Dr. Helen Chu gained attention early in the COVID-19 pandemic as her repurposed flu research project identified the first case of coronavirus spreading from person to person in the United States.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s moves to upend decades of vaccine policy could hit patients hardest in their wallets, as shifting guidance over shots could make ...

Then Cassidy caved. In the speech he gave on the Senate floor explaining his decision, Cassidy said that he’d vote to confirm ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expanded the approval of Moderna’s RSV vaccine late Thursday to include people 18 to ...

In a move that's left the healthcare community reeling, Health Secretary RFK Jr. announced a new panel of vaccine advisors ...

In more than 20 years of covering policy, I have witnessed some crazy stuff. But one episode towers above the rest in sheer lunacy: the November 2020 meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on ...

It’s time for President Donald Trump, despite his own casual relationship with the truth, to stop putting American lives at risk and get rid of his dangerous quack in chief, ...

Observer readers comment on Pat McCrory's legacy, the national debt, RFK's vaccine expert firings, ICE and immigrants, ...

Kennedy's decision to "retire" the previous panel was widely decried by doctors' groups and public health organizations.

KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national or local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. named eight new members to the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on ...