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Health secretary unilaterally appointed ACIP’s eight new members, several of whom are critical of immunizationsThe first meeting of a critical federal vaccine panel was a high-profile display of how the US health secretary and vaccine skeptic Robert F …
Health secretary and chief of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid hail voluntary agreement as a ‘good start’The US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr and Dr Mehmet Oz announced a voluntary agreement with insurance companies to change prior authorizatio…
ACIP panel to discuss influenza vaccines that contain thimerosal, which Kennedy called ‘dangerous’ in 2014 bookA key vaccine advisory panel reconstituted by health secretary and vaccine skeptic Robert F Kennedy Jr is slated to discuss thimerosal-contai…
Ruling is devastating loss for trans rights supporters in case that could set precedent for dozens of other lawsuitsUS politics live – latest updatesA Tennessee state law banning gender-affirming care for minors can stand, the US supreme court has rule…
Fiona Havers says she does not have confidence data will be use to make ‘evidence-based vaccine policy decisions’The scientist responsible for overseeing the CDC team that collects data on Covid and RSV hospitalizations resigned on Monday.Dr Fiona Have…
Administration’s actions signal move away from technology as health agencies see vaccine-related shakeupsAs top US health officials turn against some mRNA vaccines, experts fear for the country’s preparedness for the next pandemic and worry that other …
Companies claim they can help hospitals seeking to get paid by ‘subprime patients’ amid Republican health cutsMedical debt financing and “patient access” companies are pitching their services to struggling rural hospitals nervous about keeping the door…
Attention comes in wake of ex-employees’ allegations that insurer paid nursing homes to reduce hospital transfers and used improper tactics to gain Medicare Advantage enrolleesUS lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are raising concerns and seeking inv…
Case count remains at 742 with no new cases but officials warn outbreak that has killed two children could flare againThe measles outbreak that began sweeping across west Texas earlier this year is showing signs of slowing, according to the state’s hea…
Rare intervention from former president urges people to call their senators to oppose Trump tax billBarack Obama has warned that Congress is putting millions of Americans at risk of losing healthcare coverage, in a rare intervention from the former pre…