22 hours ago · WASHINGTON — In a series of aggressive, rapid-fire questions to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about his plans to replace career scientists at the Maryland-based National Institutes for Health and reform the country’s biggest health agency at large, U.S. Sen. Angela Alsobrooks leaned forward, took off her glasses and smiled as she launched into her ultimate question. She referred to a 2021 ...

18 hours ago · Alsobrooks, one of only two Black women serving in the Senate, questioned Kennedy on what he meant regarding a 2021 claim that “we should not be giving Black people the same vaccine schedule ...

18 hours ago · Senator Angela Alsobrooks, a Democrat from Maryland, pointed to past comments made by Kennedy in which he said, "We should not be giving black people the same vaccine schedule that's given to ...

1 day ago · Senator Angela Alsobrooks, Democrat of Maryland, sharply rebuked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during his Thursday confirmation hearing for suggesting that Black people should receive vaccines on a ...

17 hours ago · It was one of the more tense exchanges in an already heated confirmation hearing as senators put Robert F Kennedy Jr.'s record on vaccines — and his shifting stances on their safety and efficacy — under the microscope.. Senator Angela Alsobrooks, a Democrat from Maryland, pointed to past comments made by Kennedy in which he said, "We should not be giving black people the same vaccine ...

20 hours ago · Alsobrooks asked about his claim in a 2021 appearance that: "We should not be giving Black people the same vaccine schedule that's given to whites because their immune system is better than ours."

20 hours ago · Another tense moment came when Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, the newly elected Democratic senator from Maryland, questioned Kennedy. Alsobrooks asked about his claim in a 2021 appearance that: "We should not be giving Black people the same vaccine schedule that's given to whites because their immune system is better than ours."

1 day ago · "What different vaccine schedules would you say I should receive?" asked Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, who is black. "Articles suggest that blacks need fewer antigens," the HHS nom replied.

1 day ago · One point of contention was what it takes for a drug to be considered safe, and whether Kennedy would retract his past comments casting doubt on the safety of certain vaccines and medications. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.), Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and several more senators all asked ...

3 days ago · The Democratic group of lawmakers, led by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who caucuses with Democrats, asked questions about, and learned ways to refute, other anti-vaccine claims, such as whether ...