Means argued that the substantial cuts Kennedy has made to Health and Human Services, the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and more have been appropriate.
“The White House was like, ‘Where the f--- is the statement?‘” a White House official involved in the response to the measles outbreak told Axios. “CNN was blaring this chyron about how Kennedy was silent, and there was just nothing from the department because of Stefanie.”
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It is unclear what will happen to hundreds of pending requests for public information as the health agencies slash staff.
The bipartisan coalition of states filed the suit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
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Top federal health leaders across the Department of Health and Human Services were effectively ousted Tuesday from their posts.
Since taking the helm of HHS, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has both backed vaccination as a public health tool and made remarks that threaten to undermine it.
Kennedy made a show of shipping vitamin A to measles-stricken communities. The state’s public-health department didn’t take up the offer.
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