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Amid a flurry of disinformation and non-science-based medical advisories from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), a Democratic lawmaker has indicated she is readying articles of impeachment against HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Kennedy has peddled myriad falsehoods about vaccination over the years, including errant statements regarding their efficacy and safety and wrongly claiming that vaccines are linked to autism.

As head of HHS, he removed all members of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory committee on immunization, and filled the vacancies mostly with anti-vaxxers and conspiracy theorists.

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More recently, Kennedy, alongside President Donald Trump and other health officials, announced that it was the White House’s official position that acetaminophen use during pregnancy could lead to children being born with autism — a statement that is contradicted by studies examining whether there is a........

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