STAT+: With Trump\u2019s anti-vaccine comments, Kennedy\u2019s influence grows
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WASHINGTON \u2014 President Trump\u2019s anti-vaccine comments on Monday signal health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\u2019s growing influence \u2014 and raise new questions about how far the pair may go to upend vaccine policy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Standing with Kennedy beside him at the White House, Trump called the childhood vaccine schedule<\/a> a \u201cdisgrace\u201d and railed against the practice of vaccinating children early on in life, with multiple shots at each doctor\u2019s visit. If the health care industry was still hoping for daylight between Trump and Kennedy on vaccines, the president\u2019s comments on Monday were a harsh awakening.<\/p>\n During the event, held to announce that officials were tying the use of Tylenol in pregnancy to autism<\/a>, Trump and Kennedy acted like old friends. Trump recalled meeting Kennedy in his office more than two decades ago, referred to him as \u201cBobby,\u201d and patted him on the back when ceding the lectern.\u00a0<\/p>\n Continue to STAT+ to read the full story\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n