Trump expected to make announcement related to rise in autism
Sept. 22 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump likely will announce Monday that use of Tylenol in pregnancy causes autism, according to media reports. Trump told…
Trump administration decertifies organ transplant program
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., arrives before a Senate Committee on Finance hearing on President Donald Trump's health care agenda…
Massachusetts joins Illinois in making insurance cover COVID-19 vaccines
Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Massachusetts says that all citizens should be vaccinated to protect against the COVID-19 virus as the Bay State will now force…
Former CDC Director Susan Moranez to testify before Senate
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., seen here at a hearing at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. in…
Massachusetts governor forces health insurance to cover vaccines
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey said Friday that COVID-19 vaccines must be covered by insurance and available in drug stores. File Photo Amanda Sabga/EPA Sept. 5…
Nurses’ association voices concern over Kennedy’s CDC firings, departures
After the recent firing of the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Nurses Association is expressing serious concerns about public…
White House taps RFK Jr. deputy Jim O’Neill as interim CDC director
Aug. 28 (UPI) -- The White House chose Jim O'Neill, a close ally of top health official Robert F. Kennedy Jr., on Thursday to serve…
CDC Director Susan Monarez out after month on job as 4 others resign
Aug. 27 (UPI) -- The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention left after less than one month on the job, and four…
FDA signs off on new COVID vaccines but limits who will get them
Aug. 27 (UPI) -- The federal government signed-off on the latest round of COVID-19 vaccines, but new limits were set on which Americans can get…
More than 700 HHS staffers tell Kennedy to end fake info spreading
Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Hundreds of staff from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services told Congress that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.…
CDC director: Misinformation ‘lead to deadly consequence” in Atlanta
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta was attacked by a gunman on Friday. File Photo by Erike S. Lesser/EPA Aug.…
RFK Jr. tours CDC headquarters following deadly shooting
Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has visited the CDC headquarters in Atlanta where a police officer was…
CDC union calls on Trump officials to condemn vaccine misinformation
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta, Ga. Union representing thousands of CDC workers is calling on the Trump administration to…
Kennedy ends federal mRNA vaccine projects over experts’ objections
1 of 3 | US President Donald Trump, left, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., US secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), who announced the…
Dozens of U.S. ice cream makers pledge to eliminate artificial colors
July 15 (UPI) -- Dozens of U.S. ice cream manufacturers are pledging to eliminate the use of artificial food colors from their ice cream products…
CDC vaccine committee meets despite bipartisan criticism
June 25 (UPI) -- A key vaccine-focused committee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention met Wednesday despite bipartisan protestations and controversy that surrounds…
Trump lauds Musk as special adviser in farewell Oval Office appearance
May 30 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump bid multi-billionaire Elon Musk farewell from his role as a senior adviser tasked with shrinking the government through…
Gov. Ron DenSantis signs bill making Florida second state to ban fluoride from public water
May 15 (UPI) -- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Thursday banning fluoride in public water, making it the second state to do so.…
Trump administration launches anti-Semitism probe into University of Washington
May 7 (UPI) -- The Trump administration launched a review into recently alleged anti-Semitic activity at the University of Washington and its affiliated campuses. The…
Senate confirms Marty Makary as FDA commissoner
Martin Makary speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on his nomination to be Commissioner of the Food and Drugs Administration…