The preservative is in a small share of flu shots and has been studied for decades. Experts say it’s safe — despite Kennedy’s long opposition.

Maine, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York and potentially other northeastern states are considering forming a regional vaccine advisory group after turmoil at the federal level has cast doubt on the ...

With vaccine sceptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr as United States Health Secretary and an outbreak in Papua New Guinea last month, ...

During his Senate confirmation hearings, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested he wouldn’t undermine vaccines.

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As fired and retired scientists rallied outside in the Atlanta heat, an advisory panel that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. handpicked ...

It was 1959 and Duguay, of Clearwater, Florida, had polio. It mostly preyed on children and was one of the most feared ...

Some members of the scientific community have concern that they’re coming out of the COVID pandemic—exposure to the virus, ...

Before the vaccines, such illnesses were the main reason why nearly one in five children in 1900 never made it to their fifth ...

Two proposed bills before the state Legislature would remove the religious exemption on vaccinations for children in K-12 ...

Scientific progress has improved the environment and human health. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as head of Health and Human Services ...

In the time before widespread vaccination, young children often lost their lives to devastating infectious diseases that ran ...