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Top Story How the Health Sector Can Change Vaccine Messaging Amid Rising Anti-Vaccine Sentiment Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s rise to become secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services has some concerned that anti-vaccine policies are coming. If the nation's top public health agency pulls support of vaccination, other healthcare stakeholders will need to step up to fill the vaccine messaging void. Sponsored How To Make It Easier For Early Stage Life Science Companies to Grow Presented by Mercury and MedCity News A webinar on May 8th, sponsored by fintech business Mercury will explore how a banking platform approach could be a resource for the needs of entrepreneurs across biotech, diagnostics, and other life science companies. Sign up to learn more!

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Video   Vaccine Makers Aren't Speaking Out Against RFK Jr. Earlier this year at the annual J.P. Morgan healthcare conference in San Francisco, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said his company would be at the vanguard fighting in favor of vaccines if Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took action against these treatments. Since then, the Texas measles outbreak has spread — and Kennedy has failed to encourage vaccines, instead stressing that they should be optional. Additionally, Peter Marks, the former head of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, resigned this month, and he has gone on the record saying that vaccine misinformation reigns at Kennedy's HHS. MedCity News Senior Reporter Frank Vinluan reached out to Pfizer and other vaccine makers to comment on this issue, and the response has been radio silence — which is interesting considering Bourla's earlier comments.

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