Relief group is phasing out vaccines RFK Jr. believes are unsafe - POLITICO

The health secretary has blocked $600 million for Gavi, which provides shots to poor countries, because of his concerns about a mercury-containing preservative...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/22/gavi-rfk-vaccines-thimerosal-shaheen-00934540

 

RFK Jr. is holding up $600M in vaccines for poor countries - POLITICO

Advocates for Gavi say the withholding of funds will cost children’s lives. They also say the vaccines the group uses are safe and are better-suited to the challenges of immunizing people in the developing world, where refrigeration is spotty and it’s harder to get people boosters, than the vaccines used in the U.S. and other wealthy countries...

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/28/rfk-vaccines-gavi-thimerosal-00893645 

Federal judge blocks RFK Jr’s overhaul of vaccine recommendations

When Kennedy fired all 17 members of the ACIP in June and replaced them with his own hand-picked advisers, many of whom have expressed anti-vaccine views, the health secretary likely violated the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), the judge found. 

For that reason, the 13 appointments were stayed by the judge, essentially invalidating their role on the committee. 

All votes made by those advisers are also invalidated, including decisions to ban thimerosal (thiomersal) from flu vaccines; ending the recommendation for the combination measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) and chickenpox vaccine; and the end of the universal birth dose recommendation for the hepatitis B vaccine...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/16/judge-blocks-rfk-jr-vaccine-policy-changes

 

United States freezes all funds to Gavi over preservative Thimerosal.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yrC0XQ5g6ug

 

Ousted vaccine panel members say rigorous science is being abandoned under RFK Jr. | PBS News

That was clear, they said, during the new panel's first meeting, in June. It featured a presentation by an anti-vaccine advocate that warned of dangers about a preservative used in a few flu vaccines, but the committee members didn't hear from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staffers about an analysis that concluded there was no link between the preservative and neurodevelopmental disorders. 

The new panel recommended that the preservative, thimerosal, be removed even as some members acknowledged there was no proof it was causing harm...

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/ousted-vaccine-panel-members-say-rigorous-science-is-being-abandoned-under-rfk-jr

RFK Jr’s new vaccine panel votes against preservative in flu shots in shock move | US news | The Guardian

Decision to restrict thimerosal in immunizations could impact future vaccine availability on a global scale…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/26/rfk-flu-shot-vaccines-panel 

 

What is thimerosal, the flu vaccine ingredient targeted by RFK Jr.? - The Washington Post

On his social media post, he cited several studies he said supported his claims — and contradicted his own agencies. Medical experts told The Post Kennedy was misstating the science. "

It's a way to overwhelm an audience who mostly WON'T click each one to find what they are looking for," said Jessica Malaty Rivera, an infectious-disease epidemiologist, in a text. "Second, there is zero evidence of his claims in any of those links."…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/06/26/thimersol-flu-vaccine-rfk-jr-cdc-panel/

 

'Never seen this': Former CDC official rails against Trump nominee's latest move - Raw Story

"Never before have I seen a private citizen invited to come and give a sort of overview of the evidence that has not been reviewed by the work group." 

 The doctor went on to say, "The type of presentation she's giving is usually given by a CDC official after a lot of clearance. The fact that she is presenting in this very well-respected, previously well-respected public forum is just yet another example of RFK Jr.'s interference in the CDC's vaccine policy process…

https://www.rawstory.com/robert-f-kennedy-jr-2672441305/ 

 

 

CDC vaccine report cites study that does not exist, says scientist listed as author

Robert Berman, cited in report on preservative thimerosal, says he 'doesn't endorse this misrepresentation of research'…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/24/cdc-vaccine-presentation-autism?