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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
World
Ed Pilkington

RFK Jr key adviser petitioned regulators to revoke approval of polio vaccine

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Siri has been sitting alongside Kennedy in interviews in which they have asked candidates for top health jobs where they stand on vaccines. Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP

A key legal adviser to Robert Kennedy Jr, Donald Trump’s pick for health secretary, is at the center of efforts to push federal drug regulators to revoke approval for the polio and hepatitis B vaccines and block distribution of 13 other critical vaccines.

Aaron Siri, a lawyer who has been helping Kennedy select top health administrators as part of the Trump transition process, is deeply embedded in longstanding efforts to force the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to withdraw a raft of vaccines that have saved the lives and health of millions of Americans.

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