WASHINGTON — Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy asked Thursday that health chief nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. put aside his decades-old questioning of vaccinations and promote immunizations should he be con

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The man who hopes to be President Donald Trump’s health secretary repeatedly asked to see “data” or “science” showing vaccines are safe – but when an influential Republican

More dramatic questioning on vaccines in RFK Jr's second confirmation hearing. Bond/Simmons-Duffin/Stone/Webber

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he wanted "gold standard science" on vaccines, but when presented with compelling research, he cited reasons to doubt it.

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The most powerful moment in two days of confirmation hearings for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whom President Donald Trump nominated to head Health and Human Services, came from Louisiana Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy. A physician, Cassidy told Kennedy of an 18-year-old patient with hepatitis B who suffered from liver failure and needed a transplant.

Mr Kennedy’s nomination could fail to move forward if Senator Bill Cassidy joins Democrats in voting against him. Read more at straitstimes.com.

If you come out unequivocally — ‘vaccines are safe, it does not cause autism’ that would have an incredible impact,” Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) told the HHS nominee.

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