RFK Jr.'s Pharma Deal, Controversial Vaccine Stance, and Secret Affair Revealed

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has had quite the eventful few days as Health and Human Services Secretary. Most significantly, Kennedy just announced a major pharmaceutical agreement in principle with the United Kingdom, declaring that Americans should not pay the world's highest drug costs for medicines they helped fund. The U.S. government reports this deal strengthens the global environment for innovative medicines and brings balance to U.S.-U.K. pharmaceutical trade, with Kennedy praising President Trump for delivering results that put Americans first.

On the vaccine front, Kennedy is stirring considerable controversy. The CDC vaccine advisory panel he appointed is scheduled to meet starting December 4th to discuss and potentially vote on delaying the hepatitis B birth dose recommendation. According to News Medical, Kennedy previously claimed on Tucker Carlson's podcast that the hepatitis B birth dose is a likely culprit of autism, a claim that contradicts decades of research. Medical experts are pushing back hard. Sean O'Leary, chair of the Committee on Infectious Diseases for the American Academy of Pediatrics, called the upcoming meeting a disaster designed around sowing distrust and spreading fear. The CDC estimates 2.4 million Americans have hepatitis B with half unaware of their infection, and experts emphasize the vaccine has an incredible safety profile with only minor reported side effects like fussiness and crying.

Meanwhile, the HHS announced the appointment of renowned epidemiologist Martin Kulldorff to a senior role, signaling Kennedy's continued focus on reshaping the department's leadership around his vision.

Kennedy's personal life also made headlines. Journalist Olivia Nuzzi detailed in her new memoir American Canto a clandestine romance with Kennedy that began in 2023 while she was interviewing him for New York Magazine. She describes an emotionally intense relationship involving drug use, including DMT, and intense emotional demands. The affair became public after her mentor informed her editors, and Nuzzi claims Kennedy later sent threatening messages through his bodyguard.

Looking ahead, Kennedy is scheduled to appear Wednesday at the DC MAHA summit alongside Vice President Vance and other Trump administration officials, where he'll continue promoting his Make America Healthy Again agenda. Additionally, HHS announced a cleanup of federal nursing home minimum staffing standards, with Kennedy stating that rigid mandates fail patients, signaling his deregulation approach to healthcare policy will extend across multiple fronts.

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