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Leading pediatric group breaks with RFK Jr., recommends COVID shots for young kids

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) on Tuesday recommended that parents vaccinate all infants and young children against ...
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Conflicts of interest were at record low when RFK Jr dismissed “conflicted” vaccine panel

Conflicts of interest reported by US national vaccine advisory committee members were at a record low before Robert F Kennedy Jr’s decision to dismiss the entire Centers for Disease Control and ...

There's a war brewing between medical groups and RFK Jr. It's about to explode.

Kennedy Jr. has changed guidance recommending the COVID-19 shot for healthy people, medical groups representing doctors have ...
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Early data on over-the-counter birth control

After receiving FDA approval in 2023, the first over-the-counter birth control pills in the U.S. hit shelves last spring. A ...

Conflicts of interest on CDC vaccine panel were at historic lows before RFK Jr. dismissal, new research finds

When Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently fired an entire federal vaccine advisory panel, he described the ...
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MAHA Report Leaked; ACIP Member's 'Violent Rhetoric'; Cholera Outbreak

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) called on Kennedy to fire Robert Malone, MD, from the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices because of "escalating and violent rhetoric" following the ...

Blumenthal calls for firing of RFK Jr. ally over violent rhetoric

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) is demanding Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr “immediately” fire a key ally from his role as vaccine advisor on a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
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CDC Shooting Marks Latest in a String of Hostility Directed at Health Workers. Many Aren’t Surprised

The attack in Atlanta happened in the face of ongoing public health misinformation and animosity about the safety of ...