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Who Is on RFK, Jr.’s New Vaccine Panel—And What Will They Do?
Critics fear that U.S. Department of Health and Human Services chief RFK, Jr., known for his antivaccine views, has picked a ...
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Average age of moms giving birth in the U.S. continues to rise
In a report published Friday by the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, researchers found the average age of all mothers giving birth in the United States increased from 28.7-years-old in ...
RFK Jr.’s vaccine moves raise fears ahead of next school year
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to fire the Centers for Disease Control and ...
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New opioid testing techniques could lead to better therapies
Brown University engineers partnered with public health experts to create new diagnostic techniques that could help to ...
What parents need to know about new COVID variant NB 1.8.1 this summer
What is new COVID? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reportedly spotted COVID variant NB.1.8.1 through its airport screening program in May and traced it to a large surge in ...
In a dusty corner of California, Trump's threatened cuts to asthma care raise fears
Esther Bejarano's son was 11 months old when asthma landed him in the hospital. She didn't know what had triggered his symptoms—neither she nor her husband had asthma—but she suspected it was the ...