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CDC Faces Backlash Over Guinea-Bissau Vaccine Study Funding

12/20/2025

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CDC Vaccine Controversy

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) plans to fund a Guinea-Bissau study involving infants and Hepatitis B vaccine.
Critics, Rep. Zoe Lofgren, say the research promotes Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s anti-vaccine agenda by withholding a life-saving vaccine.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been confirmed as head of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Kennedy promised not to alter vaccine safety statements amid rising measles cases.

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Children's Health Criticism

The Children's Health Defense (CHD) faces criticism for its anti-vaccine stance amid a measles outbreak that is the worst in more than 30 years.
This year, 1,958 measles cases have been reported in the U.S.
Three deaths are linked to the disease.
Experts say Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s leadership at CHD has hindered public health efforts.
The CDC has not launched a broad public campaign to encourage vaccinations.

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CDC Vaccine Controversy

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) plans to fund a Guinea-Bissau study involving infants and Hepatitis B vaccine.
Critics, Rep. Zoe Lofgren, say the research promotes Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s anti-vaccine agenda by withholding a life-saving vaccine.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been confirmed as head of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Kennedy promised not to alter vaccine safety statements amid rising measles cases.

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