WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy is admonishing Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's decision to cancel about $500 million in vaccine research — one of his first public conflicts with Kennedy since helping him win confirmation to the job.

“It is unfortunate that the Secretary just canceled a half a billion worth of work, wasting the money which is already invested,” Cassidy wrote on X . “He has also conceded to China an important technology needed to combat cancer and infectious disease. President Trump wants to Make America Healthy Again and Make America Great Again. This works against both of President Trump’s goals.”

Cassidy then linked to a Forbes article about Kennedy’s decision not to fund further development of vaccine strains like the one used develop the inoculations th

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