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RFK Jr. testimony on Samoa vaccine trip questioned by new documents

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New documents obtained by The Associated Press and The Guardian suggest that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may have been untruthful to Congress regarding his 2019 visit to Samoa. While Kennedy stated the trip was unrelated to vaccines, a letter he sent to the Samoan prime minister prior to the visit mentioned measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines eight times, and proposed studying the vaccines after two children died post-vaccination. The Department of Health and Human Services maintains the visit was unrelated to vaccines, and Kennedy's team asserts claims of dishonesty are false. AI

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RFK Jr. testimony on Samoa vaccine trip questioned by new documents

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Ali Swenson, The Associated Press ·

    RFK told Congress he didn’t go to Samoa in 2019 to study measles vaccines — so why does his old letter mention it eight times?

    The discrepancy could prompt congressional action, but legal experts consider that unlikely under the Republican-led Congress

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