Time to end secret data laboratories—starting with the CDC
The American people are waking up to the fact that too many public health leaders have not always been straight with them. Despite housing treasure…
Thought Leader: Marty Makary
Dr. Robert Redfield backs Kennedy’s efforts on vaccines
Former CDC director Robert Redfield joined POLITICO’s Lauren Gardner virtually at POLITICO Playbook’s First 100 Days Health Care Policy Breakfast.
Dr. Robert Redfield, who headed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during the first Trump administration, supports Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s efforts on vaccines.
Kennedy’s nomination and eventual confirmation as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services was complicated by his decades-old vaccine skepticism. And he has alienated many public health officials who fear he could discourage the public from getting routine vaccinations long proven safe.
But Redfield is fully supporting Kennedy — even after Kennedy refused to say vaccines do not cause autism during his confirmation hearing — and is now calling for more vaccine research, too.
Relevant posts
Sanjay Gupta: Can Safety and Excitement Coexist in the NFL
This is the episode of Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta. ‘One of the most dangerous plays in football, the kickoff, is getting a makeover…
Thought Leader: Sanjay Gupta
A Meeting of the Minds at Bellagio Spurs a Convening and a Movement
A Bellagio residency leads to a Bellagio convening and a project to alter the U.S. economic system in favor of better health Two Bellagio Center…
Thought Leader: Dave Chokshi
