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If you want a COVID-19 shot this fall, will your employer’s health insurance plan pay for it? There’s no clear answer.

Kennedy would be less hazardous if he decided to do cardiac surgery. Then he would kill people only one at a time,” writes ...

If you want to understand why Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has halted $500 million in funding ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. doused rumors about his political future by announcing he won’t be seeking the presidency in 2028.

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Some public health workers say the shooting that killed a police officer at the CDC campus shouldn't be surprising in the ...

Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, a physician who made it clear he was not going to vote for him if Kennedy was going to go after ...

In 2008, Madeline “Kara” Neumann, 11, died of diabetic ketoacidosis in Wisconsin. Her parents treated her symptoms with prayer instead of medical care. The day before she died, Kara could no longer ta ...

Learn why measles matter and the importance of getting vaccinated. Measles is not a trivial infection and can lead to serious ...

Showing that his loyalty to his own anti-vax mentality is greater than his loyalty to President Donald Trump, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the dangerous quack atop the Department of Health and Human ...

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the new secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, inexplicably advances conspiracy ...