RFK Jr. asked to see science on vaccine safety. Then he dismissed it
WASHINGTON — The man who hopes to be President Trump’s health secretary repeatedly asked to see “data” or “science” showing vaccines are safe — but when an…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. refuses to reject falsehood on vaccines, autism
WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s long record of questioning the safety of childhood vaccinations persisted as a flash point for him Thursday during a confirmation…
Senators question Robert Kennedy Jr. in fiery confirmation hearing
WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has pledged to “make America healthy again” as President Trump’s secretary of Health and Human Services, faced aggressive questions…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a ‘predator,’ cousin Caroline warns
WASHINGTON — Calling Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a “predator” who is addicted to power, Caroline Kennedy urged the Senate in a letter Tuesday to reject the…
More evidence that RFK Jr. would be a disastrous health secretary
Polio came for 5-year-old Lynn Lane when she was visiting her grandmother in rural Indiana. Suddenly, her arms and legs became weak, and by the…
Trump: ‘You’re not going to lose the polio vaccine’
President-elect Donald Trump held a wide-ranging news conference on Monday in which he said he would preserve access to the polio vaccine but equivocated on…
Trump nominees should ‘steer clear’ of undermining polio vaccine, McConnell says
WASHINGTON — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who had polio as a child, says any of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees seeking Senate confirmation should “steer clear”…
He refused the COVID vaccine. He sued. He exiled himself from baseball
Would he do it all over again?That was the one question I wanted to ask Benny Gallo. He wanted to talk baseball.Baseball is not what…
Outcry after RFK Jr linked to effort to nix US approval for polio vaccine | Donald Trump News
Backlash has been building in the United States following a news report that links one of President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed cabinet members to an effort…
Trump’s first term brought a vaccine. His second could bring retreat
President Trump once celebrated the COVID-19 vaccines released at the end of his first term as “one of the greatest achievements of mankind,” echoing the…
Children Facing Polio: Call For the Right to Vaccination and Health
Pakistan is a country where C.S. Lewis’s saying does not apply. Lewis wrote thatchildren are not a distraction from more important work. It is the…
Trump picks vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary
NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, putting…
How the next Trump administration could affect health in California
Donald Trump’s return to the White House stands to significantly shape the health of Californians — the foods they eat, the medicines they take, the…
Abcarian: Trump would allow RFK Jr. to infect the body politic with crackpot theories
After all the votes are counted, no matter who wins, the empowering of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. by Donald Trump will be one of the…
RFK Jr. wants fed health data for his antivaccine clams, Trump transition co-chair says
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A co-chair of Donald Trump’s transition team said Trump supporter Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants access to federal health data so he can…
Five children among seven killed in attack on Pakistan polio vaccine drive | Conflict News
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemns attack near a girls’ school in the southwestern province of Balochistan.At least seven people, including five schoolchildren, have been killed…
What we know about ‘pauses’ in Gaza fighting & polio vaccine drive | Newsfeed
NewsFeedA series of pauses in fighting are due to begin this weekend in Gaza to allow vaccination against polio, which has returned to the Strip…
How is new malaria vaccine drive working in West Africa? | Health News
The Ivory Coast has received the first doses of malaria vaccine from the world’s largest vaccine maker, the Serum Institute of India, in collaboration with…
European-Funded Initiative Aims at Creating African Vaccine Market
African leaders have teamed up with Europe and Western countries to push for a comprehensive strategic partnership to a new height, this time in the…
World leaders launch programme to boost vaccine production in Africa | Health News
Initiative announced in Paris will incentivise and offset start-up costs for vaccine manufacturing in the continent. French President Emmanuel Macron has joined several African leaders…