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RFK Jr. pledged not to upend US vaccine system, but big changes are underway
WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. clinched the political support needed to become the nation’s top health official by pledging to work within the decades-old federal system for approval and use of vaccines. Yet his regulators are…
After US cuts funding, WHO chief defends $2.1B budget request by comparing it with cost of war
GENEVA (AP) — Stripped of U.S. funding, the World Health Organization chief on Monday appealed to member countries to support its “extremely modest” request for a $2.1 billion annual budget by putting that sum into perspective next to…
FDA approves Novavax COVID-19 shot but with unusual restrictions
The Food and Drug Administration has approved Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine but with unusual restrictions. Novavax makes the nation's only traditional protein-based coronavirus vaccine and while it has long been authorized for use, it had…
