RFK Jr. Tells Senators in Tense Exchanges He Backs Vaccines (3)

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the US Department of Health and Human Services, countered sharp criticisms from Democratic senators over his past questioning of vaccine safety by saying he would not stop anyone from getting polio and measles vaccines.

In a tense Senate Finance Committee hearing Wednesday that was interrupted by protesters so frequently that the chairman threatened to call on the police, Ron Wyden of Oregon told Kennedy “your lies contributed to the deaths of 83 children” from measles in Samoa.

Kennedy and his nonprofit were accused of supporting the spread of misinformation ...