By Emma Rumney and Jessica DiNapoli LONDON/NEW YORK, Jan 8 (Reuters) – Last spring, a group of officials at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services was drafting a proposal to halve the recommended drinking limit for men to one drink a day, according to two former government sources and a document seen by … Read more
A federal vaccine panel handpicked by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. voted Friday to stop recommending immediate immunization for all newborns against hepatitis B, a dangerous virus that leads to chronic liver disease in more than 90 percent of infected infants. Earlier this year, Kennedy — a longtime vaccine skeptic who … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal vaccine advisory committee is expected to discuss this week whether newborns should still get the hepatitis B vaccine — the first vaccine found to prevent cancer. Federal health guidelines now suggest that all babies be vaccinated against hepatitis on the first day of life, but US Health Secretary Robert … Read more