Federal levers include authorization, guideline-linked insurance coverage, and Vaccines for Children funding, whereas states can set school-entry mandates and choose alternative guidance frameworks.
The federal government updated the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule in January. Find out if the changes impact your child, insurance.
In Roanoke County and surrounding counties, COVID-19 emergency department visit levels remain low. Flu and RSV emergency ...
BALTIMORE — Maryland has reported six times as many mumps cases in early 2026 as it did all of last year, with most ...
The University no longer operates any Biosafety Level 3 laboratories following changes to SARS-CoV-2 research containment ...
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s first year in office has upended decades of public health norms. He’s touted his overhauls as major wins for his “Make America Healthy ...
Before being confirmed to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation’s official ...
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The 90% figure has roots in a 2017 report by the Rand Corp., a nonpartisan research organization. But one of the researchers told PolitiFact that the claim, as stated by Kennedy and RealFood.gov, didn ...
A majority of counties experienced growth in penetration of Medicare value-based approaches: Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) accountable care organizations (ACOs) and Medicare Advantage (MA).