In more than 20 years of covering policy, I have witnessed some crazy stuff. But one episode towers above the rest in sheer lunacy: the November 2020 meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on ...

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It’s time for President Donald Trump, despite his own casual relationship with the truth, to stop putting American lives at risk and get rid of his dangerous quack in chief, ...

Public health is worsening, autism rates are rising — and so are incident conspiracy theories, including claims that the root ...

Kennedy's decision to "retire" the previous panel was widely decried by doctors' groups and public health organizations.

On Monday, after Kennedy dismissed all 17 members of the vaccine advisory committee, Cassidy posted on X that he was working ...

The HHS document meant to support Kennedy’s decision, obtained by KFF Health News, was sent to members of Congress who questioned the science and process behind his move, according to one federal ...

For this reason, the CDC recommends adults 50 or older schedule the following vaccines, which many people can get for free.

KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national or local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

A South Carolina family is mourning the loss of their 14-year-old child after getting a rare but serious bacterial infection.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. named eight new members to the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on ...