Without Offering Proof, Kennedy Links Measles Outbreak to Poor Diet and Health
In a sweeping interview, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health and human services secretary, outlined a strategy for containing the ...
Tag: Children and Childhood
Trump Seeks to Bar Student Loan Relief to Workers Aiding Migrants and Trans Kids
President Trump signed an executive order instructing administration officials to alter a student loan forgiveness program for public servants to ...
C.D.C. Will Investigate Debunked Link Between Vaccines and Autism
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is planning to conduct a large-scale study to re-examine whether there is a ...
As Measles Continues to Spread in Texas, Cases Jump in New Mexico
A raging measles outbreak in West Texas, which has so far killed one child, has not abated and may have ...
Unvaccinated New Mexico Resident Dies of Suspected Measles
An unvaccinated person who died in New Mexico has tested positive for measles, state health officials said on Thursday, possibly ...
Measles Outbreak Continues to Spread in West Texas
A measles outbreak that has spread over a swath of West Texas, killing one child, shows no signs of slowing, ...
Federal Officials Underplaying Measles Vaccination, Experts Say
In a first test of the Trump administration’s ability to respond to an infectious disease emergency, its top health official ...
In Texas Measles Outbreak, Signs of a Riskier Future for Children
Every day, as Dr. Wendell Parkey enters his clinic in Seminole, a small city on the rural western edge of ...
Opinion | Donate This Holiday Season: Children of Incarcerated Parents Need Your Help
This column is part of Times Opinion’s 2024 Giving Guide. Read more about the guide in a note from Times ...
Unvaccinated Child Dies of Measles in Texas, Officials Say
A child has died of measles in West Texas, the first known death from an outbreak of the disease that ...
5 Family-Friendly Cities for Spring Break Trips
My husband and I are avid urban travelers, and that didn’t change when we had children. We still enjoy encountering ...
Measles Outbreak Hits Town in Texas
A worsening measles outbreak has taken root in Texas, sickening two dozen and hospitalizing nine on the western edge of ...
R.F.K. Jr., in His Own Words: Flu, Diabetes, Autism and More
At Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation hearings, beginning on Wednesday, senators are expected to question him closely about his controversial ...
The $8 Billion Children’s Vaccine Fund Kennedy Would Oversee
When President Bill Clinton worked with a bipartisan Congress to enact a federal program to guarantee vaccines for poor children, ...
For Children in Rural Mozambique, the Future Comes Into Focus
Over the past year, Muanema Fakira noticed something odd about the eyes of her 1-year-old daughter Sumaya. Her left eye ...
Sudden Infant Death Rates Increased, Study Says
Rates of sudden unexpected infant death in the United States increased by nearly 12 percent from 2020 to 2022, according ...
The Evidence For the Childhood Vaccine Schedule, Explained
Before their immune systems mature, young children are especially vulnerable to infections — and to falling far more ill than ...
Pediatricians Try New Tactics To Win Over Vaccine Skeptical Parents
In pediatricians’ offices across the country, doctors are increasingly confronting concerns from parents about vaccines that for decades have protected ...
Yes, Some Vaccines Contain Aluminum. That’s a Good Thing.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has often trained his criticisms of vaccines on a common ingredient: aluminum, which he has suggested ...
Howard Buten, Autism Therapist, Novelist and Clown, Is Dead at 74
Howard Buten, a college dropout from Detroit, juggled three extraordinary lives.In one, he was a tender, clumsy and wordless red-nosed ...
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