Gavi works to expand access to vaccines for children in some of the world’s poorest countries. Health experts say the move could have deadly consequences.

Kennedy Jr. announced on Wednesday that he plans to cut a wealth of U.S. funding to Gavi, an international vaccine alliance that seeks to immunize the world’s poorest communities. During a video message at the Gavi fundraising event in Brussels,

The U.S. will no longer contribute funding to Gavi, a global alliance that helps buy vaccines for the world's poorest children, because it ignores safety, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Wednesday,