R.F.K. Jr. Sends a Message on Vaccines
Podcast: The DailyPublished On: Wed May 28 2025
Description: The Trump administration on Tuesday bypassed the traditional system of vaccine guidance and abruptly ended the government’s recommendation that two key groups of Americans receive vaccinations against Covid.Apoorva Mandavilli, a science and global health reporter at The New York Times, discusses what could be a turning point in public health.Guest: Apoorva Mandavilli, a science and global health reporter at The New York Times.Background reading: Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that there was no clinical data to support additional Covid shots for healthy children.For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. Photo: Frederic J. Brown/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.
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