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CDC Vaccines Chief Says Every Single Vaccine Should Be Optional
The Trump-appointed head of the federal panel that recommends vaccines is saying that polio and measles vaccines—and perhaps every…
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French minister urges angry farmers to trust cow culls, vaccines
France's agriculture minister Monday defended planned mass cattle culls and vaccines to control an infectious bovine disease, after…
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RFK Jr. Personally Changed CDC Policy on Linking Vaccines and Autism
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. personally instructed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to abandon its long-held…
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CDC replaces website on vaccines and autism with false and misleading statements
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has altered its website on autism and vaccines, removing unequivocal statements that…
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Kennedy strikes back: HHS secretary battles outraged Democrats at hearing centered on vaccines
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. beat back Senate Democrats' blistering barrage of attacks Thursday accusing him…
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How a Supreme Court win for public health bolstered RFK Jr. and threatens no-cost vaccines
WASHINGTON — Public health advocates won a big case in the Supreme Court on the last day of this year’s term, but the victory came with an…
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New State Reports Measles Outbreak as RFK Jr. Slashes Vaccines
President Donald Trump’s efforts to coax wary House Republicans off the fence to support his “big, beautiful bill” have seemingly…
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Column: RFK Jr. is dismantling trust in vaccines, the crown jewel of American public health
When it comes to vaccines, virtually nothing that comes out of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s mouth is true. The man in charge of the nation’s…
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Why Did New Zealand Turn on Jacinda Ardern?
In 2022, Jacinda Ardern, the then Prime Minister of New Zealand, was approached by a stranger in an airport bathroom. Ardern was alone,…
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A new COVID subvariant spreads rapidly as Trump pivots away from vaccines
A new, highly transmissible COVID subvariant has been detected in California — heightening the risk of a potential summer wave as recent…
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RFK Jr.: COVID vaccines are no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Tuesday that COVID-19 vaccines are no longer the recommended action for…
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Kennedy says COVID vaccines no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday announced that COVID-19 vaccines are no longer recommended for healthy children and…
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Doctors blast RFK Jr after vaccine chief forced out: "Gutting of expertise"
Prominent doctors have spoken out in defense of Peter Marks, one of the top vaccine specialists at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA),…
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Senators challenge Robert Kennedy Jr. on vaccines and fitness to lead HHS in fiery hearing
WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has pledged to “make America healthy again” as President Trump’s secretary of Health and Human…
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Would you get your childhood vaccines again? This woman did
A Texas woman has described the life-threatening circumstances that led to her getting all of her childhood vaccinations again. There has…
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UN agencies to start rollout of Gaza polio vaccines
UN agencies and local health officials in the Gaza Strip are launching an ambitious campaign to vaccinate 640,000 children against polio.…