For Americans concerned about the nation’s public health system, 2025 was a heartbreaking year. It came to a particularly grim end in December when, amid a series of radical appointments, a federal advisory panel packed with loyalists to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted to stop recommending a vaccine that saves … Read more
Starting Thursday, Americans in five states who receive government help to pay for groceries will see new restrictions on the soda, candy and other foods they can buy with those benefits. Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Utah and West Virginia are the first of 18 states to pass waivers that prohibit the purchase of certain foods through … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s controversial vaccine advisory committee will reconvene later this week under a new chairman, federal officials announced Monday. Martin Kulldorff is leaving the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to take a leadership role at the Department of Health and Human Services, officials said. Dr. Kirk … Read more