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 ... using a placebo poses ethical issues because the group receiving ...

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

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

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., one of the nation's most publicly recognized vaccine skeptics, took a softened approach on vaccines when he answered questions before a House committee Wednesday morning, saying, "I don't think people should be taking medical advice from me."

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 choose to vaccinate his children against measles. Kennedy, a longtime vaccine skeptic, dodged the question, then stated that Americans should not be taking “medical advice” from him.

Speaking before Congress, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert. F. Kennedy Jr. misleadingly claimed that Europe doesn’t vaccinate children against chickenpox because a study shows that when you do, “you get shingles in older people.” While that is a theoretical concern, studies have not borne that out — and parts of Europe do vaccinate kids.

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified Wednesday that he doesn’t think “people should be taking medical advice from me” despite overseeing an agency that issues guidance on vaccines.

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