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CNN 5 Things

One Thing: Under RFK Jr.’s HHS, Who Decides the Facts?

CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s announcement that the Covid-19 vaccine will no longer be recommended for healthy children and pregnant women has sparked concern among many health experts. We hear from one of them who thinks this is just the latest in a line of moves that could undermine trust in science.  Guest: Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia  Have a question about the news? Have a story you think we should cover? Call us at 202-240-2895.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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On May 19th, the director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, Dr. J. Batacharia,

1:11.2

was holding a town hall for agency employees' headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland.

1:13.7

We have to maintain safety and transparency.

1:14.5

Research should be... In this video obtained by CNN, you see him talking about how research should be ethical

1:18.9

and not endanger human populations.

1:21.3

Standard science stuff.

1:22.8

But then, he makes a hard turn.

1:25.9

This is important because it's possible.

1:29.3

There's a lot of controversy over this.

1:31.3

I'm sure there's folks in the room would disagree with me.

1:34.3

But it's possible that the pandemic was caused by research conducted by human beings.

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