Event Brief
RFK Jr. tells vaccine skeptics they have a White House friend
By The BriefBrief · Sources (2)
Filed: Sep 17, 2026 at 6:06 PM ET
Summary: The health secretary said vaccine skeptics have a “friend at the White House” during a conference that featured misinformation about vaccines. The remarks included a claim that the success of the polio vaccines was a “fraud.”
WHO: The health secretary
WHAT: Said vaccine skeptics have a “friend at the White House” and made claims about polio vaccine success being a “fraud” at a conference featuring vaccine misinformation
WHEN: Sep 17, 2026 at 5:19 PM ET
WHERE: Location not specified
WHY: Cause not yet established.
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