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During a budget hearing held by the Senate Appropriations Committee several weeks ago, Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) pressed HHS ...

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the new secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, inexplicably advances conspiracy ...

"At this moment, we can’t always look to the CDC for the guidance we received previously," state Public Health Commissioner ...