Opinion | 'Expertise Is the Last Thing He Wants on That Committee': What We Heard This Week

— Quotable quotes heard by MedPage Today's reporters

May 24, 2026

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"Expertise is the last thing he wants on that committee." -- Paul Offit, MD, of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, on Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s plans for the CDC's influential vaccine panel.

"We cannot silo abortion care from pregnancy care." -- Maria Rodriguez, MD, MPH, of Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, discussing research linking state abortion bans to a decline in evidence-based miscarriage management.