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The health and human services secretary has repeatedly claimed children need dozens more vaccines than they actually do.

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Food operators need to rise to the challenge of improving food safety and become leaders in public health, says Hal King, ...

The promise of mRNA technology seemed boundless after the success of the coronavirus vaccines, but Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has singled it out for scrutiny, clouding its prospects.

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