Nearly two dozen Democratic state attorneys general sent a letter Monday to congressional leaders, insisting Republicans abandon efforts to insert language barring federal taxpayer funding for abortions into the extension of Obamacare premium subsidies.
President Donald Trump has directed federal health agencies to review and potentially overhaul the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule, aiming to bring it in line with peer nations that recommend fewer vaccines for children.
A vaccine advisory panel for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) voted to change the recommendations for when children receive the first dose of the hepatitis B vaccine.
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that a probe is underway after a school allegedly vaccinated a student without their parents' consent.
San Francisco filed a historic lawsuit against the nation's largest food brands, arguing that the companies marketed ultra-processed products knowing they had detrimental health effects.
The West Virginia Board of Education reinstated its ban on religious exemptions to vaccine requirements in schools after the state Supreme Court paused a lower court's decision allowing the exemptions.
FDA Chief Medical Officer and Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research Director Vinay Prasad has called for the agency to reflect following reports that children's deaths are linked to the COVID-19 vaccine.
