WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s pick to oversee preparedness and response to public health emergencies and disasters has questioned the use of the hepatitis B vaccine in infants and raised […]
Read MoreKennedy adds two new members to ACIP
WASHINGTON — Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced two new members of his handpicked panel of vaccine advisers on Friday, ahead of a meeting rescheduled for March. Kennedy said […]
Read MoreKennedy packed autism advisory council with skeptics, critics say
The Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday announced the appointment of 21 new members to a federal committee that advises health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on autism. […]
Read MoreSTAT+: Kennedy, a longtime pharma critic, embraces Trump deal to expand access to obesity drugs
WASHINGTON — Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was uncharacteristically chummy with pharma executives at the White House on Thursday as he cheered the Trump administration’s plan for lowering obesity medication […]
Read MoreHidden benefit in Kennedy push for med school nutrition training
Everyone agrees that diet is important to good health. And yet fewer than a third of medical students receive the recommended minimum of 25 hours of nutrition education, and more […]
Read MoreKennedy to deny access to some health services for undocumented people
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday announced it would further curtail undocumented immigrants’ access to federally funded programs, including health care clinics, early childhood education, and nutritional support. The decision […]
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