President Trump ordered on Friday that federal funding be withheld from schools and universities that require students to be vaccinated against Covid, White House officials said, another step in the administration’s campaign against coronavirus vaccine requirements. It was not clear how widely impactful the order would be. No states require K-12 students to be vaccinated
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent the first day of his back-to-back confirmation hearings deftly avoiding questions about his views on vaccines. On the second day, when a prominent Republican senator insisted there was no link between vaccines and autism, Mr. Kennedy shot back that a new study “showed the opposite.” “I just want to follow
Amid RFK Jr.’s push to improve healthcare as part of the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement, there is a growing focus on vaccine transparency. One of the most common childhood inoculations — the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine — has been a requirement for school attendance since its development in the 1970s. Fox
The best and the worst thing about vaccination, pediatrician Dr. Adam Ratner says, is that it “makes nothing happen.” A child successfully inoculated against a vaccine-preventable disease — the measles, let’s say, to name the most infectious of them all — doesn’t fall sick with that condition, doesn’t miss school, doesn’t go to the hospital.
In the days leading up to a pivotal vote on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to become America’s top heath official, all eyes were focused on Sen. Bill Cassidy. And the pivotal issue for the Louisiana Republican was Kennedy’s skepticism toward vaccines. Cassidy chairs the Senate committee that oversees the Department of Health and Human
Senator Angela Alsobrook, a Democrat from Maryland questioned RFK Jr.’s suggestion that Black people should be on a different vaccine schedule than white people. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images It was one of the more tense exchanges in an already heated confirmation
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is President Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. He faced more tough questions in his second confirmation hearing, held Thursday before the Senate HELP Committee. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s history of stoking anxiety about vaccines was
Last Updated:January 27, 2025, 20:52 IST Hegseth has promised to bring major changes to the Pentagon and he has made eliminating DEI from the military a top priority. US President Donald Trump. (Image: Reuters) US President Donald Trump will soon sign executive orders removing diversity, equity and inclusion from the military and reinstating thousands of
The third scene of the new Broadway production of “Eureka Day” could be titled The Way We Discourse Now. As written by the playwright Jonathan Spector, the scene reliably has audiences laughing so loudly that the actors are drowned out. The situation is this: It is 2018. The principal of the progressive private school Eureka