Director under the Trump Administration, told Congress on Wednesday that he believes people “shouldn’t be taking medical ...

Kennedy will speak about the agency’s budget request for the year, which includes a $500 million boost for his “Make America ...

Kennedy defended the White House's requested budget for his agency in back-to-back hearings before the Senate's health ...

Placebo testing has been part of the process since the 1940s. It’s unclear what additional measures would achieve — but it may slow development.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institutes of Health announced a new initiative called ...

Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s HHS said an enormous, noncompetitive flu vaccine development grant to two favored NIH ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has ...

A year ago, the long-time anti-vaccine advocate and current US ... But, we did reach out to Health and Human Services to ask how Kennedy's disbelief in germ theory influences his policy decisions.

Kennedy Jr. was sworn in as the U.S. health secretary and already there have been many signs the longtime critic of vaccines intends to use his extensive powers over regulation, policy ...

Many vaccine experts are concerned that HHS Secretary Robert F ... The fate of the Women’s Health Initiative, a groundbreaking study that for decades has studied women’s health, remains ...

The funds from the US government will enable the ongoing development of the vaccine, including late-stage trials next year, if the results from the early studies prove promising. HHS officials ...

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