U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., facing pointed bipartisan questioning at a rancorous three-hour Senate committee hearing on Thursday, tried to defend his efforts to pull back COVID-19 vaccine recommendations.
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Following the criticism of mRNA vaccine strategies by federal leaders, UNC Health’s Dr. David Wohl shared why he supports the research.
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The attack in Atlanta happened in the face of ongoing public health misinformation and animosity about the safety of immunizations.
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Written by AMANDA SEITZ WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Health and Human Services will cancel...
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On Monday, U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removed every member of a scientific advisory committee on how to use vaccines.
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The World Health Organization declared the mpox outbreaks in Congo and elsewhere in Africa a global emergency on Wednesday, with cases confirmed among children and adults in more than a dozen countries.
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Republican lawmakers in North Carolina struck a compromise on a bill that now maintains a health exemption for masking in public while preventing the use of masks during criminal activity.
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Angel Hsu is an associate professor in UNC’s environmental ecology program. She recently spoke...
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Written by MARIA CHENG and JAMEY KEATEN The World Health Organization said Friday that COVID-19 no...
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