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Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) accused Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) of being one of the worst "anti-vax conspiracy theorists" after she interrupted him at a House Oversight Committee hearing.

The clash came on Wednesday while Garcia discussed the conspiracy theories of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) expressed support for Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's crusade to remove fluoride from the nation's water supply.

Johnson was asked about Kennedy's effort during a House Republican leadership press conference on Tuesday.

University of Florida colleagues of the state's surgeon general are wondering why he's getting paid from their school when they say he's nowhere to be found.

Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis hired Joseph Ladapo as the state's surgeon general in 2021, and the position adds a "tenured faculty" post at the University of Florida, recalled The Independent Florida Alligator in a Monday report.

Astronaut Butch Wilmore pushed back after Fox News host Bill Hemmer suggested President Joe Biden's administration left him "marooned" on the International Space Station.

During a Monday interview on Fox News, Hemmer spoke to Wilmore and Suni Williams about their failure to return to Earth on Boeing Starliner, leaving them in space months longer than expected.

Skygazers across a broad swathe of the Northern Hemisphere will have a chance to see the Moon take a bite out of the Sun on Saturday when a partial solar eclipse sweeps from eastern Canada to Siberia.

The partial eclipse, which is the first of the year and the 17th this century, will last around four hours from 0850 GMT to 1243 GMT.

President Donald Trump's purge of U.S. government staff could soon pay dividends — for other countries.

According to Politico, a group of countries in the European Union have hatched a plan to poach ousted researchers from the United States.

SpaceX founder Elon Musk said Saturday its massive Starship rocket would leave for Mars at the end of 2026 with Tesla humanoid robot Optimus onboard, adding that human landings could follow "as soon as 2029."

"Starship departs for Mars at the end of next year, carrying Optimus. If those landings go well, then human landings may start as soon as 2029, although 2031 is more likely," Musk said on his X social network.

MAGA influencer and former White House adviser Steve Bannon lashed out at President Donald Trump's White House after the nomination of former Republican Congressman Dave Weldon was pulled as director for the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

According to Axios, the decision to withdraw Weldon's name came as concern grew over his anti-vaccine views amid a measles outbreak in under-vaccinated areas.

An unearthed report showed that Health and Human Service Secretary Robert F. Kennedy shared "inaccurate" information about a CDC Advisor Committee on vaccines, as many believe he was laying the groundwork for dismissing its members.

In recent interviews, Kennedy has claimed, "I think 97% of the people on it had conflicts. I think we need to end those conflicts and make sure that scientists are doing unobstructed science."

President Donald Trump continues to support dramatic government staffing cuts, and next on the list are some of the world's best scientists who have been working at the National Institute of Health.

Rolling Stone reported on Friday that new Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could gut NIH.

The Trump administration's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plan to launch a major new study investigating a link between vaccination and autism, reported Reuters on Friday.

Hundreds of such studies have already been conducted into this idea, finding no link of any sort between vaccines and neurodivergent traits in children. The idea, however, persists as a conspiracy theory and side industry of potentially dangerous alternative treatments, fueled in part by an infamous British study by former physician Andrew Wakefield that was found to have fraudulently manipulated data.

Many staffers from the National Weather Service (NWS) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) received notice of termination on Thursday and Friday as part of the ongoing slashing of the federal government.

When he came into office, President Donald Trump created the "Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)" by executive order. That initiative has been behind the upheaval and dismantling of government agencies. Websites, grants, programs, and employees have all been cut or frozen.

A U.S. Navy veteran is sounding the alarm as the Trump administration's funding freeze means he'll lose access to a life-saving cancer treatment should he need it again.

Kyle Lewis was given a dire prognosis when he was diagnosed with cancer. A doctor at Johns Hopkins entered him into a clinical trial for a drug that saw some success in fighting his particular form of cancer. It saved his life and he believes it can save others, too.