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Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. arrives to speak at a Make Iowa Healthy Again rally, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026, in Clive, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Senators investigate RFK Jr.’s Samoa trip testimony

Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) said in a letter to Children’s Health Defense, a nonprofit group known for anti-vaccine activism that was formerly chaired by Kennedy, that they were starting an investigation.

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The coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2, shown in purple, infects a cell, colored in green.

COVID-19 Pandemic: News, Links & Resources

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COVID-19 and the Coronavirus

Dr. Anthony Fauci appears before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee at the Capitol, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

Fauci repeatedly invokes the 5th Amendment in a contentious Senate committee hearing

LOS ANGELES, CA-March 23, 2026: Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers screen passengers and check their luggages as they go through security in Terminal 1 of Los Angeles International Airport, in Los Angeles, on Monday, March 23, 2026. (Etienne Laurent / For The Times)

COVID-19 is on the upswing in California. How bad will it get this summer?

Passengers are sprayed with disinfectant by Spanish government officials before boarding a plane after disembarking from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius at Tenerife airport in the Canary Islands, Spain, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Arturo Rodriguez)

Hantavirus strikes a cruise ship, Californians at risk: Is this the start of something much worse?

FILE - The U.S. Department of Justice logo is seen on a podium before a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, on May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Former Fauci adviser indicted for allegedly concealing communications related to COVID-19 research

LOS ANGELES, CA, MARCH 13, 2026: Elle Seibert, 31, who is living with long covid, is photographed in Los Angeles on Friday, March 13, 2026. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

Long COVID leaves thousands of L.A. County residents sick, broke and ignored

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 07: A sign marks the entrance to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) headquarters building on October 7, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

Pediatrics group sues U.S. agency for cutting funds for children’s health programs

FILE - A pharmacist holds a Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine shot on Thursday, April 24, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Researchers identify immune trigger behind myocarditis after COVID-19 vaccination

Loma Linda, CA - December 28: Emilia Zarazua, 16 months old, is a patient at Loma Linda University Children's Hospital on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022, in Loma Linda, CA. Her mother brought her daughter into the hospital on Christmas Eve, after the feverish girl had begun laboring to breathe. Emilia Zarazua had fallen ill with the respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, just one of the viruses that had been filling the beds at the pediatric intensive care unit for weeks. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Wave of RSV, particularly dangerous for babies, sweeping across U.S.; doctors urge vaccination

FILE - A healthcare worker prepares a shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in La Paz, Bolivia, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)

COVID-19 vaccines may help some cancer patients fight tumors

Culve City, CA - September 23: Christian Brown gets a COVID-19 vaccination by Pfizer by Tamina Nassiri, a licensed practical nurse at the Kaiser Permanente Venice Medical Office Building in Culver City Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Foreign outbreaks, lower vaccination rates are troubling signs for California’s coming flu season

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