Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) on Thursday grilled Department of Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s history of claiming Black Americans have a better immune system than white people.

Alsobrooks, one of only two Black women serving in the Senate, questioned Kennedy on what he meant regarding a 2021 claim that "we should not be giving Black people the same vaccine schedule that's given to whites because their immune system is better than ours."

The schedule, approved by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other health care organizations, recommends when children and teenagers........

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