Online charter schools skirt California’s childhood vaccine laws
Heartland Charter School in Kern County has several dream field trips on the calendar this spring, including tours of In-N-Out Burger, an Amtrak train ride…
Hiltzik: RFK Jr. doesn’t know much about autism
A number of otherwise skeptical senators took at face value the pledge by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at Senate hearings in January to “follow the…
Skin cancer patients given fast-tracked access to ‘revolutionary’ cancer vaccine trial on NHS
SKIN cancer patients are set to get a potentially life-saving vaccine, as part of the expansion of a “ground-breaking” NHS trial.The needle-free injection boosts the…
Measles cases spread in Texas after stagnant vaccine funding. Cuts threaten other states
The measles outbreak in west Texas didn’t happen just by chance.The easily preventable disease, declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, ripped through communities sprawling…
Kennedy says Health and Human Services will determine the cause of autism by September
WASHINGTON — The nation’s top health agency will undertake a “massive testing and research effort” to determine the cause of autism, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert…
Ex-official says he was forced out of FDA after trying to protect vaccine safety data from RFK Jr.
WASHINGTON — Shortly before he was forced to resign, the nation’s top vaccine regulator says he refused to grant Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s team unrestricted…
Top FDA vaccine official resigns, criticizes Kennedy
WASHINGTON — The top vaccine official with the Food and Drug Administration has resigned and criticized Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for allowing “misinformation and lies”…
Joe Biden and Mike Pence will receive COVID-19 vaccine soon
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President Mike Pence are set to receive the COVID-19 vaccine soon.According to two transition officials familiar with the matter, Biden…
California school vaccine rates fell; some students are vulnerable to measles
Despite having some of the nation’s strictest school vaccination laws, California reported a decline last year in the share of kindergarten students who were immunized…
Trump administration withdraws nomination of David Weldon for CDC director
WASHINGTON — The White House has withdrawn the nomination of Dr. David Weldon, a former Florida congressman, to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The…
Trump’s FDA pick made his name by bashing the medical establishment. Soon he may be leading it
WASHINGTON — Dr. Marty Makary rose to national attention by skewering the medical establishment in books and papers and bashing the federal response to COVID-19 on TV.Now…
RFK Jr, noted vaccine sceptic, backs measles jab amid deadly US outbreak | Health News
US health secretary says he is ‘deeply concerned’ about outbreak in Texas.Robert F Kennedy Jr, the top health official in the United States who is…
Gov. Newsom criticized the new vaccine bill. Anti-vaccine activists are celebrating
Reporting from Sacramento — Gov. Gavin Newsom thrust himself into a debate over one of California’s most controversial legislative proposals by suggesting he did not agree with…
FDA cancels meeting to choose flu strains for next year’s vaccine
The Food and Drug Administration Wednesday abruptly and unexpectedly canceled a planned March 13 vaccine advisory committee meeting that was to have chosen the flu…
Health Secretary Kennedy: Panel to examine childhood vaccine schedule
WASHINGTON — To earn the vote he needed to become the nation’s top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a special promise to a U.S. senator:…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is confirmed as the nation’s health secretary
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a prominent lawyer and vocal vaccine critic, as the nation’s health secretary, controlling $1.7 trillion in…
Was Sen. Cassidy’s deal with RFK Jr. to protect vaccines a mistake?
In the days leading up to a pivotal vote on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to become America’s top heath official, all eyes were focused…
Senate panel backs Kennedy’s nomination as health secretary
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee to lead the sprawling federal bureaucracy responsible for the healthcare of millions of Americans, received the backing of…
Democratic senators express concern about RFK Jr. investments in vaccine lawsuits
Senate Democrats are demanding additional information on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s financial connection to vaccine-related lawsuits ahead of Tuesday's confirmation vote as Health and Human…
RFK Jr. asked to see science on vaccine safety. Then he dismissed it
WASHINGTON — The man who hopes to be President Trump’s health secretary repeatedly asked to see “data” or “science” showing vaccines are safe — but when an…