Vermont, is the subject of yet another bobblehead following the inauguration of President Donald Trump. This time without mittens.

While bird flu concerns are increasing across the country, the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore has been protecting its flock from the virus for years. The zoo has a program that monitors wild birds at the ...

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) was one of many senators to question President Donald Trump’s pick for Health and Human Services Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., during a Senate confirmation ...

Trump’s nominee for health secretary faced a group of bipartisan senators during the first day of his confirmation hearing ...

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By a 14-13 vote along party lines, the Senate Finance Committee voted to move Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s HHS nomination to the ...

Donald Trump’s pedal-to-the-metal start to his term is challenging a pledge by some Democrats to work with his administration ...

Kennedy is nominated to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, a position that would give him enormous control ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. came under withering attack from Democratic senators on Wednesday over his history of promoting vaccine ...

Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Angus King Jr. of Maine ... U.S. News // 9 hours ago USDA: Second strain of bird flu detected in cattle for the first time Feb. 6 (UPI) -- A second strain of bird ...