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RFK Jr. Under Fire for Vaccine Panel Purge as Texas Measles Cases Surge

Science authorities such as Bill Nye alongside former CDC director Tom Frieden have publicly reproached Kennedy’s disregard for vaccine expertise

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(R) U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attends President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 04, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (L) Bill Nye attends the arrivals of Sierra Club's 2025 Trail Blazers Ball at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, CA on April 2, 2025
Bill Nye speaks onstage during Global Citizen NOW at Spring Studios on April 30, 2025 in New York City. Inset Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Noam Galai/Getty Images for Global Citizen) (Getty)
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Overview

  • HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dissolved the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices in early June, removing a key body that guides vaccine policy.
  • Former CDC director Tom Frieden warned the move replaces a transparent, fact-based process with decisions driven by fringe misinformation.
  • Science educator Bill Nye said he cut off “miles and miles” of texts from Kennedy after receiving repeated vaccine-autism conspiracy links.
  • Kennedy’s anti-vaccine stance has raised alarms as Texas reports over 744 measles cases and 96 hospitalizations in communities with low vaccination rates.
  • In April, Kennedy authorized a study aimed at determining the cause of autism by September, extending his long-standing campaign against vaccine safety.