37 h. ago Can Americans still get vaccinated under Trump and RFK Jr? The answer comes down to geography

State officials had cautioned for months that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was dismantling U.S. vaccine infrastructure, writes James Liddell. While some are scrambling to preserve access, others are rolling it back

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53 h. ago Trump team set to announce link between 25 child deaths and Covid shots: report

The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will meet next week as it considers new recommendations for the Covid-19 shot

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6 d. ago Donald Trump takes shot at RFK Jr over vaccines amid Republican rift

A rift on vaccination could have opened in the White House as prominent vaccine sceptic and US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy is called out by Trump who dubbed vaccines "amazing"

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6 d. ago As Covid surges in the US, Americans can’t get vaccinated: ‘terrified I might kill somebody’

The FDA is allowing the vaccine for people 65 and older, but younger people need to have an underlying conditionFor many Americans, the new Covid vaccine guidelines from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), spearheaded by health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr and his highly controversial Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement, have added another layer of stress to an increasingly inaccessible healthcare system.The agency authorized Covid vaccines for people 65 and older, who are known to be more at risk from serious illnesses from Covid infections, but younger people will only be eligible if they have an underlying medical condition that makes them particularly vulnerable. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Trump’s job approval remains negative as Americans show overwhelming vaccine support, new poll shows

Trump’s policies on inflation, cost-of-living, and trade are his least popular ones with Americans

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1 week ago RFK Jr becomes an unlikely great uniter as Democrats and Republicans join forces to pounce on his pseudoscience

Republicans, including leadership, mounted a show of force against a Trump Cabinet secretary. But he still seemed to brush it off, writes John Bowden

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1 week ago What polls show about Americans' views on childhood vaccine mandates

Most Americans say kids should be vaccinated to attend school

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1 week ago More than 1,000 health workers urge Kennedy to quit over anti

Letter says Kennedy endangered US health, installed ideologues and ignored pleas as resignations mounted at CDCUS politics live – latest updatesA letter published Wednesday from more than 1,000 past and present workers of the health and human services department (HHS) has demanded the resignation of Robert F Kennedy Jr, insisting the health secretary’s attacks on vaccines endangered the lives of all Americans.The hard-hitting letter, addressed to Congress members, blames Kennedy for turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), including the firing of the agency’s chief and replacement by a Donald Trump loyalist with no medical or scientific background. Continue reading...

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1 week ago University funding is shrinking under Trump’s White House. Researchers fear this will propel RFK Jr’s autism conspiracies

Cutting off grants for international collaborators, punishing universities and freezing their money has all created a situation of uncertainty. One researcher tells Eric Garcia ‘makes you feel like you're losing your mind’

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1 week ago Trump casts doubt on his own COVID vaccines program after RFK Jr threatens restrictions

Trump wants drugmakers to ‘justify the success’ of Operation Warp Speed following wave of CDC resignations and warnings from public health officials

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2 w. ago As RFK Jr. promises answer to autism, Trump’s war on universities leaves research twisting in the wind: ‘It’s infuriating’

Cutting off grants for international collaborators, punishing universities and freezing their money has all created a situation of uncertainty. One researcher tells Eric Garcia ‘makes you feel like you're losing your mind’

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2 w. ago MIKEY SMITH: 8 unhinged Donald Trump moments as health chief fired in RFK Jr's anti

RFK's campaign to Make Measles Great Again goes from strength to strength, Trump gets sued by someone he tried to fire illegally and more wild things that happened in Trump World in the last 24 hours

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2 w. ago FACT FOCUS: Rural hospitals are expected to lose money from Trump's bill, despite RFK Jr.'s promise

Rural hospitals are bracing for financial losses due to President Trump's tax and spending cut bill

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2 w. ago ‘Horror show’: RFK Jr and Trump fearmonger about autism in marathon cabinet meeting while research is axed behind scenes

Kennedy has said he will release his own report on the ‘epidemic’ of autism next month

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2 w. ago Donald Trump and RFK Jr could 'ban Covid vaccine in months' despite 'chaos' risk

Dr Aseem Malhotra, a British cardiologist, a close associate of Robert F Kennedy Jr, claims that the Trump administration is ready to ban the Covid vaccine even amid fears of "chaos"

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3 w. ago US pediatricians contradict US government for first time in 30 years over Covid vaccine advice for babies

For the first time in 30 years, the American Academy of Pediatrics is substantially diverging from US government vaccine recommendations

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3 w. ago Chris Pratt defends RFK Jr’s policies against ‘unreasonable’ hatred: ‘I want them all to be successful’

‘Jurassic World’ actor’s wife, Katherine Schwarzenegger, is a cousin of RFK Jr.

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