WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Health and Human Services will cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines that are being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary and a longtime vaccine critic, announced in a ...
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines and pledged to replace them with his own picks. Major physicians and public health groups criticized the move to ...
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday announced that COVID-19 vaccines are no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women — a move questioned by several public health experts. In a video posted on the social media site X, Kennedy said he ...
Federal health officials said Tuesday they are pulling back $11.4 billion in COVID-19-related funds for state and local public health departments and other health organizations throughout the nation. "The COVID-19 pandemic is over, and HHS will no longer waste billions of taxpayer dollars ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. flu season is underway, with cases surging across much of the country, health officials said Friday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noted sharp increases in several measures, including lab tests and emergency room visits. "It's been increasing at a ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — The 2024-25 COVID-19 vaccine is available at no-cost to eligible veterans at the Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center. Walk-in clinics will be held in the primary care waiting room from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. today through Friday. No appointment is necessary to receive the ...