WASHINGTON — Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. broke another promise to Senate health committee Chair Bill Cassidy (R-La.) this week. So far, there don’t seem to have been any consequences.

To secure Cassidy’s decisive confirmation vote, Kennedy committed to maintaining the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s position that vaccines do not cause autism. When Cassidy outlined the terms of the agreement between the two men, he said Kennedy agreed to not change that assertion on the CDC website.

This week, Kennedy did just that.

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