Bill Cassidy, the senator who secured Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s promise to protect vaccines, will question the health secretary at a hearing Wednesday.

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Leaders at the FDA, HHS and elsewhere are putting guardrails around COVID-19 boosters, which could mean delayed shots or ...

An L.A. Times reader asks, 'If you don't allow placebo trials, how exactly do you certify a vaccine as "safe and effective"?' ...

A new trial suggests a combination vaccine may offer equal or better protection against both flu and covid-19 compared to ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has downplayed the deadly spread and promoted a range of unproven ...

The HHS will require all new vaccines to undergo placebo-controlled trials, likely slowing down approvals and decreasing access.

With a demand that vaccine boosters be tested against placebos, RFK Jr. puts an old antivaccine claim at the forefront of government health policy.

With a demand that vaccine boosters be tested against placebos, RFK Jr. puts an old antivaccine claim at the forefront of ...

When the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a new requirement for placebo testing on all new vaccines ...

The Department of Health and Human Services says it will require new vaccines to be tested against a placebo, which could ...

The FDA's decision to appoint Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, to head its Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) raised ...