RFK Jr criticized for pressuring medical journal over retracted vaccine study
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Summary
US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr sent a letter to the journal Toxicology Reports demanding answers after it retracted a paper suggesting a link between vaccines and infant death. Public health advocates criticized the move as an attempt to intimidate and influence the journal's editorial process. The journal had removed the paper after determining it was seriously flawed and could harm patients and pose a risk to public health.
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· 3 pulledPublic health advocates immediately criticized the move, and said Kennedy appeared to be trying to intimidate and influence the journal's editorial process.
The journal Toxicology Reports had removed the paper this spring after editors determined it was so seriously flawed it could harm patients and pose a risk to public health.
Kennedy on Monday posted on
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