For now, links to 10 reports from the Associated Press, National Public Radio, and Reuters; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (COVID ETC. 8-29-25 is HERE, or scroll down. WEST BANK, GAZA and MEDIA entries for this date, so far, are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up.) — MCM
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Operation Warp Speed was one of Trump’s biggest achievements. Then came RFK Jr. and vaccine skeptics, by Seung Min Kim and Meg Kinnard | AP WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. came under fire at a congressional hearing Thursday for his work to restrict access to vaccines, including the very COVID-19 shots still touted by his boss. The hearing exposed an odd dichotomy. READ MORE . . .
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Health Secretary RFK Jr. grilled on vaccines and more during Senate hearing. Reported by Selena Simmons-Duffin and A Martínez | NPR Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was questioned by senators from both parties on Thursday about vaccine access and more. NPR analyzes the health secretary’s nearly three-hour appearance. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington talks about RFK Jr.’s Senate hearing. Reported by Michel Martin | NPR Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., talks about why she and other senators, including some Republicans, are concerned about Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine changes and CDC shakeup. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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FROM SEPT. 4 Kennedy hearing turns rancorous as Democrats press him on Covid vaccine changes, by Matt Brown and Mike Stobbe | AP WASHINGTON — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. came under pointed bipartisan questioning at a rancorous three-hour Senate committee hearing on Thursday, about — among other things — turmoil at federal health agencies and efforts . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE to read and listen to two reports on the hearing from NPR, and HERE for report from Reuters.
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FROM SEPT. 3 A doctor answers your questions about the Covid-19 vaccine. Reported by Juana Summers, Brianna Scott and Courtney Dorning | NPR Summers talks with infectious disease expert Dr. Peter Chin-Hong about the new rules regarding access to Covid-19 vaccines. Click HERE to listen and read.
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FROM SEPT. 1 Trump questions Covid-19 vaccines. Reported by Kat Lonsdorf | NPR President Trump has called on pharmaceutical companies to justify the success of drugs and vaccines used to fight Covid-19. Trump himself hailed the vaccines as a “modern-day miracle” back in 2020. Click HERE to listen and read.
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FROM SEPT. 4 Why the medical community is thrilled by U.S. support for a ‘breakthrough’ HIV drug. Reported by Gabrielle Emanuel | NPR The U.S. announced Thursday that it will make an investment in the new HIV prevention drug called lenacapavir that’s been hailed as a “breakthrough” and a “game changer” by the medical community. Click HERE to read and, later, listen.
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