COVID, Rfk Jr. and vaccine
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The COVID-19 vaccine won't be recommended to pregnant people or healthy children in the US anymore. Doctors weigh in.
"The trust issues are quite far-reaching" and impact public perception towards health-based changes across the U.S., a health professor told Newsweek.
The health secretary is scaling back coronavirus vaccine recommendations. Zooming out: Currently the vaccine is recommended for people over 6 months. Already the FDA plans to limit coronavirus vaccines, and the U.S. was left out of a World Health Organization pandemic response treaty.
But RFK Jr., the secretary of health and human services, is planning to intervene and rescue the flock. He and Mehmet Oz, the former daytime TV host appointed by Trump as the director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, have teamed up to bring the ostriches to Oz’s ranch in Florida.
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Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. urged healthcare providers and state medical boards to stop providing “dangerous” sex-change interventions to gender confused children in a letter Wednesday.
Stefany Shaheen, daughter of Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, announces her candidacy for New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District, focusing on healthcare advocacy.
On Wednesday, the National Motorsports Appeals Panel amended the L1-level penalty issued to the No. 17 RFK Racing team and Chris Buescher.
Marijuana Moment and Politico reported that Zorn joins the government as deputy general counsel at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which is led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. An HHS directory website confirms the news of his hiring, as does his LinkedIn profile, both listing the deputy general counsel role.