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Measles Cases This Year Near 1,000. That We Know Of.

There have been nearly 1,000 confirmed measles cases in the US in 2026 so far, according to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s more than four times the amount of cases as this time last year.  It’s unclear how much larger the spread could be, as the CDC’s number […]


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RFK Jr. Supports Trump Push to Ramp Up Glyphosate Output, Angering MAHA Backers

“This executive order reads like it was drafted in a chemical company boardroom,” one MAHA critic said.


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Measles Infection Count in January Topped Total Cases in 2023 and 2024 Combined

If infections continue at their current pace, the US could see triple the number of measles cases seen last year.


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RFK’s Overhauled Autism Committee Is Even Worse Than It Looks

Last April, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. promised that his agency would find the cause of autism “by September.” That didn’t pan out, but this week he appears to be trying again—by stacking a decades-old committee devoted to “innovations in autism research, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention” with his friends and fellow […]


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HHS Wasn’t Worried About South Carolina’s Measles Outbreak. It’s Now Enormous.

With 789 cases and counting, the current measles outbreak in South Carolina is now the nation’s largest since measles was officially eliminated in 2000. The highly contagious virus “is circulating in the community, increasing the risk of exposure and the risk of infection for those who are not immune due to vaccination or natural infection,” […]


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RFK Jr. Wants to End the “War” on Unproven Treatments Like Stem Cell Therapy

About a decade ago, when Doris Tyler was 76, she still had her eyesight. She’d quit driving, but she could see well enough to cook, do laundry, and clean her Central Florida home. But when the treatment for her macular degeneration stopped working, she began exploring other options. Stem cell therapy—whereby patients receive injections of […]


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US Will Likely Lose Its Measles Elimination Status This Spring

The rise in measles cases comes after a year of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. downplaying the importance of vaccines.


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RFK Jr.’s Proteinaceous Food Pyramid Is a Land Hog and a Climate Disaster

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Trump administration’s new dietary guidelines urging Americans to eat far more meat and dairy products will, if followed, come at a major cost to the planet via huge swathes of habitat razed for farmland and millions of tons of extra planet-heating emissions. A new […]


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Public Health Groups Sue CDC and RFK Jr. Over New Childhood Vaccine Schedule

Polling shows a deep distrust of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in his role.


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Critics Question RFK Jr.’s Changes to Food Guidance That Emphasize Red Meat

The changes are “a giant step back from decades of evidence-based nutrition research and science,” a nutritionist said.


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CDC Slashes Vaccine Recommendations for Children, Alarming Health Experts

“We can no longer trust … our federal government for credible information about vaccines,” one critic said.


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