Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeated false and misleading claims on a wide range of health topics in his hearing Thursday before the Senate Finance Committee. Chiefly, he reiterated false or unsubstantiated claims about the purported harms of vaccination. Several senators also made misleading or false statements.

Here are some of the major claims that are false or misleading:

Claim: Children get too many vaccines early in life

Fact check: False and misleading

Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, pointed to a sign that said "76 JABS," noting that is how many vaccines children in the U.S. received.

This is an overestimate of the number of shots. It is true that children and teens may receive dozens of vaccines before adulthood, especially if you count annual CO

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