Overview

• Kennedy has mandated placebo-controlled trials for new vaccines, a significant departure from standard practices, delaying critical vaccine availability.
• The CDC, under Kennedy’s leadership, withdrew $11.4 billion in funding for state health programs, including $2 billion for childhood immunization initiatives.
• Kennedy directed the CDC to develop alternative measles treatments using vitamins and existing drugs, despite experts warning these methods are unproven and ineffective.
• Public health officials report a surge in measles cases, with 935 infections across 30 states, as Kennedy downplays the outbreak and spreads vaccine misinformation.
• The University of Minnesota launched the Vaccine Integrity Project to counter Kennedy’s policies, while key FDA officials resigned in protest of his disregard for evidence-based medicine.