WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), will hold a press conference tomorrow with doctors and public health experts representing tens of thousands of health care professionals nationwide.

Together, Sanders and the public health leaders will highlight the lifesaving importance of vaccines in protecting children, families and communities — and push back against Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s dangerous, decades-long crusade against vaccines and his promotion of conspiracy theories that have been repeatedly debunked by scientists.

Details

What: Press conference on vaccine safety and effectiveness

When: Tuesday, September 9, 10:30 a.m. ET

Where: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Ground Floor, Room 50 (SD-G50). The press conference will also be livestreamed on Sanders’ social media.

Who:

• Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)
• Dr. Georges Benjamin, American Public Health Association — representing 450 public health organizations and 23,000 individual members
• Dr. Woodie Kessel, Doctors for America — representing more than 40,000 physicians and health care professionals
• Dr. Roger Mitchell, National Medical Association — representing more than 50,000 African American physicians and professionals