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RFK Jr. cuts COVID vaccine recommendation for healthy kids, pregnant women -- and why it matters
Franklin Jacome/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday announced the removal of the COVID-19 vaccine from the Centers for Disease Control and ...
May 28, 2025
Why are more than 300 people in the US still dying from COVID every week?
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- More than five years after the first cases of COVID-19 were detected in the United States, hundreds of people are still dying every week.Last month, an average ...
May 24, 2025
Measles cases reach 1,046 in US as infections confirmed in 30 states: CDC
Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Measles cases have reached 1,046 as the virus continues spreading across the United States, according to data updated Frida...
May 23, 2025
FDA plans to limit COVID shots to those over 65 or with high-risk conditions
Kike Rincon/Europa Press via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- In a major policy change, the Food and Drug Administration has announced a plan to limit access to future COVID-19 shots only to people over 65...
May 21, 2025
Measles cases reach 1,024 in the US as infections confirmed in 30 states: CDC
Brandon Bell/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The number of measles cases in the U.S. has risen to 1,024, according to new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data published Friday.Cases h...
May 16, 2025
Florida becomes 2nd state to ban fluoride from public drinking water
STOCK IMAGE/Getty Images(DADE CITY, Fla) -- Florida became the second state in the country after Utah to ban local governments from adding fluoride to their public water systems.Gov. Ron DeSantis sign...
May 15, 2025
RFK Jr. says people should not take medical advice from him, defends HHS cuts during congressional hearings
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., one of the nation's most publicly recognized vaccine skeptics, took a softened a...
May 14, 2025
US drug overdose deaths fell by nearly 27% last year, reaching lowest levels since 2019: CDC
Manusapon Kasosod/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Drug overdose deaths dropped in the United States last year to the lowest levels seen in five years, according to a new federal report published Wednesday m...
May 14, 2025
HHS reverses NIOSH firings that stripped coal miners' health protections
Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images(MORGANTOWN, WV) -- The Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday reversed the firings of more than 100 federal employees with the National I...
May 14, 2025
Extreme heat could make pregnancy riskier for millions of women: Report
Oscar Wong via Getty Images(WEST PALM BEACH, FL) -- As human-induced climate change continues warming the planet, pregnancy risks are increasing, according to a new analysis by Climate Central.Climate...
May 14, 2025