Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), who cast a critical vote to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of the Health and Human Services Department, on Monday blasted the reduction of the childhood immunization schedule by Kennedy and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC announced Monday it would be reducing the number…
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) is set to replace Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) as the top Democrat on the House select panel on competition between the U.S. and China. A statement on Krishnamoorthi’s plans to step down from the role later this month didn’t cite a specific reason behind the exit, but the move comes as…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) no longer will require states to report childhood and adolescent immunization statuses as it explores “alternative immunization measures.” In a Dec. 30 memo to states, CMS Deputy Administrator Dan Brillman said his agency would remove four measures from its Core Sets, standardized health care measurements that states…
PARIS (AP) — A Paris court found Monday 10 people guilty of cyberbullying France’s first lady, Brigitte Macron, by spreading false online claims about her gender and sexuality, including allegations that she was born a male. One defendant was sentenced to six months in prison, while eight were handed suspended sentences between four and eight…