Trump administration's health leadership reboot sputters

The Trump administration's health department reset is faltering. Axios reports that President Trump has been pressuring Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to pursue vaccine skepticism, including investigating alleged connections between vaccines and autism and reducing childhood immunizations. Scientists have repeatedly found no evidence of such a link. The pressure contradicts months of efforts to moderate the administration's vaccine messaging to protect GOP midterm prospects. Sources now expect controversial vaccine policies to surface again after the elections.

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