How George Washington’s birthday became a national holiday
George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly celebrating his life. And yet the nation is once again commemorating the first U.S. president on Monday.
How George Washington's Silence Shaped America's Most Powerful Office
Why would the founders, so meticulous in their planning, leave the powers of the presidency so remarkably brief and vague in ...
Do you know which vaccines you got as a child? Here’s how to track them.
Start with your health-care provider, parents or caregiver to find out about your childhood vaccinations. And learn which vaccines you could get as an adult.
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Museum of the American Revolution preparing for its big moment
Museum leaders are working to connect people today to the events of 1776. They’re confident they can, and will.
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Banned Words at FDA; Top Cancer Center Halts DEI Initiatives; 'End Childhood Cancer'
"Woman," "elderly," and "disabled" were among a list of banned words reportedly circulating within the FDA, which the White ...
New health secretary's promises don't add up.
In confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promised not to stir public fears of vaccines but clearly isn’t sticking to that pledge.
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How Presidents Day turned from reverence to retail
Historian Alexis Coe, author of “You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington,” has said she thinks about Presidents Day in much the same way as the towering monument in D.C ...
RFK Jr. says vaccines aren’t tested enough. Experts say that’s baseless.
RFK Jr.’s views on vaccine safety have sparked debate, with some experts saying that his comments are misleading.
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Kennedy Says ‘Nothing’ Off Limits in Scrutinizing Chronic Disease
Kennedy Jr., laying out his early health agenda, said he would examine childhood vaccines ... were “citizen-scientists,” including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams.