In more than 20 years of covering policy, I have witnessed some crazy stuff. But one episode towers above the rest in sheer lunacy: the November 2020 meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on ...

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Public health is worsening, autism rates are rising — and so are incident conspiracy theories, including claims that the root ...

On Monday, after Kennedy dismissed all 17 members of the vaccine advisory committee, Cassidy posted on X that he was working ...

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A South Carolina family is mourning the loss of their 14-year-old child after getting a rare but serious bacterial infection.

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A former Harvard Medical School professor who claims he was fired for refusing to receive the Covid-19 vaccine was appointed ...

Multiple new members have voiced anti-vaccine views that are not based in scientific evidence. Their actions could shape the ...

Public health and infectious disease experts said they were surprised and confused about the move, and questioned why the HHS did not offer any reasoning for its decision.