Seventy-one years ago this month, Dr. Jonas Salk, a virologist at the University of Pittsburgh, administered the first polio vaccine to children at Arsenal Elementary School in Pittsburgh. Dr. Salk ...

Mitch McConnell’s life — his childhood battle with polio — after the Kentucky Republican opposed vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s confirmation Thursday as the nation’s top health official.

He will now oversee agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Medicare ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wins confirmation and is sworn in to be secretary of Health and Human Services. The vote was 52-48.

RFK Jr. will become Trump's health secretary, after winning over some GOP senators wary of his anti-vaccine views.

Republicans expressed hope RFK Jr. could help reduce chronic diseases and health care costs. Democrats tried to pin him down on several issues, especially vaccines and abortion.

The Senate voted Thursday to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. During confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill, Kennedy denied being anti-vaccine, telling ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wins confirmation to be President Trump's secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. The ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed as President Trump's secretary of Health and Human Services early Thursday, capping a ...

"I'm a survivor of childhood polio. In my lifetime, I've watched vaccines save millions of lives from devastating diseases across America and around the world," McConnell said in a statement ...

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