Polio outbreak spreads in Pakistan as militants target vaccination teams
Pakistan reported at least 73 cases last year, up from only one in 2021, and the disease is now rapidly spreading in the country’s most volatile regions.
Mitch McConnell had polio as a child. It could cloud RFK Jr.’s nomination.
The Republican senator’s childhood bout with the disease has informed his ardent support for vaccines amid increasing skepticism of them within his party.
5 takeaways after RFK Jr. is grilled by senators during confirmation hearings
The takeaways after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced questions from senators during his confirmation hearings to potentially lead ...
Why Does the NYT Continue To Print Front Page Lies About RFK Jr.?
Any NYT reader looking at the buzzy front page headline below would immediately think that Robert F Kennedy Jr. is a madman.
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Mass. doctors worry about vaccine hesitancy as skeptic RFK Jr. faces Senate
As Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s Senate confirmation hearings begin, some local physicians worry the anti-vaccine activist may ...
As Polio Survivors Watch Kennedy Confirmation, All Eyes Are on McConnell
There are an estimated 300,000 polio survivors in the United States. For some, the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as ...
State bills to expand vaccine exemptions gain traction under Trump
Bills to limit mandatory vaccines for childhood illnesses such as measles and polio have surfaced in more than 15 states, buoyed by President Trump’s health secretary nominee.
Top Republican 'struggling' with RFK Jr.'s nomination over Kennedy's vaccine views
Sen. Bill Cassidy, the top Republican on the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, concluded Thursday's ...
RFK Jr. vows to protect vaccine access, says U.S. faces ruin if it doesn’t get healthier
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified Wednesday he is not a conspiracy theorist and that vaccines are a critical component of ...
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Arizona lags in childhood vaccinations and fluoride – public health measures targeted by Trump HHS nominee RFK Jr.
RFK Jr.’s skepticism of vaccines has raised fears about his nomination by President Donald Trump to lead the Department of ...
RFK Jr. disparaged vaccines dozens of times in recent years and misled on race
Kennedy Jr., President Trump's pick for health secretary, has falsely linked vaccines to autism and argued people should have ...
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How Lagging Vaccination Could Lead to a Polio Resurgence
If polio vaccination rates were to fall ... She didn’t participate in the 1963 March on Washington or play sports, as she desperately wanted to, or go hiking, skiing and bicycling with her ...