The new Health and Human Services secretary is facing one of his first public health crises. Will he blow up the typical ...

"This is a serious measles outbreak in Texas," wrote the Senator. "The measles vaccine has been proven safe & effective since ...

Trump’s decision to withdraw from the World Health Organization, coupled with his elevation of RFK Jr., has no doubt hurt the ...

Mr. Kennedy made his name in the anti-vaccine movement by contending that there was a link between thimerosal, a preservative ...

From COVID-19 conspiracy theories to confusion on the facts about Medicare and Medicaid to refusing to say that vaccines aren ...

In Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s first interview as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, he made multiple ...

The HHS secretary targets members of a CDC committee that plays a key role in vaccine approvals.

Under Kennedy’s leadership, the CDC pulled the plug on its “Wild to Mild initiative” —  which was aimed at ...

How a scalawag came to symbolize the dilemmas of the welfare state.

The current flu season is shaping up to be the worst in a decade. So far, there have been at least 29 million illnesses and 370,000 hospitalizations related to the flu -- the most since the 2015-2016 ...

The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization has postponed a meeting about vaccines. It comes shortly after Health and Human ...

In recent weeks, the FDA has faced significant cuts, including the layoffs of probationary employees. These employees, many ...