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- Nominee Nicole Saphier told the Senate HELP Committee she has not seen reputable evidence linking vaccines to autism.
- She did not fully repudiate President Donald Trump’s and Kennedy’s vaccine-skeptic statements.
- Republican chair Bill Cassidy asked her to state the MMR vaccine does not cause autism.
- Cassidy urged her to back the universal hepatitis B vaccine for newborns.
- She opposed smoking while noting flavored vaping could help adults quit cigarettes.