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Newsweek on MSN · 2d

Public Health Experts Groan as RFK Jr. Pitches Vaccines as 'Personal Choice'

Vaccines are most effective at scale when enough people get them to provide "herd immunity" from a virus, doctors and officials say.

Time on MSN · 2d

Public Health Experts Alarmed at Trump’s Pick of RFK Jr. to Lead HHS

President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic who spreads medical disinformation and conspiracy theories, to head the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) alarmed public health experts who say that Kennedy’s potential confirmation could have dire consequences for the state of health and science in America.

LA Times on MSN · 2d

Why picking RFK Jr. to lead HHS is raising alarms among many public health specialists

The anti-vaccine activist could oversee the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health.

California Confirms 1st Clade I Mpox Case

California confirms first US case of more severe mpox strain -- but risk to public remains low

Health officials in California have confirmed the first domestic case of a more severe strain of mpox in a traveler from Eastern Africa, according to the CDC.

Bloomberg on MSN · 1d

First US Case of New Mpox Variant Confirmed in California

The US reported its first case of a dangerous new variant of mpox on Saturday but said the risk to the public remains “very low.”

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

California Confirms First Clade I Mpox Case

A case of clade of I mpox has been confirmed in California, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday, marking the first case of the strain the United States. The CDC said the case was diagnosed in a person who recently traveled from Eastern Africa.

Federal, state politics could spell 'red sky' for public health, Texas vaccine policy experts say

Ann Johnson, Dr. Saad Omer, dean of the Peter O'Donnell School of Public Health at the University of Texas Southwestern ...

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How the states can protect public health from the federal fringe takeover

No matter where we live, we should ask what our state doing to protect our families against rancorous false cries against ...

Scientists fear what’s next for public health if RFK Jr. is allowed to ‘go wild’

Kennedy Jr. to be secretary of the Health and Human Services Department after promising he will be allowed to “go wild” on ...

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How will a Trump presidency reshape US public health? A look at his plans.

In August, Trump said he wouldn't rule out taking away access to mifepristone, which was also mentioned by the policy ...

California public health experts react to RFK Jr.'s health secretary nomination

President-elect Donald Trump continued the work of building out his cabinet on Thursday. Trump announced his decision to ...

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‘Keeps me up at night’: BU public health expert concerned about lack of confidence in science

“Here at the Boston University School of Public Health, we are tracking the introduction of anti-vaccine legislation in ...

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An Idaho regional health department banned COVID vaccines. Will others follow?

As reported by AP News, this appears to be the first regional health department in the nation to be restricted from giving ...

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Here’s how Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promised to remake the nation’s top health agencies

If confirmed as Health and Human Services Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would control the world’s largest public health ...

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