Prognosis

RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Panel Purge Shakes Scientists — and Polio Survivors

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., US secretary of Health and Human Services speaks during a senate committee hearing in Washington May 14, 2025.
Photographer: Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg

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By Jason Gale

June 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM EDT

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Hi, it’s Jason in Melbourne. Polio survivors’ stories resonate deeply with me: My dad and his brother spent weeks isolated in an infectious disease ward after contracting the virus in the 1940s. It caused partial paralysis — and lasting trauma. But before I explain how that ties into the latest news from RFK Jr….

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