Hundreds of HHS staff call on RFK Jr. to condemn health misinformation following CDC shooting

Published August 20, 2025 2:23pm ET



More than 750 former and current Department of Health and Human Services staff have called on Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to condemn misinformation in the health space. 

Their request comes after a shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta earlier this month in which the gunman claimed the COVID-19 vaccine made him depressed and suicidal.

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