Letters to the Editor: I'm a polio survivor. RFK Jr. shouldn't have say in the nation's health policies
A reader who had polio as a child warns of what is to come if Robert Kennedy Jr. and an advisor who petitioned to end the ...
‘There is a lot more anxiety here’: Scientists brace for shake-ups to health funding under Trump
The financial stakes for Massachusetts alone are considerable, with researchers receiving $3.3 billion in 2024 from the ...
Francis Ford Coppola Slams ‘Absurd’ Idea Trump Would ‘Reverse Course’ on Vaccines, Recalls ‘Horror’ of 10-Day Polio Ward Stay
The "Megalopolis" filmmaker responds to vaccine skeptics among the president-elect's cabinet picks, including Robert F.
Experts Predict What Will Happen If Vaccine Programs And Mandates Go Away
Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have both voiced thoughts on certain shots and their distaste for vaccine requirements ...
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Trump’s Pick for NIH Director Could Harm Science and People's Health
With a possible bird flu outbreak looming, Donald Trump’s choice of Jay Bhattacharya, a scientist critical of COVID policies, ...
Why People Believe Trump and RFK Jr.’s Dangerous and Debunked Claims about Vaccines and Autism
Vaccines do not cause autism, however many Americans believe they do. Now, Trump and RFK Jr. are perpetuating the myth.
Bird flu's rapid spread prompts California to declare a state of emergency
Bird flu virus has swept through farms across the nation’s largest dairy producing state. All human cases had been mild - ...
Gavin Newsom declares state of emergency over California bird flu infections
Bird flu virus has swept through farms across the nation’s largest dairy producing state. All human cases had been mild - ...
Billions of dollars in NIH projects under threat because of HHS secretary’s paperwork failure
Billions of dollars in federal biomedical and public health research funding could be in jeopardy due to a technical failure ...
Wisconsin detects state's first human case of bird flu
The Department of Health Services in Wisconsin has reported the state's first human case of the bird flu. The agency on ...
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Mpox in the United States Fast Facts
Here’s a look at mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, in the United States. Mpox is a viral disease caused by infection with the monkeypox virus. In 2022, an outbreak was declared a public health ...
Nearly 150 union workers at Maine DHHS call for ouster of key leader
A letter urges the governor and DHHS commissioner to take Office of Child and Family Services Director Bobbi Johnson off the ...