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Ousted vaccine official says Kennedy sought data to justify anti-science stance, WSJ reports

  • Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Aimed to reshape federal public health agencies, cutting 10,000 jobs and centralizing operations at the FDA and CDC according to a Wall Street Journal report.
  • Peter Marks stated that Kennedy's team requested data on nonexistent vaccine-related deaths and injuries to support an anti-vaccine narrative.
  • New FDA Commissioner Marty Makary supported Marks' removal and was involved in decisions delays regarding vaccine approvals, including a missed deadline for Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine.
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Dramatic HHS cuts leave US ‘weaker as a nation,’ says top FDA vaccine official forced out under Kennedy

Sweeping job cuts and reorganizations taking place at the US Department of Health and Human Services under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. leave the United States “weaker as a nation,” Dr. Peter Marks told CNN on Friday.

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Political Wire broke the news in New York, United States on Friday, April 4, 2025.
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