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Chris Pratt is defending his extended family member Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and tackling entrenched partisan political beliefs. The Marvel and Jurassic World star was asked about RFK Jr. while appearing on Bill Maher‘s Club Random podcast and spoke warmly about the controversial Health and Human Services Secretary. Pratt’s wife, Katherine Schwarzenegger, is RFK Jr.’s cousin. “There’s certain things [that …

Opinion editor’s note: Strib Voices publishes a mix of commentary online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who heads the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has fired vaccine experts, rolled back key immunization recommendations and axed $500 million in research for promising mRNA vaccine technology. He’s vowed to put “gold …

Physician Brendan Phibbs, who wrote “The Other Side of Time: A Combat Surgeon in World War II,” said, “It is a merciful God that doesn’t let us see the future.”  But we all have dreams for that future, and so we went into public health knowing it was not a great approach to riches, and we also knew it was …

WASHINGTON (AP) — A report that U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promised will improve the health of America’s children does not call on the government to make significant changes to its food or farming policies, according to a draft document obtained by The Associated Press. The “Make America Healthy Again” strategy report is supposed …

Facebook Tweet Email Link The US Department of Health and Human Services said it is re-establishing the Task Force on Safer Childhood Vaccines, a panel of US health officials tasked with making recommendations on vaccine development, distribution and monitoring. The task force, which will be helmed by US National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, will also include the …

Congress is lukewarm on RFK Jr.’s plans. In the states, they’re catching fire.  PoliticoView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

An influential US medical journal is rejecting a call from the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F Kennedy Jr, to retract a large Danish study that found that aluminum ingredients in vaccines do not increase health risks for children, the journal’s editor told Reuters. Kennedy has long promoted doubts about vaccines’ safety and efficacy, and …

Trump’s chief intervened to save RFK Jr.’s top vaccine aide  Politico Ousted FDA vaccine chief Vinay Prasad is returning to the agency  AP News America’s drug regulator is in turmoil  The Economist Return of FDA official targeted by Trump allies hits biotech shares  Financial Times What does Prasad’s surprise return to CBER mean for the FDA?  Endpoints News Source link

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. refused to blame vaccine misinformation for the recent shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, rejecting criticism about the role he’s played in sowing distrust in the life-saving shots. The shooter, who set his sights on the agency’s Georgia complex, fired over 180 shots in Friday’s attack, killing one police …

One of the targeted recipients, Tiba Biotech, had a $750,000 contract with BARDA that was slated to end October 30. The company was developing an RNAi-based therapeutic for H1N1 influenza, also known as swine flu. RNAi is short for RNA interference and refers to small pieces of RNA that can shut down the production of specific proteins. The approach has …