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Trump Surgeon General Nominee Nicole Saphier Backs MMR Vaccine in Senate Hearing

Nicole Saphier tells senators she rejects links between childhood vaccines and autism, contradicting past comments by Trump and Robert Kennedy Jr.

3 publishers · 3 articles · first seen 16 Sept 2026 · updated 2h ago

First reported by Scientific American, 19 min ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first

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  1. Scientific AmericanTrump's surgeon general nominee Nicole Saphier praises MMR, hepatitis B vaccines in Senate hearing
  2. Fox News PoliticsTrump surgeon general pick backs MMR vaccine, rejects link between childhood vaccines and autism
  3. Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al JazeeraRepublican US senator slams Trump vaccine policy amid rising measles deaths

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  1. Republican US senator slams Trump vaccine policy amid rising measles deaths Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera ·
  2. Trump surgeon general pick backs MMR vaccine, rejects link between childhood vaccines and autism Fox News Politics
  3. Trump's surgeon general nominee Nicole Saphier praises MMR, hepatitis B vaccines in Senate hearing Scientific American

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