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Bob Hopkins, MD MACP

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Academic Med-Peds MD, Clinical Vaccinology, Communication, MedED, High-Value Care. Son/Husband/Dad^3/Grandpa. Friend, Fly fisherman, bicyclist, native Arkansawyer. Respect for one and all, anti-hate. Healthcare is a human right. #Resist

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/09/2026
This is an entirely new phenomenon because before the vaccine, most women who survived measles were immune because they had it when they were young. But now, idiots who refuse to get vaccinated are giving birth to babies with measles. Two babies have died. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
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Rhonda 🌊 @silverarticfox.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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jcricket.bsky.social @jcricket.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The Speaker is flat out LYING. Again.
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Purple Teacher @peaceandteachin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Mike Johnson’s lies are fact checked on social media while he gave the House another early vacation. The GOP voted to require employment for people to receive government benefits & public assistance and yet these rules don’t apply to Congress?!! #VoteThemOut #ProudBlue#Voices4Victory #OneV1
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
With 45 days until the midterms, I urge you all to: 1) Help get out the vote. 2) Protect our electoral machinery from interference. 3) Not succumb to complacency, defeatism, or cynicism. We are the only ones who can end this nightmare. We are the leaders we’ve been waiting for.
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Rockin’ Robin 🎶 🐦🪺 🎼 @rjow.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Vote like your life and the lives of others are at stake 👇
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Howdy @icandie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
that's the kind of reporting that will drive the Turd crazy ...
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The horror has come to our city: ICE has shot a person in Austin this morning. As the facts emerge, I am demanding a full, independent investigation, immediate release of the body camera footage, and accountability for any ICE officer who broke the law.
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Contagion® @contagionlive.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
From our latest issue: Ebola and the Ongoing Tale of US Failures Check out the piece from @saskiapopescu.bsky.social and a discussion around policies that are failing people. #IDsky #Medsky Read more: www.contagionlive.com/view/ebola-a...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16/09/2026
The man who won't let you have paid sick leave or health care returns to Congress after getting free health care and 90 days paid sick leave
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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Fiji has declared HIV a national crisis after new diagnoses climbed 27% last year, intensifying concern that an epidemic once concentrated among ​people who inject drugs is spreading more widely through the Pacific ‌island nation. www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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Fiji declares HIV a national crisis as diagnoses surge
Fiji has declared HIV a national crisis after new diagnoses climbed 27% last year, intensifying concern that an epidemic once concentrated among ​people who inject drugs is spreading more widely throu...
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Contagion® @contagionlive.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Check out our latest episode with Dr. Lynette Johnston as she adds some context and understanding behind this summer's foodborne outbreaks and product recalls. Watch here: www.youtube.com/shorts/-c6Kw...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NEW: DHS's Inspector General releases a scathing report about the Everglades detention camp known as "Alligator Alcatraz." The OIG finds that the now-closed camp, violated multiple ICE standards. The OIG also confirms detainees were punished with placement in a metal cage in the Florida heat.🧵
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Staff also reported that time spent in the small metal enclosures is closely monitored, and
detainees are not locked in, even though we observed locking mechanisms on the enclosures.
Figures 11 and 12. Small Metal Enclosures; Observed January 21, 2026

Underneath is a picture of a metal cage that is 4 feet 3 inches wide by 4 feet 3 inches long, and 7 feet 9 inches high. The cage itself is placed on a tiny spot of fake turf, and then surrounded by another chainlink fence with razor wire on top. The cage is covered by a roof, but it's entirely exposed to the outside otherwise, meaning mosquitos and no air conditioning.
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Perfectarc @perfectarc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 15/09/2026
On Monday night, the Supreme Court blocked Trump's last-minute plan to interfere with the US Postal Service's handling of midterm mail ballots. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Supreme Court blocks Trump’s mail ballot scheme
The decision prevents massive disenfranchisement and chaos in November.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Trump's Energy Department has now declared the same emergency six times at the same dead coal plant. Michigan's attorney general noticed something about the third one. It's in the filing. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-just...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Agents of the Department of Homeland Security have been ordered to unlawfully access state voting records to carry out the department’s escalating elections-related probes, an anonymous federal whistleblower recently disclosed to Sen. Alex Padilla. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Homeland Security officers are illegally accessing state voter data, new whistleblower alleges
The searches likely resulted in "thousands of violations of state laws," Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020. — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Whistle-Blower: Federal Agents May Have Broken State Laws in Search for Voter Fraud
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Whistle-Blower: Federal Agents May Have Broken State Laws in Search For Voter Fraud
Agents expressed concern about being directed by top Homeland Security leaders to use private information to look up voter records in state databases.
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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Blanche said men accused in the Epstein files won't be charged -despite the evidence survivors brought forward. That's not justice. Survivors deserve prosecutors who will fight for them, not shield the powerful. #WeWillNotBackDown #EpsteinTrumpFiles #Pinks #ProudBlue #OneV1
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Rosie O'Donnell Brings Epstein Survivors Together for Powerful Performance of Iconic Feminist Anthem
The actress posted this powerful clip.
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Susan 🌻💙🌊🌎🌳🐄🐖🐑🐓 @susancr.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I'm going to KEEP talking about how Senator Rick Scott, the RICHEST man in all of Congress, DEFRAUDED Medicare & is trying to CUT Social Security. Will you join me?🤚
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The title really says it all.
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.
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Kevin Ault @kevinault.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Bonus add on to this thread. This meta analysis found hepatitis A vaccination to be 96 % ish effective in various clinical situations. #MedSky + #IDSky via @eclinicalmed.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...
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Hepatitis A vaccination and its public-health impact in routine prevention and outbreak control: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Hepatitis A vaccination provides very high protection in pre-exposure settings. Post-exposure vaccination may also be effective, but confidence in this estimate is limited by very low-certainty eviden...
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Kevin Ault @kevinault.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
and in the interest of full disclosure, I am one of the authors of the clinical guidance recommending universal hepatitis B vaccination up to age 60 in the USA. (5/5) pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35358162/
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Universal Hepatitis B Vaccination in Adults Aged 19-59 Years: Updated Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices - United States, 2022 - PubMed
Hepatitis B (HepB) vaccines have demonstrated safety, immunogenicity, and efficacy during the past 4 decades (1,2). However, vaccination coverage among adults has been suboptimal, limiting further reduction in hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections in the United States. This Advisory Committee on Immuni …
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo Joan Sebastian Guerrero Ruben Ray Martinez Alex Pretti Renee Good Dozens of other innocent lives. These deaths aren’t mistakes. They’re the result of choices. Policy choices. Funding choices. Choices to not hold this Administration accountable. It’s time to SHUT. IT. DOWN!
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Contagion® @contagionlive.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Dr. Robert Hopkins @nfidvaccines.bsky.social discusses the latest vaccine data, geographic patterns, and how public health and school officials can address this ongoing trend. @aradultimmdoc.medsky.social #IDsky #Medsky www.contagionlive.com/view/childho...
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Childhood Immunization Rates Continue Downward Slide, Raising Risk of Vaccine-Preventable Disease Outbreaks | Contagion Live
Newly released CDC data show childhood immunization rates have steadily declined since 2020, pushing measles vaccination coverage below the threshold needed for herd immunity and leaving an estimated ...
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Alicia Ault @aliciaault.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Clinicians may not recognize signs and symptoms of varicella--as vaccination declines and the disease returns. via @medscape.com #vaccines #pediatrics #familymedicine #IDsky #virology #publichealth
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As Chickenpox Returns, Some Clinicians Struggle to Spot It
As varicella cases reemerge in some parts of the country, newly published guidance helps clinicians navigate an ‘old’ disease they may have never seen in practice.
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AHeise @aheise.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
#idsky #medsky
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Alicia Ault @aliciaault.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Louisiana reports case of Naegleria fowleri likely acquired from swimming in Lake Claiborne, man-made pond northeast of Shreveport. #IDSky #EpiSky #parasite #publichealth #climatechange
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La. resident Naegleria fowleri infection | Louisiana Department of Health
LDH reports a confirmed Naegleria fowleri infection in a Louisiana resident, most likely acquired while swimming in Lake Claiborne.
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Kevin Ault @kevinault.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"A substantial share of the at-risk population is never reached by hepatology-driven preventive services, resulting in missed opportunities for viral #hepatitis screening and vaccination" via @medpagetoday.com - #MedSky + #IDSky - we should / can do better. www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
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Despite Vaccines, Most U.S. Adults Not Immune to Hepatitis A or B
'Missed opportunities' to boost protection through vaccination, researchers say
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Alicia Ault @aliciaault.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
HHS' National Vaccine Advisory Committee is getting an overhaul, which concerns people like past chair Bob Hopkins. @aradultimmdoc.medsky.social @nfidvaccines.bsky.social @ameracadpeds.bsky.social #IDSky #pediatrics #vaccines #publichealth
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Changes to NVAC Trigger Concerns
The HHS is seeking new members who can discuss immunization alternatives like ‘healthy lifestyle’ strategies and dietary supplements.
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TRAstonDrs @castltrastondrs.medsky.network · 04/08/2026
#Medsky🧪 #IDsky #publichealth #vaccineswork #mRNA vaccines are safe with low risk of complications and negative reactions based on safety surveillance www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Safety and efficacy of mRNA vaccines: a mechanistic and public health perspective
mRNA vaccines represent a transformative advance in vaccinology, combining rapid development timelines, scalable manufacturing, and strong immunogenicity with a favourable safety profile. Global deplo...
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migas7.bsky.social @migas7.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
And the fraudsters (we know them), who say they are looking for fraud, insist fraud only happens in blue states so they can try to extort those states while real, convicted fraudsters get pardons from President Fraudster.
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CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 10/07/2026
This should horrify all of us! Women in ICE detention underwent invasive medical procedures without informed consent. Senator Jon Ossoff’s bipartisan investigation called the findings “nightmarish & disgraceful” Everyone deserves dignity, bodily autonomy & human rights! #SheShed #ViVaHerAlliance
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PPID Journal @ppidjournal.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
#IDsky West Nile, yellow fever are commonly associated with encephalitis, but did you know the neurotropic nature of other arboviruses, including dengue and chikungunya? New review of neurological complications of arboviral infections here:
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Neurological Complications of Arboviral Infections - Private Practice Infectious Disease
Arboviral infections represent an expanding global public health threat, with increasing recognition of their neurological complications. Dengue, chikungunya, Zika, yellow fever, and West Nile viruses...
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Cathey🌎🦋🗽☮️❤️‍🧡💛💚💙💜🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 💙 💛🇵🇷 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 ⭐️ @cleverhandlebars.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
EVERYONE should know about this, especially Texans. www.kxan.com/news/texas/j...
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James Talarico urges Ken Paxton to release the ‘Hoffman Files’ after denied records request
U.S. Democratic Senate hopeful James Talarico is set to make a “major announcement” about Adam Hoffman, the former Waco attorney whose child sex abuse case garnered criticism over how t…
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 10/07/2026
Trump launched his latest attack on voting by ousting the remaining commissioners of a key federal agency that helps administer elections. Experts say that much of the group’s work on the 2026 elections has already been conducted. But that’s a cold comfort for some. bit.ly/4vIppAl
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Wonkette @wonkettemedia.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Studies: Tylenol Doesn't Cause Autism, MRNA Vaccines Are Perfectly Safe, And RFK Jr. Is A Ridiculous Person www.wonkette.com/p/studies-ty... By Robyn Pennacchia @robynelyse.bsky.social
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Studies: Tylenol Doesn't Cause Autism, MRNA Vaccines Are Perfectly Safe, And RFK Jr. Is A Ridiculous Person
... who believes ridiculous things.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Since 1994, immigrants have paid more in taxes than they receive in benefits every year. Do not believe the lies you hear about immigrants. They are good for society and the economy.
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TRAstonDrs @castltrastondrs.medsky.network · 20/06/2026
#influenzavaccines were associated with a reduced risk of #influenza among those who were vaccinated, and recommended antivirals remained effective. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Influenza Activity and Estimated Vaccine Effectiveness in the 2025-2026 Influenza Season
This surveillance study characterizes influenza activity (ie, virus type, antiviral susceptibility, immunogenicity, and influenza-associated outpatient and emergency department visits, hospitalization...
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TRAstonDrs @castltrastondrs.medsky.network · 20/06/2026
#Medsky🧪 #IDsky #vaccinesmatter #vaccineswork #pedsky #publichealth @jama This surveillance study found that while antigenically drifted viruses predominated and caused substantial morbidity and mortality,
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bioMérieux @biomerieux.com · 19/06/2026
Diagnostics are a first line of defense in #Ebola response. We’re accelerating BIOFIRE® shipments and working with partners to expand testing capacity, supporting earlier detection and stronger #outbreak control. Explore expert insights: spkl.io/633247EyL6 #IDSky #Africa
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Mobilizing Ebola Diagnostics to Africa
Learn how bioMérieux is supporting Ebola outbreak response efforts through rapid diagnostic solutions, expanded testing capacity, and public health partnerships.
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Contagion® @contagionlive.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
The #FDA has approved an expanded indication for Merck's Capvaxive, allowing its use in children and adolescents aged 2 to 17 years with chronic medical conditions that increase their risk of #pneumococcal disease. #Medsky #IDsky www.contagionlive.com/view/fda-exp...
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FDA Expands Merck Pneumococcal Vaccine Indication to Include At-Risk Children and Adolescents | Contagion Live
The FDA has approved an expanded indication for Merck's Capvaxive, allowing its use in children and adolescents aged 2 to 17 years with chronic medical conditions that increase their risk of pneumococ...
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Alicia Ault @aliciaault.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
HHS is seeking nominations for 12 members to serve on the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. First Trump admin fired all PACHA members in 2018; it met regularly again starting in 2019, but last met Dec 2024. #healthpolicy #healthlaw #IDsky #LGBTQ #pediatrics #publichealth #PEPFAR
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Nominations Open: Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) New Members
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is seeking nominations for 12 members to serve on the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA)…
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Alicia Ault @aliciaault.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Wyden and Hassan demand answers from HHS and RFK on how ACIP members were selected and how vaccine recommendations were made. #Medsky #IDsky #pediatrics #CDC #politics #healthpolicy #publichealth
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Senate Dems launch investigation into RFK Jr. vaccine panel changes
Senate Democrats are launching an investigation into Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s changes to vaccine policy, including the remaking of a federal vaccine advisory panel.  …
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