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A contagious new COVID-19 variant called NB.1.8.1, aka "Nimbus," is now dominant in the United States, CDC data show. What to ...

The new vaccine committee appointed by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took minimal action in its first meeting.

The government’s top vaccine official, working under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., restricted the approval of two ...

The FDA's Dr. Vinay Prasad said that he disagreed with the agency's career vaccine reviewers about COVID shot approvals.

The US Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official overrode agency experts in May to recommend against the broad use ...

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