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US health chief Kennedy targets 'environmental toxins' as cause of autism

Robert F. Kennedy contradicted both developing and established science on autism in his first press conference since becoming Secretary of Health and Human Services.

US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, April 10, 2025
 Peter Buxtun, a former employee of the U.S. Public Health Service, became known as the whistleblower responsible for ending the Tuskegee syphilis experiment.

Peter Buxtun, whistleblower who compared Tuskegee syphilis study to Nazi atrocities, dies at 86

 Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2

Hundreds of Israelis contract new COVID sub-variant JN.1

 A man clutches his head as he suffers from a headache and stress (Illustrative)

Damage to body from lifelong stress can increase risk of death from cancer - study


COVID-19: BA.4, BA.5 Omicron subvariants make up 13% of all US cases

BA.4 made up 5.4% of the variants in the country for the week ending June 4, according to CDC estimates, while BA.5 made up 7.6% of the variants during the same time.

 The coronavirus Omicron variant (illustrative).

US FDA clears Pfizer's COVID booster shot for young children

Children below the age of five are not yet eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine in the United States.

The Pfizer vaccine for children aged 5-11

Bird flu poses 'low public health risk' amid outbreaks in 13 US states

CDC isn't overly concerned as Avian Influenza outbreaks were found in domesticated flocks in Maryland, Missouri, Indiana, Connecticut and Iowa last week.

 A sign warns about the avian influenza in an area of Randers, Denmark November 17, 2020

People vaccinated against COVID-19 less likely to die of other causes - study

Those who received the Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna or J&J vaccines are less likely to die from non-COVID-related causes, a CDC study found.

 Health worker prepares a Covid-19 vaccine at a temporary Clalit health care center in Jerusalem, September 30, 2021.

CDC says delta variant more vaccine-resistant than previously thought

Vaccinated people had a similar amount of virus presence as the unvaccinated, suggesting that, unlike with other variants, vaccinated people infected with the Delta variant could transmit the virus.

Health care workers take test samples of Israelis in a drive through complex to check if they have been infected with the Coronavirus, in Modi'in, on July 21, 2021.

US to resume use of J&J COVID-19 vaccine immediately - FDA, CDC

"The benefits do clearly outweigh the risk from a population and individual perspective."

A vial and sryinge are seen in front of a displayed Johnson&Johnson logo in this illustration taken January 11, 2021.

US CDC: Travel 'low risk' for vaccinated people; not recommending trips

Air travel still remains down 43% from pre-COVID levels and business and international travel remain even harder hit.

ISRAIR FLIGHT attendants wear full protective gear as they help a passenger disembark in Belgrade earlier this month.

US CDC recommends schools reopen with masks and rigid health protocols

"We believe with the strategies we have put forward that there will be limited to no transmission in schools if followed," CDC Director Rochelle Walensky told reporters.

A slogan is seen on a car in "a motor march” protest of teachers who took it to their vehicles to demand a delay in in-person learning in the fall, due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., July 15, 2020. Picture taken July 15, 2020.

COVID-19: 0.54% of hospital staff caught virus 1-10 days after vaccination

Study calls on medical personnel not to dismiss post-vaccination symptoms

A HEALTHCARE worker prepares a COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Rehovot on Monday.