WASHINGTON (AP) – A top U.S. health official on Sunday urged people to get vaccinated against measles amid outbreaks in several states and as the United States is at risk of losing its measles-elimination status. “Get the vaccine, please,” said Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services whose boss … Read more
During two days of questioning during Senate confirmation hearings last year, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. he repeated the same answer. He said the closely scrutinized 2019 trip he took to Samoa, which came before a devastating measles outbreak, had “nothing to do with vaccines.” Documents obtained by The Guardian and The Associated Press undermine that … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — A coalition of 19 states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, its secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and its inspector general over a statement that could complicate access to gender-affirming care for young people. The statement issued last Thursday called treatments … Read more
The US department of health and human services (HHS) has terminated several multi-million dollar grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics following the association’s criticism of health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr.’s policies. The funding cuts, which affect projects focused on issues including fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and early detection of autism, were first reported … Read more
Dr. Ralph Lee Abraham, the Louisiana surgeon general who halted his state’s vaccination campaigns and delayed warning the public about a deadly whooping cough outbreak, has been quietly installed as the second-highest official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Department of Health and Human Services has not announced this appointment. The news … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. personally directed the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to update its website to contradict its longstanding guidance that vaccines do not cause autism, he told The New York Times in an interview published Friday. His comments provide clarity on who directed the change … Read more