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“Like Making Elon Musk the Head of the FAA”—Meet Acting CDC Director Jim O’Neill

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reeling this week after a major leadership upheaval. Its director Susan Monarez—a microbiologist confirmed by the Senate to lead the agency—was unexpectedly fired just weeks into her tenure. Monarez reportedly clashed with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over what she described as […]

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Trump’s Mental Health Plan: Defund, Incarcerate, Disappear

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When President Donald Trump tries to defend his mass deportation agenda, he claims, without evidence, that immigrants are entering the United States from “mental institutions and insane asylums.”  When he wants to insult people—like Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Mo.), or former Vice President Kamala Harris—he calls them “low IQ,” “deranged,” and […]

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Trump’s CDC Failed in Emergency Response to Measles as Cases Exploded in Texas

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While the Trump administration stifled CDC communications, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fueled doubt in vaccines.

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RFK Jr. Is Getting Personal Authority Over Who to Kick Off Medicaid

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Freddie Elmore hasn’t worked for around 20 years. Now, he’s trying to figure out how, and if, he can return to the workforce—not because he thinks he can do so while managing his health, but because he is concerned that he will lose Medicaid. To retain Medicaid coverage, Elmore, who lives with disorders including central […]

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Court Ruling Clears the Way for Hundreds of CDC Staff to Be Laid Off

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“Our public health system is weaker than ever before,” said the union representing CDC workers.

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Anti-Vaxxers Are Making Excuses for the CDC Shooter

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When Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appeared on Scripps News this week to address the tragic CDC shooting, he began by condemning the violence that had occurred four days earlier, when shooter Patrick Joseph White fired over 180 rounds into CDC buildings in Atlanta, Georgia. White broke approximately 150 windows and […]

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The Plot Against Vaccines

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The seeds of a court case that has lasted for more than 20 years were planted in February 2001, when the parents of 11-month-old Yates Hazlehurst took him to the doctor for a routine measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine. Soon after, his family would allege in a court hearing, Yates became “wild,” “very hyperactive,” […]

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Unpacking the MAHA Mirage: Trump Guts Healthcare While Preaching Wellness

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More than 100 million Americans are obese, 38 million are diabetic, 116 million are hypertensive, and 26 million suffer from asthma. Whether or not you’re among the 60 percent of Americans whose medical chart lists a chronic illness, everyone suffers from them: They keep people out of work and in pain and contribute to skyrocketing […]

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Trump Is Trying to Dismantle Public Health — and Replace It With a Police State

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It’s time to return to the kind of bottom-up struggle that helped establish modern public health in the first place.

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At Least 1,277 Measles Cases Identified in 2025 — the Highest Number Since 1992

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Health experts describe the count as “devastating,” as the virus was deemed virtually eradicated in the early 2000s.

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RFK Jr. Defunds Global Vaccine Group That Has Prevented Nearly 19 Million Deaths

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Kennedy also recently fired a CDC vaccine advisory panel and stacked it with unqualified anti-vax appointees.

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