RFK Jr. made promises to get his job as health secretary. He's broken many of them

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed as Health and Human Services Secretary on February 13, 2025, after making promises to support childhood vaccines and maintain existing vaccine recommendations, but he has since fired the incumbent members of the vaccine advisory panel and changed the CDC's recommendations, removing universal recommendations for seven immunizations.
Kennedy pledged not to undermine vaccine funding, but the CDC pulled back $11 billion in COVID-era grants for local health departments to fund vaccination programs, and the National Institutes of Health yanked dozens of research grants supporting studies of vaccine hesitancy, with a federal judge later ordering HHS to distribute the money.
Despite assurances that the CDC's website would not remove statements explaining that vaccines do not cause autism, new statements have been added casting doubt on vaccine safety, contradicting decades of scientific research that has repeatedly concluded there is no link between vaccines and autism, according to Sen. Elizabeth Warren and other sources.