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The polio vaccine has all but obliterated the illness that once killed thousands and paralyzed 15,000 people nationwide every year.
Advisor to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. petitioned FDA to withdraw polio vaccine
Attorney Aaron Siri is an ally of HHS secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He asked the FDA to withdraw or suspend the polio vaccine.
RFK Jr. ally filed petition to revoke FDA approval for polio vaccine
A lawyer affiliated with Kennedy petitioned the FDA in 2022 to revoke approval of the polio vaccine despite scientific studies showing its safety and efficacy.
RFK Jr.’s lawyer asked FDA to revoke polio vaccine approval
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Backlash grows over RFK Jr's lawyer asking FDA to revoke approval of polio vaccine
Backlash is growing after a New York Times report revealed that Robert F. Kennedy Jr's lawyer asked the Food and Drug Administration to revoke the approval of the polio vaccine two years ago. NBC News' Aaron Gilchrist has more on the report.
Mitch McConnell, Who Had Polio, Reacts to RFK Jr. Ally's Anti-Vaccine Push
McConnell was partially paralyzed when he contracted polio at 2 years old, before vaccinations were available.
Mitch McConnell warns RFK Jr. against effort to undermine polio vaccines
Aaron Siri, an attorney to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., petitioned the FDA to "withdraw or suspend" its approval of a polio vaccine.
McConnell decries ‘dangerous’ polio vaccine skeptics amid RFK Jr. report
Polio survivor Mitch McConnell condemned vaccine skeptics after a new report exposed a top ally of RFK Jr for requesting the FDA revoke approval of the polio vaccine.
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Hundreds of vials containing three different deadly viruses have gone missing from a lab in Queensland, Australia.
Most of 416 infected, 31 dead from mysterious illness in Congo are children, WHO says
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