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U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member and former chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Acting Inspector General Juliet Hodgkins requesting an independent, comprehensive review of recent actions taken at
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Senate oversight of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has reached a boiling point as fired CDC Director Susan Monarez testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, revealing alleged political pressure from HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to change the childhood vaccine schedule. Monarez,
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Washington Senator Patty Murray has sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Acting Inspector General Juliet Hodgkins requesting an independent review of recent actions taken by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to limit access to vaccines and recent personnel changes at the
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Sen. Patty Murray has issued a call for an inspector general investigation into the handling of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and vaccine access by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., citing concerns over the undermining of vaccine availability and the potential for increased health care costs
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As the US healthcare landscape undergoes significant changes, the stakes are particularly high for children's health. The latest developments in federal health policy have serious implications for pediatric care, research, and public health infrastructure. The erosion of trust in federal health agencies and the politicization of vaccine research
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Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) has requested an independent analysis of the potential health and economic costs of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s cancellation of nearly $500 million in mRNA-related research and development contracts. This move has sparked concerns about the impacts on American lives
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Susan Monarez, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) former director, is set to testify before Congress next week in a high-profile hearing that will shed light on the tumult that led to her ouster and accusations of mismanagement by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
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The current vaccine policy landscape in the U.S. is increasingly fragmented, with federal, state, and local governments taking divergent approaches to vaccination. Recent developments, including RFK Jr.'s contentious Senate testimony, vaccine mandate revisions in several states, and CMS investigations into Medicaid spending on immigrant care, have intensified
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The Trump administration's latest Make America Healthy Again (Maha) report, released on Tuesday, attempts to balance the priorities of health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s supporters with the interests of influential farming corporations. The 20-page report suggests the government should measure consumer chemical exposure, encourage precision
Physicians
Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06), joined by the Democratic Doctors Caucus, has sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. calling for his resignation due to repeated actions that undermine evidence-based public health guidance and jeopardize the health and safety of the American people.
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A leading medical adviser to anti-vax Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has claimed that King Charles and Kate Middleton may have developed cancer from the COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Aseem Malhotra, a British cardiologist who advises the RFK Jr.-linked activist group MAHA Action, believes the COVID mRNA vaccine could
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New York lawmakers are pushing to broaden access to COVID-19 vaccines as the Trump administration adds new restrictions, citing concerns that the federal government is no longer a trusted partner in public health practice. Multiple bills have been introduced to reduce the state's reliance on the federal Centers
