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A sign is displayed outside of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) headquarters at the Hubert H. Humphrey Building in Washington, DC, on June 2.

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A pharmacist holds a vial of lenacapavir, at the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation's Masiphumelele Research Site, in Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, July 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht)

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WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 24: Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee Health Subcommittee in the Rayburn House Office Building on June 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. The committee met to hear testimony on the FY2026 Department of Health and Human Services budget. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

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LONDON ENGLAND - JUNE 23: In this photo illustration, Nicotine Pouchs are held on June 23 2025, London, England. (Photo by Peter Dazeley/Getty Images)

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U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a roundtable discussion on soil health in the Mike Mansfield Room at the U.S. Capitol on July 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. Marshall, who created the Senate MAHA Caucus, was joined by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins to discuss his Plant Biostimulant Act, which creates a process for approving the commercial use of plant biostimulants as alternatives to synthetic pesticides and fertilizers.

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FILE - Flu vaccines are lined up at the L.A. Care and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plans' Community Resource Center where they were offering members and the public free flu and COVID-19 vaccines Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, in Lynwood, Calif. As of December 2022, the CDC estimates there have been at least 190,000 hospitalizations and 12,000 deaths from flu so far this season. The deaths include at least 17 children. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

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