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 ...

Proposed changes to the vaccine approval process violate ethical and scientific principles.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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.