Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Sworn in as HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been sworn in as the 26th secretary of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS). Kennedy was sworn on Feb. 13, following Senate confirmation along party lines. As NPR reported, Democrats opposed Kennedy’s “conspiracy theories” linking vaccines to autism…
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Disability Community Mourns Advocate Brooke Ellison
Ellison, an author and educator, died Feb. 4 at age 45.
Civil rights advocate, educator, bioethicist, and author Brooke Ellison — who died on Feb. 4 at the age of 45 — is being remembered for the enormous impact she had on the disability community. In a Feb. 5 press release, United Spinal Association remembered Ellison for her “wisdom, warmth, and formidable intellect,” and noted that…