Low uptake may reflect barriers—misinformation, access or shifting insurance coverage—not simply waning need.

The health secretary's stance on vaccines mirrors a broader decline in public support for childhood immunizations. A 2024 Gallup poll shows 40 percent of Americans say it's extremely important for ...

Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had previously said the U.S. would find the cause of autism by September.

A new government-issued report reflects some of the most controversial views on vaccines, the nation’s food supply, ...

U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) asked Kennedy during a House Appropriations Committee hearing on Wednesday whether he would ...

Kennedy Jr., secretary of health ... misinformation and stressed that the vaccine is safe and effective Kennedy is now asking the CDC to develop new guidance for treating measles with medications ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. clinched the political support needed to become the nation’s top health official by ...

The U.S. health department, under the guidance of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., says it intends to add the requirement of a placebo testing phase in vaccine trials to provide more ...

From sowing doubt about childhood vaccines to appointing fringe researchers to lead bogus studies, Kennedy is advancing the ...

Kennedy Jr. misleadingly claimed that Europe doesn ... Kennedy, a longtime anti-vaccine advocate, refused to definitively say when asked by Rep. Mark Pocan, a Democrat of Wisconsin, whether ...

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