Former high-ranking officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told senators on Wednesday that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s appointment as the nation’s top health care regulator has created an anti-scientific culture of censorship and arbitrary policy changes that are endangering Americans’ health. At the center of lawmakers focus …
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Donald Trump’s least convincing impersonator, Ron DeSantis, is bringing the president’s attacks on science and the health and safety of children to the Sunshine State. DeSantis’ handpicked state surgeon general, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, announced Wednesday the state will move to eliminate all vaccine requirements for children to attend public schools. …
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A second Texas child has died of a measles outbreak, and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — infamous spreader of vaccine misinformation — reportedly plans to attend the funeral on Sunday. Axios first reported news of Kennedy’s trip to Texas, with NBC News later reporting that …
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As a mother of a 10-month-old infant, I worry a lot — about her sleep schedule, whether she’s eating enough, if she’s hitting her developmental milestones. What I didn’t expect to have to worry about as a parent in 2025 was measles, a preventable disease which was considered eliminated in …
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As a major measles outbreak spreads out of West Texas into other states, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continues to spread a confusing message about vaccine safety. In an interview with Fox News that aired on Tuesday, Kennedy touted the vaccine — but also suggested that the best way …
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a vaccine conspiracy theorist with no real medical experience — which is why thousands of doctors and dozens of Nobel Prize winners opposed his confirmation to run the Department of Health and Human Services, and why countless others have been concerned about his ability to …
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New cases of the measles have been reported in New York City and New Jersey as an outbreak in Texas — which has already led to one child’s death — continues, USA Today reports. The New York Department of Health said two cases have been reported in NYC, though so …
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A school-aged child has died from measles amid an outbreak in West Texas, marking the first reported measles death in the U.S. in a decade. The Texas Department of State Health Services confirmed Wednesday that a “school-aged child who was not vaccinated” had died after being hospitalized last week, the …
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In Donald Trump’s first Cabinet meeting of his second term, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. downplayed the severity of a measles outbreak in South Texas that has already caused the first death attributed to the deadly virus in the U.S. since 2015. During Tuesday’s meeting, Kennedy was asked to …
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