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Steve Morrison @MorrisonCSIS

J Stephen Morrison Senior Vice President & Director, Global Health Policy Center, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Joined April 2010
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Cracks have opened statnews.com/2025/09/04/kenn…

Now, even Senate Republicans are pushing back on Kennedy’s vaccine views

Three Republican senators joined Democrats in questioning Kennedy’s contradictory statements on mRNA vaccines and Operation Warp Speed.

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#RFK Jr losing. Cassidy, Barrasso, Tillis all awakening. Robert Kennedy grilled over vaccine scepticism in fiery US senate hearing via @FT on.ft.com/4nhpiI6
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Amen. wsj.com/opinion/robert-f-ken…

Opinion | Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the CDC and Me

I was fired after 29 days because I held the line and insisted on rigorous scientific review.

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Where is the call for him to be fired? We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health nytimes.com/2025/09/01/opini… via @NYTOpinion

Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

Agency leaders sound the alarm.

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Thx to Fabrizio Carboni, ICRC, for a v compelling, rich conversation on war and humanitarianism. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

Fabrizio Carboni, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC): "I had to face what it meant to...

Podcast Episode · The CommonHealth · July 3, 2025 · 54m

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Three Opinion Writers on the Havoc Kennedy Has Wreaked So Far nytimes.com/2025/04/27/opini… Excessively over-intellectualized debate. Dances around the true threat RFK Jr poses to science and public confidence in vaccines.

Opinion | Three Opinion Writers on the Havoc Kennedy Has Wreaked So Far (Published 2025)

A conversation about the health secretary’s first two months.

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RFK Jr needs to come up quickly with something that is minimally rational and intelligible, if he is to survive. Belligerent quackery is not working. Kennedy Calls Autism ‘Preventable,’ Drawing Ire From Researchers nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/po…

Kennedy Calls Autism ‘Preventable,’ Drawing Ire From Researchers (Published 2025)

The health secretary said he would prioritize studies into environmental causes while harshly discounting other factors scientists say are likely contributing to rising rates of the condition.

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RFK Jr. is spewing childish libertarian nonsense washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

Opinion | RFK Jr. is spewing childish libertarian nonsense

Vaccines are not a “personal choice.” We give up some personal freedoms so we all stay alive.

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Tells you all you need to know. RFK Jr is a threat. Has been for two decades. RFK Jr. skipped meeting where officials planned fight against a future pandemic wapo.st/3E92M2N

RFK Jr. skipped meeting where officials planned fight against a future pandemic

About 40 top leaders joined the effort to prepare for avian flu and other emergencies. Kennedy instead lobbied senators on his controversial nomination.

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Keith Martin MD@keithmartinmd
9 Jan 2025
Reflections on how to address global health changes under the new US administration & Congress. My interview with @CSIS ‘s @MorrisonCSIS . Cc @CUGHnews @CUGH_TAC @ghn_news @NewsHour @nprpolitics @BBCWorld @guardian @CBCHealth @CNNPolitics @FareedZakaria
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9 Jan 2025
Check out the video from our CUGH2025 Global Leader Interview series. Watch CUGH Exec. Director @keithmartinmd discuss with @MorrisonCSIS , Senior Vice President & Director, Global Health Policy Center at @CSIS #GlobalLeaderInterview #GlobalHealth #CUGH youtube.com/watch?v=cYrWsX_x…
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This is weird incoherent nonsense. A time for truth and reconciliation ft.com/content/a46cb128-1f74… via @ft

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A flagrant Bezos capitulation to Trump. wsj.com/business/media/washi…

Jeff Bezos Defends Washington Post’s Move to Not Endorse a Presidential Candidate

The paper’s owner said in an op-ed that endorsements create a “perception of bias.” Critics say the decision was motivated by concern of retribution by Donald Trump.

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Here’s Why We Shouldn’t Demean Trump Voters nytimes.com/2024/08/31/opini… Amen

Opinion | Here’s Why We Shouldn’t Demean Trump Voters (Published 2024)

Educated liberals often view the conservative working class with a whiff of condescension that is both unfair and counterproductive.

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My recent podcast on mpox. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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My recent conversation with Dr. Anthony Fauci podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

Dr. Anthony Fauci, MD: ‘On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service’

Podcast Episode · The CommonHealth · August 16, 2024 · 58m

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My recent podcast on the Covid surge and new vaccines. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

Nobody Wants to Talk about Covid

Podcast Episode · The Truth of the Matter · August 30, 2024 · 25m

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🎧 @CSISHealth's @MorrisonCSIS joins The Truth of the Matter to discuss the recent outbreak of a new, deadlier variant of Mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Listen in: csis.org/podcasts/truth-matt…

Mpox Outbreak

J. Stephen Morrison, CSIS Senior Vice President and director of the CSIS Global Health Policy Center, joins the podcast to discuss the recent outbreak of a new, deadlier variant of Mpox in the...

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Celebrating the Army’s Lab Partnership with Kenya While Guaranteeing Its Future | CSIS

During President Ruto’s state visit, it is important to spotlight the 55-year partnership between the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research-Africa and Kenya and ensure sustained investment to...

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Len Rubenstein @lenrubenstein.bsky.social@lenrubenstein
13 Jan 2024
Ongoing destruction; violence against health care; crowded, unsafe, unsanitary living conditions; lack of food and other aid mean Gazans may face a permanent wasteland of suffering. @morrisonCSIS and I urge a major shift in US policy to prevent that. csis.org/analysis/gazas-huma…

Gaza’s Human Crisis Demands a Rethink | CSIS

As war in Gaza enters its fourth month, much tougher U.S. leadership is needed to press for urgent changes by Israel and Hamas to stabilize and protect the civilian population, limit further human...

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Special thanks to @LanaWreikat and @RikPeeperkorn for making time to speak to what they are seeing on the ground.
Len Rubenstein @lenrubenstein.bsky.social@lenrubenstein
18 Dec 2023
Pleased to join Jon Alterman @CSISMideast @lanaWreikat @UNICEF @rikpeeperkorn @WHO and @morrisonCSIS to discuss the desperate humanitarian crisis in Gaza, how the conduct of the war exacerbates it, and the implications for global and U.S. policy. csis.org/analysis/gaza-human…
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