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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified Thursday before the Senate Finance Committee about his vaccine policies, trust in America's health agencies and recent shakeups at the Centers for Disease Control. Lawmakers from both parties had tough questions for Kennedy. CBS News' Taurean Small reports.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appeared before the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday to discuss President Trump's "Make America Healthy Again" agenda. CBS News' Nikole Killion reports and disease expert Dr. Michael Osterholm joins "The Takeout" to discuss.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced in August that the government would halt around $500 million worth of vaccine development projects that use mRNA technology. Dr. Josh Michaud, associate director of the KFF Global Health Policy program, joined CBS News to discuss what effects that decision might have on future medical treatment.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy denied pressuring the ousted CDC director to preapprove vaccine recommendations.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified before the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday in a hearing filled with emotional moments. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion has more.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Sen. Maggie Hassan, a Democrat from New Hampshire, got into a heated exchange during a Senate Finance Committee hearing. Kennedy accused Hassan of making things up when confronting him about vaccines, to which she responded, "Sometimes when you make an accusation, it's kind of a confession."
Sen. Thom Tillis, a Republican from North Carolina, pointed out some contradictory statements HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made and asked him to clarify his stance on Operation Warp Speed and explain why he fired the CDC director.
GOP Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming said he's "deeply concerned" about HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s approach to vaccine recommendations. During the Senate hearing, Barrasso questioned Kennedy about his next steps on approaching vaccine guidance.
Sen. Bernie Sanders questioned HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about his views on the COVID-19 vaccine, which President Trump has touted as one of the greatest inventions in medicine. Sanders also suggested he will call fired CDC Director Susan Monarez to testify before Congress.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. clashed over access to the COVID-19 shot and other vaccines. The exchange happened during Kennedy's appearance before the Senate Finance Committee.
Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon questioned HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about the firing of CDC Director Susan Monarez and whether he pressured her to reapprove vaccine recommendations, which Kennedy denied.
During his opening statement before the Senate Finance Committee, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended his Make America Healthy Again agenda and the recent firings and resignations at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Large majorities say COVID vaccines should be more available to those who want them, but many say Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s policies are making vaccines less available.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will testify Thursday before senators eager to ask him about the shakeup at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Republican Sen. Roger Marshall of Kansas joins "The Takeout" to discuss the firing of the CDC director and more.
Florida and other states have required several vaccines for kids attending school for decades. They protect against diseases like measles, polio, chickenpox and hepatitis B.
A large group of current and former HHS staffers are pushing for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to either resign or be fired, after weeks of tumult at the health agency.
Nine former CDC directors penned an op-ed in The New York Times condemning HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s leadership in the aftermath of the firing of the CDC director last week.
Nine former directors of the CDC have written an op-ed published in the New York Times where they condemn Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s leadership, saying Kennedy is "endangering every American's health." Dr. Mandy Cohen, one of the op-ed's co-authors and a CDC director under President Biden, joins CBS News to discuss.
Deputy HHS secretary Jim O'Neill is also serving as acting CDC director as RFK Jr.'s newly appointed vaccine advisory panel prepares for its first meeting.
Nine former directors of the CDC have penned an op-ed for the New York Times condemning Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s decisions as "endangering every American's health." It's part of the continued fallout over the firing of the agency's director last week. Dr. Céline Gounder has more.
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The Trump administration's major shakeup at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has several health care workers concerned, with the next meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices weeks away. Dr. Monica Gandhi, director of the UCSF Center for AIDS Research, joins CBS News to weigh in on the situation.
A former top CDC official who resigned this week is blasting Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., saying his policies on vaccines "do not reflect scientific reality." Nancy Cordes has more on a tumultuous week at America's public health agency.
Dr. Debra Houry, the CDC's Chief Science and Medical Officer, and Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who led the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, stepped down hours after the firing of CDC Director Susan Monarez.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. weighed in on gun violence while speaking in Texas Thursday. CBS News reporter Karen Hua has more.
President Trump said "great progress" was made in his call with the Russian president Thursday.
The Senate failed again to advance a bill to end the shutdown, and GOP leaders plan to bring up individual funding bills later in the day. Follow live updates here.
The Senate is voting Thursday on advancing an individual year-long appropriations bill to fund the Pentagon as GOP leaders pursue an alternative approach to the shutdown.
In August, the FBI searched John Bolton's home as part of an investigation into his handling of classified documents.
The U.S. government is probing the social media of those applying for legal immigration benefits to root out "anti-American" activity, a top immigration official told CBS News.
The FDA has identified 16 brands of ground cinnamon with elevated levels of lead that it says should be thrown out. Here's what to know.
A posthumous memoir by Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre offers an expanded account of her longstanding claims to have been sexually trafficked by the late financier to billionaires, politicians and Prince Andrew.
"I think we need to move," the Senate majority leader said, shortly after President Trump shared that he was on a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
From cinnamon to protein powders, reports about high levels of lead in our food are raising questions about how to reduce exposure.