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RFK Jr. confirmation hearing for health secretary

5 takeaways from RFK Jr.’s first confirmation hearing as Trump’s nominee for health secretary

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was pressed to clarify his views on vaccines, abortion, and public health priorities in his first Senate hearing.

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Fact-Checking Health Claims in Kennedy’s 2nd Day of Confirmation Hearings

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, made disputed claims before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.

Newsweek on MSN · 5h

Americans Are Concerned About RFK Jr. as Health Secretary

Fifty-one percent oppose Kennedy's nomination to head up the Department of Health and Human Services, a new poll has found.

Public health advisory issued

CBS News · 19h

Macomb County issues public health advisory following sewer leak in Washington Township

The Macomb County Health Department issued a public health advisory after raw sewerage leaked in Washington Township and into the Clinton River.

Detroit Free Press on MSN · 5h

Public health advisory issued after sanitary sewer leak, sewage entering Clinton River

Drinking water is safe, Washington Township Supervisor Sam Previti told the Free Press.Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. The county health department and the township issued the public health advisory.

Detroit News · 19h

Sanitary sewer leak prompts public health advisory in Washington Township

The health department said crews are working to alleviate the leak's impact. Residents are advised to conserve household water through Friday.

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Southern 7 Health Dept. to hold flu, vaccine clinic

ANNA, Ill. (KFVS) - The Southern 7 Health Department will hold an indoor, pop-up flu and COVID-19 vaccine clinic in February.

What Does the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Do?

If he is confirmed as Health and Human Services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would take over a sprawling bureaucracy with ...

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Personal medical information may have been exposed in Chicago Department of Public Health incident

Individuals’ names and medical information may have been exposed in a Chicago Department of Public Health incident, the ...

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What I learned about health insurance rage as the nation’s first ‘HMO czar’

In 2000, in response to the frustration of 23 million California HMO consumers, I was appointed by then-California Gov. Gray Davis to be the nation’s first “HMO czar.” The new agency I was running was ...

Lead poisoning in children jumps 42.8 percent in N.H., health department report finds

People think this is a problem we solved, but instead, it’s a problem that we identified,” said a staff lawyer at ...

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Delaware County’s Health Department Has Been Beneficial, Study Shows

When Pennsylvania counties like Delaware County opt to have their own health departments, local residents benefit, according to a study by epidemiologist ...