Category: Public Health

On Autism, Kennedy Turns Against Science and Reality
During his first news conference as Health and Human Services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.…

‘MAHA’ Faithful Impatient With RFK Jr. as He Leads Trump’s HHS
Supporters of a nontraditional medical freedom movement who’ve placed their faith in Health and Human…

RFK Jr. Struggles To Navigate Frustrated Supporters and a Demanding Boss
After the Senate voted to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services…

Beyond Ivy League, RFK Jr.’s NIH Slashed Science Funding Across States That Backed Trump
The National Institutes of Health’s sweeping cuts of grants that fund scientific research are inflicting…

Magic Happens When Kids and Adults Learn To Swim. Tragedy Can Strike if They Don’t.
At a swim meet just outside St. Louis, heads turned when a team of young…

RFK Jr.’s Purge of FOIA Staff at FDA Spares People Working on Covid Vaccine Lawsuits
Mass firings at the FDA have decimated divisions tasked with releasing public records generated by…

Tácticas migratorias de Trump obstaculizan esfuerzos para evitar una pandemia de gripe aviar, dicen investigadores
Las agresivas tácticas de deportación han aterrorizado a los trabajadores agrícolas, que son el centro…

Trump’s Immigration Tactics Obstruct Efforts To Avert Bird Flu Pandemic, Researchers Say
Aggressive deportation tactics have terrorized farmworkers at the center of the nation’s bird flu strategy,…

Misinformation About Fentanyl Exposure Threatens To Undermine Overdose Response
Fentanyl, the deadly synthetic opioid driving the nation’s high drug overdose rates, is also caught…

Se cancelan clínicas de vacunación por recortes federales, mientras aumentan los casos de sarampión
Más de una docena de clínicas de vacunación se cancelaron en el condado de Pima,…