Health

4 major moments from RFK Jr.’s contentious hearing with senators

By Joshua Barajas, Hannah Grabenstein, Kenichi Serino

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was at the center of a maelstrom Thursday as senators, including those who voted to confirm him, raised pressing questions over his public health agenda.

WATCH: ‘We were lied to about everything’ around COVID, RFK Jr. says

By Hannah Grabenstein

Kennedy claimed the government, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, lied about "natural immunity," that vaccines would prevent transmission and infection, and the "science behind cloth masks."…

Congo announces new Ebola outbreak after case confirmed in southern province

By Associated Press

The World Health Organization said Thursday it dispatched its experts alongside Congo’s Rapid Response Team to Kasai Province to strengthen disease surveillance, treatment and infection prevention and control in health facilities.

WATCH: Sen. Cassidy asks RFK Jr. how he can support Nobel for Trump COVID program but not back the vaccines

By Joshua Barajas

Cassidy said it surprised him that Kennedy would think so highly of Operation Warp Speed when the health secretary has attempted to restrict access to the vaccines and cancelled funding for mRNA vaccine research that was critical to the initiative's…

WATCH: RFK Jr. says fired CDC director lying about being asked to back non-scientific vaccine policy

By Erica R. Hendry, Joshua Barajas

In her column in The Wall Street Jounral, Monarez lambasted Kennedy and his "deliberate effort to weaken America's public-health system and vaccine protections."…

WATCH: RFK Jr. says firings at CDC were ‘necessary,’ blames organization for failed COVID policy

By Kenichi Serino

"[The] CDC failed that responsibility miserably during COVID when its disastrous, nonsensical policies destroyed small businesses, violated civil liberties, closed our schools, caused generational damage in doing so, masked infants with no science, and heightened economic inequality," Kennedy said.

How Donald Trump’s untimely and untrue ‘death’ unfolded on social media

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Loreben Tuquero, PolitiFact

The president is not dead. Trump spoke live at the White House on Sept. 2. Even as rumors of his death went viral, he had been photographed by news outlets and his Truth Social posts racked up thousands of interactions.

Trump administration agrees to restore federal health data and websites in lawsuit settlement

By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

Soon after President Donald Trump's inauguration, federal health officials deleted or removed information on a range of topics including pregnancy risks, opioid-use disorder and the AIDS epidemic. The move was made in reaction to a Trump executive order that told agencies to…

WATCH: RFK Jr. testifies on Trump’s health care agenda before the Senate Finance Committee

By Matt Brown, Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. came under pointed bipartisan questioning at a rancorous three-hour Senate committee hearing on Thursday, about — among other things — turmoil at federal health agencies and efforts to pull back recommendations for COVID-19 vaccinations.

Can you get a COVID shot? Here’s your fall vaccine guide

By Laura Santhanam

Many people across the United States are wondering if they will be able to get vaccinated at all, particularly against COVID, after changes to vaccine guidance by the Trump administration.