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Melody Schreiber

RFK Jr accused of ‘dangerous conspiracy theories’ at heated budget hearing

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifying before House committees in Washington
Robert F Kennedy Jr, the health secretary, testifies in Washington on Thursday. Photograph: Douliery Olivier/Abaca/Shutterstock

Vaccines and public health dominated a frequently contentious hearing with Robert F Kennedy Jr on Thursday before the US House ways and means committee.

Kennedy, the health secretary and a longtime vaccine opponent, has overseen sweeping changes to routine vaccination recommendations and has promoted misinformation even amid the biggest measles outbreak in decades.

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