WASHINGTON — Democrats and one key Republican are pushing back on the change in wording to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webpage regarding vaccines and autism.

Meanwhile, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. revealed he was personally behind the phrasing, and thus position, shift on an issue he has made a major focus of his tenure.

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Democrats and one key Republican are pushing back on the change in wording to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website regarding vaccines and autism

In an interview with the New York Times published Friday , Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the CDC’s move this week to add the statement “‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim” to its “

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