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Vaccine Bills Stack Up in Statehouses Across the U.S.

— This as childhood vaccination rates continue to fall nationwide

A photo of vaccines prepared for students at the Newcomer Academy in Louisville, Kentucky, on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024.

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Solitary Penile Ulcer Could Signal Various Sexually Transmitted Infections

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Therapeutic HPV Vaccine Effective in Reducing Precancerous Cervical Lesions

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Autism Prevalence Is Climbing, but It's Not Due to Vaccines

Many factors contribute to the rise in diagnoses, but what causes autism remains elusive

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Trump Ends Fauci's Security Detail

President says he would feel no responsibility if harm befell the infectious disease expert

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Trump's Gag Order Halts CDC Publication

MMWR did not publish as usual at 1 p.m. today

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Aesthetician Charged With Injecting Customers With Counterfeit Botox

Some clients faced life-threatening injuries after receiving injections, said federal authorities

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RFK Jr. Says He Resigned From Anti-Vax Nonprofit as He Seeks Top HHS Job

He will still benefit in other ways from his anti-vaccine advocacy

Jan 23, 2025
A photo of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during a meeting with Sen. John Cornyn at the Capitol, Jan. 9, 2025.
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A WHO Exit Is a Huge Mistake

Beyond global health, this is a threat to national security

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Long COVID Patients Frustrated That Federal Research Hasn't Found New Treatments

Over $1 billion of funding has so far failed to bring any new therapies to market

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This past week in healthcare investigations

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Move leaves U.S. vulnerable in future pandemics

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Fauci's Pardon: 'It's Really a Shame,' Public Health Officials Say

Many saddened that it had to come to this

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Looking back, 5 years after COVID began

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