Health May 14 COVID's impact lingers, influencing world's response to hantavirus By Deepti Hajela, Associated Press
Health Mar 28 What we know about the new 'cicada' COVID-19 variant Its official name is BA.3.2, but it’s earned the nickname "cicada" because, analogous to the insect’s pattern, it first appeared back in 2024, went dormant for a while, and resurfaced in the U.S. late last year. … By Grace Abels, PolitiFact
Science Dec 04 FDA officials said without evidence that COVID-19 vaccines have killed children. Here's what you should know COVID-19 infection carries a greater risk of myocarditis than the COVID-19 vaccines, scientists say. By Madison Czopek, PolitiFact
Health Oct 04 Watch 7:30 What to know about RFK Jr.'s efforts to address long COVID research and treatments More than two years after the WHO's COVID-19 public health emergency ended, millions of Americans are still living with long COVID. Symptoms vary from person to person, but range from mild to severe to physically debilitating. Recently, Health Secretary Kennedy kicked off… By Ali Rogin, Kaisha Young
Politics Sep 19 WATCH: Kennedy's vaccine advisers decline to recommend COVID shot for all Americans In a series of votes, advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention didn’t specifically recommend vaccination but said people could make individual decisions. By Mike Stobbe, Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press
Sep 17 WATCH: RFK Jr.'s hand-picked vaccine panel recommends new restrictions on MMRV vaccines By Mike Stobbe, Laura Ungar, Associated Press Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s hand-picked vaccine advisory committee on Thursday recommended the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention adopt new restrictions on a combination shot that protects against chickenpox as well as measles, mumps and rubella. Continue reading
Sep 12 These states are taking steps to ease access to COVID-19 vaccines By Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press The governors of Arizona, Illinois, Maine and North Carolina on Friday joined the growing list of Democratic officials who have signed orders intended to ensure most residents can receive COVID-19 vaccines at pharmacies without individual prescriptions. Continue reading
Sep 04 WATCH: RFK Jr. 'taking away vaccines' from people who want them, Warren says By Hannah Grabenstein, Associated Press Warren accused Kennedy of removing access to COVID vaccines for people who want them, despite promises he made during his confirmation hearing that he wouldn’t do so. Continue reading
Sep 04 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."… Continue reading
Sep 04 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… Continue reading