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Novavax shares tumble after U.S. health secretary raises concerns over COVID shot's efficacy
By Kamal Choudhury (Reuters) -Vaccine maker Novavax's shares plunged nearly 20% at market close on Thursday, after Health and ...
RFK Jr. to go after fluoride in tap water as dentists warn of disastrous health impacts
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said fluoride 'should not be in our water.' Scientists and dentists say the practice is safe, despite ...
RFK Jr., intent to focus on chronic disease, continues to be dogged by impacts of HHS cuts
Far as he was from Washington, D.C., as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hiked to the top of a ...
RFK Jr. says he’s ‘not familiar’ with $11B cuts to state and local health departments
Health and human services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he was unaware that his agency is trying to rescind more than ...
Health Secretary RFK Jr. is coming to Arizona. Here's what we know
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is coming to Phoenix during a multistate "Make America Healthy Again" tour April 7 to ...
RFK Jr. encourages people to get measles vaccine in first network TV interview since becoming health secretary
Kennedy's comments mark the first time he has publicly urged people to get the measles vaccine since becoming HHS secretary.
Public health officials disagree with health secretary's claims on measles outbreak
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the curve is flattening in the measles outbreak in Texas. Public health experts say ...
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Important HHS services ‘will grind to a halt’ with cuts, former Secretary Sebelius says
There’s growing concern over massive cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services as Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
RFK Jr. says 20% of health agency layoffs could be mistakes
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the CDC's lead poisoning program will be reinstated.
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HHS Secretary RFK Jr.’s reversal on fluoride in water could worsen health disparities for Black Americans
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has made a reversal on decades-long guidance from the CDC to recommend the fluoridation of water. The stance is concerning to ...
US measles battle hindered by confusion over health secretary response
Since January, 505 people have been infected in Texas and more than 90 total in neighboring New Mexico, Oklahoma and Kansas.