President Trump is reportedly pressuring Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to more aggressively push for policies that would further slash childhood vaccination recommendations. The Wall Street Journal reported that the issue came up during a lunch back in May at Trump’s National Golf Club in northern Virginia when Trump confronted RFK Jr. on why he wasn’t doing more to probe a widely debunked link between childhood vaccinations and autism. At the time, Trump reportedly told Kennedy that he believed the secretary “had the yips” to reduce the number of vaccinations for children. Lobbyists and Department of Health and Human Services staffers reportedly told the Journal that Trump may replace Kennedy with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services chief Dr. Mehmet Oz, if RFK Jr. fails to fulfill the demands. Separately, Anthony Fauci, the former veteran director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is expected to testify at a Senate hearing today on the COVID-19 pandemic.
WSJ: Trump Pressuring RFK Jr. to Slash Childhood Vaccination Recommendations
HeadlineJul 29, 2026

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