RFK Jr.'s Confirmation to Lead HHS Worries Health Experts
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., one of America's most notorious vaccine skeptics, will run the country's leading health agency.
Experts sound the alarm as Ohio farmworker’s bird flu sparks fear it’s the next pandemic
Bird flu has now spread to humans in a dozen states after public health officials confirmed an Ohio man had contracted the disease. The Mercer County farmworker had come into contact with deceased ...
RFK Jr. confirmed as HHS secretary with support from all GOP senators except McConnell
Kennedy will oversee some of the federal government’s largest public health agencies, including the NIH, FDA, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ...
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Ohio announces human H5N1 avian flu case, state’s first
A man from Mercer County, Ohio, is that state’s first human case of H5N1 avian flu, according to the Ohio Department of ...
Kennedy clinches top US health job despite anti-vaccine views
Robert F. Kennedy Jr, a vaccine critic who has pledged to tackle chronic disease, was named U.S. Health Secretary on Thursday ...
Ohio has first human bird flu case. Can you test? What are the symptoms to look for? What to know
Ohio's first human bird flu case was reported in Mercer County yesterday. Learn about testing for the virus, symptoms and the ...
As Ohio reports its first human bird flu case, new study finds people may not show symptoms
Two vets said they had no known exposures to animals with known or suspected bird flu, and one said they didn’t practice in a state where there were known bird flu infections am ...
Bird flu spread from animals to veterinarians — and they didn’t know they were infected: study
A new study shows that bird flu has silently spread from animals to some veterinarians. The study published Thursday by the ...
Bird flu detected among US veterinarians tested last year, CDC says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Bird flu infections were detected among veterinarians tested last fall, including two people with no ...
RFK Jr. wins confirmation as Trump’s health secretary
RFK Jr. will oversee agencies that spend $1.7 trillion annually on vaccines, food safety and the Medicare and Medicaid health ...
Bird flu infections went undetected in veterinarians, CDC study shows
Blood testing of large-animal veterinarians suggests that H5N1 bird flu has spread more widely than US surveillance of the virus is capturing, according to a new study by federal and state disease ...
Senate confirms Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services
Kennedy, 71, a longtime environmental lawyer, was confirmed by a vote of 52-48. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who survived ...