CDC to hire former head of anti-vaccine group founded by RFK Jr.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is hiring Lyn Redwood, a nurse and the former head of a group critics have denounced as anti-vaccine, to work in its vaccine safety office, multiple CDC officials tell CBS News. Redwood was the president of the group now called Children's Health Defense, which lists as its founder Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who now oversees the CDC as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Main Idea: The CDC is set to hire Lyn Redwood, a former anti-vaccine group leader tied to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to work in its vaccine safety office.
Key Points:
- Redwood once led Children’s Health Defense, a group critics say has spread false claims about vaccines.
- She is expected to join the CDC as a special government employee focused on vaccine safety work and data.
- Redwood will also speak to the CDC’s new outside vaccine advisers about her claims that thimerosal causes autism.
- Medical experts and public health groups say the evidence does not support those claims and warn the move could deepen confusion about vaccines.
Impact on the People
Negative Impact
Lyn Redwood’s role at CDC may weaken trust in vaccine safety guidance and fuel confusion about vaccine ingredients. That could make some patients and parents less likely to follow public health advice.
Positive Impact
No clear positive impact identified.
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Central person in the story; CDC is hiring her for its vaccine safety office and she is scheduled.
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Named public official and founder of Children's Health Defense whose role overseeing health policy is central to the.
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Central agency making the hiring and the venue for the vaccine-safety work discussed in the article.
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Named nonprofit founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that is described as having campaigned against vaccines and CDC.
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Federal department overseen by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and central to the article’s governance context.
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Referenced as the federal agency that has said aluminum in some vaccines has a demonstrated safety profile.
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