Governor Maura Healey is slamming Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over statements he made relating to childhood vaccines and their potential links to Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Healey hosted a forum Wednesday at the Department of Public Health headquarters in Boston, where she urged members of the public to maintain their trust in childhood vaccines against what she calls “misinformation” spread by Sec. Kennedy, HHS and the CDC.

The governor also warned about an upcoming vote this week by the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which could result in an overhaul on how the federal government advises on children’s vaccines.

“We know that Secretary Kennedy removed and hand-picked members of the ACIP committee. We understand that within

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