Oklahoma Senator Defends RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Conspiracy Theory
“I’ve sat down and had a long conversation with [Kennedy], and I actually find the guy extremely intelligent when it comes to this stuff. And some of this stuff does …
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RFK Jr. may target vaccines in 2nd Trump presidency, raising health fears – National
A co-chair of Donald Trump’s transition team said Trump supporter Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants access to federal health data so he can show vaccines are unsafe and lead to them being pulled from …
RFK Jr. Wants to Reshape US Health Policy. Good Luck With That
Kennedy’s past makes him an unlikely candidate for agriculture secretary, according to Daniel Glickman, who served in the role during Bill Clinton’s presidency. “It’s hard for me to imagine, given …
The US Is Loading Up on Bird Flu Vaccine
Amid a US outbreak of avian influenza in poultry flocks and dairy cattle, the federal government on Friday announced $72 million in funding to three vaccine manufacturers to expand the …
Making an RSV Vaccine Was Hard. Getting People to Take It Is Even Harder
Carina Marquez, an associate professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, is a big believer in prevention. So she was delighted when, last year, health authorities in …
Bird Flu Fears Stoke the Race for an mRNA Flu Vaccine
It isn’t necessarily obvious what part of a flu virus any potential mRNA vaccine should aim for. “You need to make sure you’re targeting the right part of the virus,” …
I nearly lost unvaccinated son to measles after TikTok made me nervous
Sophie now advocates for vaccinations, having witnessed the devastating effects of measles on her son, (Image: SWNS) A mother who almost lost her unvaccinated child to measles is now “urging …
I nearly lost unvaccinated son to measles after TikTok made me nervous
Sophie now advocates for vaccinations, having witnessed the devastating effects of measles on her son, (Image: SWNS) A mother who almost lost her unvaccinated child to measles is now “urging …
RSV Can Be a Killer. New Tools Are Identifying the Most At-Risk Kids
After 25 years as a pediatric infectious diseases specialist, Asunción Mejías is too familiar with the deadly unpredictability of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), an infection that hospitalizes up to 80,000 …
Why Polio Has Reemerged in Gaza
Why are most cases of polio vaccine-derived variants? Most cases of paralytic polio are now vaccine-derived due to the success of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. OPV has been instrumental …