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This is a MedPage Today story. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s statements before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday revealed a concerning lack of knowledge about the major health programs he’d oversee, should he be confirmed as HHS secretary. On several occasions during the 3.5-hour hearing, Kennedy seemed to conflate Medicare,Continue Reading

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What are the symptoms of meningitis and how is it spread? Michelle Roberts Digital health editor Getty Images University of Kent students who may have been exposed to meningitis are being offered antibiotics and the MenB vaccine Two people have died from meningitis in Kent, and another 18 people areContinue Reading

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Doug Faulkner and Nick Triggle, Health correspondent ‘People can and should’ still go to school and college’ – Health secretary It is not necessary for people to privately buy a meningitis vaccine despite an “unprecedented” ongoing outbreak in Kent, the health secretary has said. Wes Streeting told BBC Breakfast that,Continue Reading

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Getty Images A judge sided with medical groups who said Kennedy’s changes to vaccines had violated federal law A federal judge on Monday blocked the US government from making sweeping changes to childhood immunisations, in a blow to Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr’s agenda. Since taking office a yearContinue Reading