Wyden, Warren Demand RFK Jr. Recuse Himself From Vaccine Matters, Blast Gardasil Fee Divestment Plan

By Maaisha Osman / February 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Senate Finance Committee ranking Democrat Ron Wyden (OR) and member Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) demanded Sunday (Feb. 2) that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recuse himself from all vaccine policy matters if confirmed as HHS secretary, blasting his arrangement on Saturday to let his family collect fees from a vaccine lawsuit. They called “plainly inadequate” RFK Jr.’s decision to let one of his sons collect fees from a lawsuit challenging Merck’s HPV vaccine Gardasil after saying last he would personally stop collecting...


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