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RFK Jr. to announce new CDC vaccine advisory committee members

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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is announcing the new members of a vaccine advisory committee at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Kennedy fired the entire 17-member panel earlier this month because he said their ties to the pharmaceutical industry had eroded public trust in vaccines. He replaced some of them with people who have expressed vaccine skepticism.

Chelsea Cirruzzo, Washington correspondent at STAT, joins us to discuss.

This segment aired on June 20, 2025.

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