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Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), noted Sunday the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine is not lethal, contradicting President Trump. “The MMR vaccine is not a lethal vaccine, and it is offered in other countries,” Oz told host Margaret Brennan on CBS News’s “Face the Nation.”...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stood in the Oval Office last week as President Trump proudly signed an executive order to reduce childhood vaccines, heavily implying a link between vaccines and autism.  But when Kennedy made appearances in California and then hit the campaign trail for Republicans in Iowa over the...

The syndrome has long been linked to chronic use of marijuana.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Friday that alfalfa sprouts are linked to a current E. coli and salmonella outbreak. The agency has tied several foodborne illness cases to the consumption of alfalfa sold under the Calco and Everything Sprouts brands, also urging Americans who have purchased the affected sprouts to throw...

The Department of Health and Human Services announced on Friday a new federal initiative to improve preparedness and response when autistic individuals are reported missing. The agency will partner with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to strengthen coordination among emergency management agencies, law enforcement, first responde...