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- Robert F. Kennedy Jr., while serving as President Trump's health secretary, sought the Vaccine Safety Datalink to claim vaccines cause autism.
- CDC scientists resisted initially, but Kennedy obtained the data through an adviser.
- Kennedy aimed to present a unifying health agenda focused on ultraprocessed foods and toxic exposures.
- The actions suggest a systematic effort to reshape U.S. vaccine policy in line with his anti-vaccine stance.
