How RFK Jr. is undermining the legacy of his uncle, JFK, by upending vaccination policy in the U.S.

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published September 16, 2025 at 8:52 AM PDT

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Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Princeton University historian Julian Zelizer about how Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is upending generations of conventional wisdom by changing the way the U.S. handles vaccines.

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