Health and Human Services secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to appear before senators on Capitol Hill next week. It’s a highly anticipated confirmation hearing partly because of the former presidential candidate’s well-documented history of spreading false and misleading vaccine claims. Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent for KFF Health News, joins “America Decides” to discuss the state of Kennedy’s nomination.
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