Vaccination
RFK Jr on defensive as a key confirmation vote hangs in the balance
A key Republican has joined Democrats to raise persistent concerns over the top health official nominee’s scepticism of routine childhood vaccinations.
- Amanda Seitz and Stephen Groves
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Four takeaways from Kennedy Jr’s first confirmation hearing
The ex-Democrat and abortion rights supporter nominated by a Republican president to be the nation’s leading health official presented some unusual dynamics.
- Aaron Blake
‘Frankly, you frighten people’: RFK Jr grilled on vaccine, abortion U-turns
One of Donald Trump’s most controversial and vulnerable cabinet picks struggled to account for his shape-shifting views, vowing to serve at Trump’s pleasure.
- Michael Koziol
‘Predator’: Caroline Kennedy warns senators of RFK Jr in searing letter
Ahead of her cousin’s confirmation to the Health Department, she alleges he led family members “down the path of drug addiction”.
- Jacqueline Alemany, Dan Diamond and Liz Goodwin
- Opinion
- Sunday Life
The terrifying experience that made me a fierce supporter of vaccines
I don’t want any children, or any new parents, to go through what we did.
- Jane Caro
This virus is surging in China. In NSW, it’s already passed
Cases of human metapneumovirus have declined in NSW, while health authorities continue to monitor elevated COVID infections over the festive period.
- Angus Thomson
- Exclusive
- Research
‘We don’t have a Team Australia approach’: Vaccine facility rejects plea for help
A request by NSW to access a taxpayer-funded Moderna mRNA facility was knocked back, raising more questions about how much value Australia is getting from the facility.
- Liam Mannix and Paul Sakkal
Former celebrity chef Pete Evans to publish cookbook with RFK Jr
The book will be published by Kennedy’s Children’s Health Defence, an organisation known as one of the country’s largest anti-vaccine groups.
- Nick Ralston
‘Dangerous’: Caroline Kennedy blasts cousin RFK Jr’s vaccine views
The departing US ambassador said: “I grew up with him, so I’ve known all this for a long time; others are just getting to know him.”
- Matthew Knott
- Opinion
- Illness
It started as a headache. By evening, James was unresponsive to his name
After losing core years of his young life to COVID-19 lockdowns, my teenage son’s life was almost claimed by an entirely avoidable illness.
- Fiona Hall
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