Kennedy to ask CDC for new look at treatments for measles, other diseases
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, is asking the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for …
HHS touts universal flu, coronavirus vaccine initiative while casting doubt on future of seasonal Covid-19 shots
The US Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday that it aims to accomplish within four years a scientific feat that hasn’t been achieved …
Nearly half of Americans live in an area with a failing grade for air pollution, and the problem is only getting worse
Air pollution levels keep getting worse for more people in the US, according to a new report, and experts say the Trump administration’s proposed deregulation …
US may have millions more measles cases over next 25 years if childhood vaccination rates continue to decline, study says
Measles could become endemic in the United States if routine childhood vaccination rates continue to decline, with up to 51 million illnesses over a 25-year …
Video shows doctor with measles treating kids. RFK Jr. later praised him as an ‘extraordinary’ healer
A Texas doctor who has been treating children in a measles outbreak was shown on video with a measles rash on his face in a …
New FDA chief offers support for Kennedy on autism claims, says no more ‘mass cuts’ planned
US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary suggested in a new interview that autism is caused by a range of environmental and dietary …
‘A huge impact on worker safety’: Protection for miners, firefighters in jeopardy after CDC cuts
Anyone in the US who’s depended on a respirator to provide protection against dust, smoke, mold or airborne viruses has likely relied on a small …
HHS, EPA to study fluoride in drinking water as RFK Jr. says he’ll tell CDC to stop recommending it
The US Department of Health and Human Services said Monday that it is reconvening the Community Preventive Services Task Force, an independent panel of public …
Dramatic HHS cuts leave US ‘weaker as a nation,’ says top FDA vaccine official forced out under Kennedy
Marks, the former director of the US Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, had been instrumental in carrying out “Operation Warp …
Measles vaccination rate may be even lower than estimated, leaving kids vulnerable amid outbreak
As the United States faces one of its worst measles outbreaks in decades, with at least 569 reported cases in multiple states, a new analysis …