Data shows that the two-dose measles vaccine is 97% effective at preventing measles and experts say protection doesn’t wane.

A change in recommending Covid vaccines for children and pregnant women would circumvent an expert panel but please many MAHA ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., one of the nation's most publicly recognized vaccine skeptics, ...

Kennedy Jr. on Thursday announced plans to require all new vaccines to be tested against placebos and to develop new vaccines without using mRNA technology, moves that extend his reach deep into ...

The U.S. health department, under the guidance of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., says it intends ... a non-reactive substance. Vaccines that target new infectious agents are often tested ...

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

Speaking before Congress, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert. F. Kennedy Jr. misleadingly claimed that Europe doesn’t ...

Kennedy Jr. intends to shift the ... Kennedy has previously claimed that vaccine testing studies are not long enough to capture potential safety issues, although vaccines are continuously and ...

The FDA and CDC have also recommended pausing the use of Ixchiq in seniors 60 years and older while safety investigations are ...

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic, said he didn’t plan to take away anybody’s vaccines if given a role in the second Trump administration.

Prasad's appointment marks the latest addition of a medical skeptic and critics of COVID-19 policies to federal health leadership.