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4 states aim to prevent food stamps recipients from using program to buy candy, soda
Four states have said they will try to eliminate sugary products from food stamps programs, which may affect recipients of ...
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Fact check: How long does protection from a measles vaccine last?
United States Secretary of Health and Human Services RFK Jr. recently joined other experts and expert medical bodies in endorsing the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine as the most effective ...
Democratic senators call on RFK Jr. to keep rule allowing Medicare coverage of anti-obesity drugs
A group of Democratic senators are calling on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to keep a proposed ...
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Kennedy sets September deadline to identify cause of rising US autism rates
WASHINGTON, April 10 (Reuters) - The United States will identify the cause of autism by September, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Thursday, setting a deadline ...
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Why does RFK sound like that? Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vocal disorder explained
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, publicly encouraged people to get the measles vaccine in an interview with CBS News this week, despite his anti ...
U.S. Supreme Court to weigh ACA coverage of preventative health services
Employers offering health insurance are required to cover certain preventative care services at no cost under the Affordable ...
HHS, EPA launch review of fluoride in drinking water
The Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Health and Human Services have announced they are launching a ...
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Federal cuts put help for mental health and drug addiction in peril
SAMHSA’s work is crucial to suicide and drug overdose prevention and mental health care. It may fall victim to changes to public health infrastructure.