Kennedy Headlines Anti Vaccine Conference

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Timothy McBride

@mcbridetd.bsky.social

RFK Jr. to give keynote speech at conference for anti-vaccine group he founded www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

RFK Jr. to give keynote speech at conference for anti-vaccine group he founded

Since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed as health secretary, he has made clear he wants to overhaul the nation’s immunization system.

www.washingtonpost.com

September 17, 2026 at 10:37 AM

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David Borer

@daborer.bsky.social

Hey, @indivisible.org and @nkcoalition.bsky.social we're going to need thousands of people to act as human shields when Trump rolls up with bulldozers to demolish the Kennedy Center.

September 17, 2026 at 8:48 PM

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RFK Jr. named eight new members to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an influential panel of experts who assess the evidence behind a wide array of preventive medical services. www.statnews.com/2026/09/17/k...

Kennedy names new members to Preventive Services Task Force, after months of vacancies

The influential panel hasn't met in more than a year, after Kennedy canceled its meeting.

www.statnews.com

September 17, 2026 at 3:09 PM

by Timothy D. McBride

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Timothy McBride

@mcbridetd.bsky.social

Shapiro slams RFK Jr. as not ‘connected or grounded in reality’ on measles outbreak thehill.com/homenews/sta...

Shapiro slams RFK Jr. as not ‘connected or grounded in reality’ on measles outbreak

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) accused Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday of not taking adequate steps to address a growing measles outbreak in the U.S…

thehill.com

September 17, 2026 at 4:30 PM

by Nicholas A. Christakis

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Nicholas A. Christakis

@nachristakis.bsky.social

Up is down department. “She added that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has “repeatedly stated that MMR vaccination is the most effective way to prevent measles infection.””

Sen. Cassidy says measles surge will be administration’s ‘terrible legacy’

Under questioning by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana), Trump’s surgeon general pick Nicole Saphier called a combined vaccine “our greatest tool for combating measles infections.”

www.washingtonpost.com

September 17, 2026 at 12:06 AM

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Dorit Reiss

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From @artcaplan.bsky.social @inquirer.com:
"...nothing the federal government has to say about measles is trustworthy. [Kennedy's] anti-vaccine efforts... have set off a 35-year high incidence of the disease in the U.S."
www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
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