Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. directed officials to cancel a campaign encouraging people to receive an influenza vaccine, according to newly released emails.
Nicole Coffin, a CDC official, wrote to colleagues on Feb. 14, 2025, that Andrew Nixon, a spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), had just called her “and asked that we pull out of circulation all campaign ad buys related to flu or anything encouraging shots or vaccinations.”
