RFK Jr.‘s bloodbath at HHS: Blowback grows as losses become clearer
Last week, Health Secretary and anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the Trump administration…
The CDC buried a measles forecast that stressed the need for vaccinations
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“This will be a painful period”: RFK Jr. slashes 24% of US health dept.
Health Secretary and anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is slashing a total of 20,000…
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RFK Jr. claws back $11.4B in CDC funding amid wave of top-level departures
Those departures follow Kevin Griffis, head of the CDC’s office of communications, who left last…
US measles outlook is so bad health experts call for updating vaccine guidance
With measles declared eliminated from the US in 2000 and national herd immunity strong, health…
RFK Jr. ends transparency policy, cancels public meeting after openness vow
Still, the advisory meetings were the most open portion of the US process. The advisors…
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Doctors report upticks in severe brain dysfunction among kids with flu
Doctors around the US have anecdotally reported an uptick of children critically ill with the…
Unvaccinated school-aged child dies of measles in Texas amid growing outbreak
Ongoing outbreak The current outbreak in Texas also involves a close-knit religious community—Mennonites—that has largely…
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RFK Jr. promptly cancels vaccine advisory meeting, pulls flu shot campaign
Indefinite changes Stat asked the HHS specifically about the Wild to Mild campaign as well…
“The country is less safe”: CDC disease detective program gutted
The cadre of elite disease detectives at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is…