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Backlash Intensifies Against RFK Jr. at HHS as States Step In on Vaccines

Mounting backlash now threatens his standing as states intervene to preserve vaccine access.

A pharmacy in the Brooklyn borough of New York advertises Covid-19 testing and vaccine does on September 4.
Demonstrators rally against the Trump administration's health care policies in front of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, on May 10.
A person wears a "Make America Healthy Again" t-shirt as they attend a confirmation hearing on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to be secretary of Health and Human Services, on January 29.
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Overview

  • Joe Kennedy III publicly urged his uncle to resign after a contentious Senate hearing, accusing him of dismissing science and misleading the public.
  • Former Surgeon General Jerome Adams said President Trump should fire the health secretary, and comedian Bill Maher joined a growing chorus calling for his removal.
  • Republican senators including John Barrasso and Bill Cassidy rebuked Kennedy over vaccine policy and CDC upheaval, while Trump praised his hearing performance even as he said vaccines work and should be used.
  • New York Gov. Kathy Hochul issued a 30‑day order enabling COVID shots without a prescription and allowing pharmacists to prescribe them, responding to federal guidance that narrowed recommendations and confused pharmacy access.
  • The turmoil follows Kennedy’s ouster of CDC Director Susan Monarez, multiple senior resignations, a letter from more than 1,000 HHS staff and alumni demanding he step down, and his cancellation of roughly $500 million in mRNA research.