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  • 5 days ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Daniel Payne

    Delaware's Democratic Gov. Matt Meyer is set to sign a controversial assisted suicide bill recently passed by the state legislature, one that has drawn opposition from Catholic advocates who warn that it will "put the lives of [the state's] most vulnerable citizens at risk." Legislators passed Delaware House Bill 140 this week.

  • 1 week ago | statnews.com | Daniel Payne

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. downplayed his past criticism of vaccines as he sought to become the nation’s health secretary.

  • 1 week ago | statnews.com | Daniel Payne

    WASHINGTON — Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Tuesday that he plans to roll out changes to the vaccine injury monitoring system that would automate and increase data collection as well as look for negative impacts of the shots. Reforming the current Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System has long been part of Kennedy’s agenda to raise questions about the safety of immunizations that are currently in use.

  • 2 weeks ago | statnews.com | Daniel Payne

    Facing a growing outbreak of measles that could test his leadership, health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week is sowing doubt about the safety and efficacy of some vaccines — beyond the measles shot — and arguing the government shouldn’t mandate their use. He also raised questions about what killed an 8-year-old girl whose death was attributed to measles by health officials, his latest remarks that downplay the threat of the virus.

  • 2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Kelly Hooper |Daniel Payne

    Republicans have managed to unite two health industry sectors normally at war — insurers and hospitals — by threatening to cut Medicaid. Lobbyists for both industries, faced with the prospect of losing billions of dollars in fees, are scrambling to convince lawmakers that tens of millions of low-income Americans who rely on the program will suffer.

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Daniel Payne
Daniel Payne @_daniel_payne
10 Apr 25

The nation's top health official this week suggested some vaccines are risky or ineffective and downplayed the threat of measles in the U.S. https://t.co/Npya9mFSKb

Daniel Payne
Daniel Payne @_daniel_payne
10 Apr 25

RT @kelhoops: Insurers and providers — an unusual pairing — are teaming up to fight Medicaid cuts. And @_daniel_payne and I teamed up to w…

Daniel Payne
Daniel Payne @_daniel_payne
9 Apr 25

RT @CBSNews: In a CBS News exclusive interview, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tells @DrLaPook he believes Ameri…