RFK Jr under fire for ‘bullying’ letter to scientific journal

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., now US health secretary, sent a letter demanding answers from a medical journal that retracted a paper linking vaccines to infant death. The move immediately drew criticism from public health advocates, who say Kennedy is attempting to intimidate and influence the journal's editorial decisions. The incident raises questions about whether a sitting health official should be pressuring scientific publishers to reconsider their peer-review judgments.