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Former CDC director Tom Frieden explains the damage RFK Jr. and the Trump administration are doing to public health.

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Health secretary removes every member of scientific committee that advises the CDC on how vaccines should be used ...

It is comprised of independent medical and public health experts who do not work for CDC. Members are appointed to four-year terms . The panel recently considered narrowing the recommendations for ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines and ...

FILE - Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a news conference on the Autism report by the CDC at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington ...