedy Jr

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