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Email mistake reveals secret plans to end research on Head Start and other child safety net programs
A Department of Health and Human Services employee has emailed dozens of people this week, mistakenly including plans to ...
List of child welfare research grants marked for termination in mistaken HHS email
An employee of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services sent an email Wednesday that mistakenly included plans to ...
The MMR vaccine doesn’t contain ‘aborted fetus debris’, as RFK Jr has claimed. Here’s the science
Robert F Kennedy Jr recently said the MMR vaccine contains fetal debris and DNA fragments. This is where these claims come ...
RFK Jr drops bombshell about measles vaccine and autism in primetime interview
CDC to study link between vaccines and autism in bombshell move Robert F Kennedy Jr once again sparked fury for his comments ...
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RFK Jr. to require placebo-controlled studies for new vaccines
The Department of Health and Human Services says it will require new vaccines to be tested against a placebo, which could ...
US Health secretary Kennedy revives misleading claims of 'fetal debris' in measles shots
U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reprised various misleading claims about vaccines this week, including that the ...
In visit to Texas, RFK Jr. said autism, diabetes deserve more attention than measles
During a visit to College Station, the U.S. health secretary said Europe has a worse track record with the virus, which gets ...
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RFK Jr. changing new vaccine testing to include placebo
The department will now require all new vaccines to undergo safety testing in placebo-controlled trials, meaning some people ...
Add whooping cough to the list of preventable diseases that are back
Unlike his predecessors, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has yet to launch a national immunization campaign as the threat ...
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FDA cracks down on synthetic food dyes
The FDA plans to phase out eight artificial food dyes by the end of 2026 after Robert F. Kennedy has vocally opposed them.
N.J. 4th grader fires back at RFK Jr.: ‘I have autism and I’m not broken’
The 9-year-old moved some school board members to tears with his moving speech refuting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent claims ...
RFK Jr. Says He's Banning Food Dyes Through an 'Understanding' with Manufacturers. But There Is No Proof
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary announced on April 21 plans to ban artificial food dyes, citing ...