The CDC has updated its Covid-19 vaccine recommendations, suggesting that healthy children and pregnant women may receive the shots rather than strongly recommending them. This nuanced change, announced by Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr,

Dr. Marty Makary, the Johns Hopkins surgeon and professor who, Trump tapped to lead the FDA, clarified the recently changed recommendations on the COVID-19 vaccine.

Once hailed as a triumph of public health, water fluoridation is now under intense attack in the US.

A sudden change to federal vaccine guidelines is causing controversy across the country. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. annoucing C

That kind of recommendation, known as shared decision-making, still means health insurers must pay for the vaccinations, according to the CDC. However, experts say vaccination rates tend to be lower when health authorities use that language and doctors are less emphatic with patients about getting shots.