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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s opinions about vaccine safety appear likely to lead a few Senate Republicans to vote against his ...

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Avian influenza, or bird flu, has been confirmed in multiple parts of our region, and beyond. We're digging into the facts on this flu, and how some farmers in Pennsylvania are trying to keep ...

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“This is very, very confusing and ahistoric,” said Tapper. “The 1918 Spanish flu pandemic was caused by an H1N1 virus. It was not caused by a vaccine, not to mention the flu vaccine or even ...

A university professor and two students recreated a virus identical to the one that caused the devastating 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic. If they can do it, so can terrorists. “The Terrorism Warning ...