Lawmakers Press RFK Jr. on Vaccines

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on April 16 faced lawmakers both critical and supportive of actions regarding vaccines made by himself and agencies under his oversight. Multiple Democrats on the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee said during a hearing with Kennedy in Washington that the narrowing of vaccine guidance and rollback of campaigns urging people to receive vaccines is endangering Americans. “Let me be clear: nothing has changed in the science behind vaccines,” Rep. Richard Neal (D-Mass.), the top Democrat on the panel, told Kennedy during his opening remarks. He accused Kennedy of politicizing the issue. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with support from Kennedy, has scaled back recommendations for vaccinations against influenza, rotavirus, and four other illnesses, although those changes are held up after being stayed by a federal judge....