NPR In his role as Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is changing how the United States approaches vaccines. But those changes aren’t limited to the United States.
This episode, NPR global health correspondent Gabrielle Emanuel shares two examples of how the global public health landscape may be shifting.
First, the United States’ ultimatum to an international vaccine group called Gavi. The U.S. has historically been one of Gavi’s biggest funders, but now, it is threatening to withhold future funds if Gavi doesn’t remove an ingredient called thimerosal from vaccines.