
I’m a survivor of childhood polio. In my lifetime, I’ve watched vaccines save millions of lives from devastating diseases across America and around the world.
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I’m a survivor of childhood polio. In my lifetime, I’ve watched vaccines save millions of lives from devastating diseases across America and around the world.

I'm a survivor of childhood polio. In my lifetime, I've watched vaccines save millions of lives from devastating diseases across America and around the world.

The polio vaccine has saved millions of lives and held out the promise of eradicating a terrible disease.

Individuals, parents, and families have a right to push for a healthier nation and demand the best possible scientific guidance on preventing and treating illness.

In my lifetime, I’ve watched vaccines save millions of lives from devastating diseases across America and around the world.

Huge day for our nation – just confirmed as HHS Secretary. Together with, we'll Make America Healthy Again by ensuring objective science, empowering families, and tackling our nation's health crisis head-on.

As he takes office, I sincerely hope Mr. Kennedy will choose not to sow further doubt and division but to restore trust in our public health institutions.

We don't have clean drinking water in our country, but we always have the money for war.

Your past undermining confidence in vaccines with unfounded or misleading arguments concerns me

The vote on RFK is about one simple question: Will Republicans do the right thing for American public health, or will they do whatever is necessary to keep Donald Trump happy, no matter how misguided he is?

Declaring racism a public health crisis is a step towards delivering a more equitable and healthier future for every American. It is unacceptable for anyone to be denied adequate care or access to medical resources because of race, and Congress must work to address the barriers to quality care faced by communities of color.

It’s heartbreaking to think that all this time these products could have been harmful and it’s enraging that now we have so much evidence that we need to take action and it’s not happening.

Declaring racism as a public health crisis is an initial step to bring more attention to these deep-rooted inequities, but we have much more work to do to address these disparities and deliver justice for millions of Americans.

The cuts were horrible news for global public health.

The vote on RFK is about one simple question: Will Republicans do the right thing for American public health, or will they do whatever is necessary to keep Donald Trump happy, no matter how misguided he is?

The vote on RFK is about one simple question. Will Republicans do the right thing for American public health, or will they do whatever is necessary to keep Donald Trump happy, no matter how misguided he is?

The pandemic was so badly handled. Many people were dying. All he said was it's not that serious, just inject a little bleach in your arm.