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NIH director said RFK Jr. plans to launch an 'autism registry' — then HHS official walked it back
The National Institutes of Health director said they were launching an autism registry — but a Health and Human Services ...
RFK Jr.'s HHS releases controversial report on gender-affirming care. Here's what it says.
In the review, unnamed authors determined there's a lack of evidence supporting certain medical interventions, breaking with ...
RFK Jr.’s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research
NIAID’s Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all ...
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Lawmakers, health groups call on RFK Jr. to restore public comment on HHS business
Democratic lawmakers in Congress are pushing back on health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to suspend public ...
RFK Jr. is gutting minority health offices across HHS that are key to reducing health disparities
The cuts have hit most of the eight minority health offices across HHS, in many cases laying off the majority of workers, if ...
RFK Jr.'s impact on HHS so far has some worried | The Excerpt
What changes has RFK Jr. enacted so far and what does the future of American health under his leadership look like?
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RFK Jr. will require shift in how new vaccines are tested
Kennedy Jr. intends to shift the way vaccines are tested ... to licensure — a radical departure from past practices,” an HHS spokesperson told The Washington Post in response to questions ...
RFK Jr. Tells CDC To Go All In On Bogus Vitamin ‘Cures’ For Measles
The health secretary has been promoting vitamin A and other unproven treatments for a disease that is highly preventable with ...