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Evelyn Griffin is pushing for more emphasis on wellness and prevention. She has also aligned with the MAHA movement in fighting government mandates and questioning the safety of some vaccines.
The Trump administration is working to implement the presidentās new order on childhood vaccines, which he publicly faulted for a rise in autism ā even as health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.ās closed-door research has yet to produce evidence linking them.
Four years after the Volunteer State enacted the nationās first law allowing drugstores to sell ivermectin without patient-specific prescriptions, dozens of pharmacies dispense the drug in highly concentrated pills ā many with the help of one anti-vaccine physician.
Measles has been spreading in Utah for nearly a year, straining hospitals, schools, and parents. The stateās outbreak provides a glimpse into a new era in Americaās health, in which vaccine-preventable diseases become common again.
Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.ās new autism panel is championing a controversial communication method popular among parents of severely autistic people. Critics warn of abuse ā and fake ātelepathy.ā
To collect and scrutinize millions of Americansā health data, U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. aims to work with state organizations that help health systems share medical records. In Nebraska, millions in federal dollars has flowed into one nonprofit cooperating with Kennedyās project.
Doctors, lawmakers, and other advocates are joining forces to promote recommended childhood vaccines.
He tested robotic hands on a heart surgery patient and chewed on microgreens in Ohio, but Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. couldnāt dodge questions about the Trump administrationās more controversial policies.
Big swings in federal vaccine policy are giving some parents and clinicians whiplash. Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner appeared on WAMUās āHealth Hubā to break down the latest developments and their relation to growing cases of vaccine-preventable illnesses in the Washington, D.C., region.
A top GOP pollster has said anti-vaccine policies could create risks for the Trump administration in the midterm elections. But backing away from those policies ā and other initiatives that have been high on the Make America Healthy Again to-do list ā threatens to upset a key voting bloc.
A year after Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican, warily cast the vote ensuring Robert F. Kennedy Jr.ās ascension to Health and Human Services secretary, his lifeās work ā in medicine and in politics ā is unraveling.
Before being confirmed to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nationās official vaccine recommendations. He did both.
At a January event organized by allies of health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., National Cancer Institute Director Anthony Letai said results may be released āin a few months.ā Ivermectin, used to deworm horses and other animals, has become a symbol of resistance against the medical establishment among supporters of Kennedyās āMake America Healthy Againā agenda and many conservatives.
With fractures emerging in the Make America Great Again movement, some Republicans are looking to capitalize on its āMAHAā counterpart ahead of the midterms.
As fractures emerge in the Make America Great Again movement, some Republicans see its health-focused "MAHA" counterpart as the partyās next big thing. But doubts abound.
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Scientists are conducting genetic analyses to see if the measles outbreak that started in Texas is still spreading from state to state. Itās a contentious question, because the findings may determine whether America loses its measles-free status.
Under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Department of Health and Human Services increasingly uses its social media channels to promote Kennedy himself and his agenda. Interviews with over 20 former and current employees provide a look inside an agency where personality and politics steer communications with the public.
A CDC panel is reconsidering the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine. Renewed doubt could lead to fewer kids getting vaccinated, leaving them vulnerable to an incurable, preventable virus that can be acquired by indirect contact with infected blood.
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