Burns' position was noted in an April memo from CDC chief of staff Matt Buzzelli that was obtained by MedPage Today editor-in-chief Jeremy Faust, MD. MSNBC reported that Burns supported the anti-vaccine movement as a member of Republican congressional staffs in the 1990s.

Democrats are demanding answers after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. abruptly fired all 17 members of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel that advised on vaccines. Kennedy Jr.,

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Monday he is working to overhaul the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP), which is aimed at compensating people who have been