Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vax nonprofit turns out to be just another scam.

Efforts to stop the spread of infectious disease have always suffered from a cycle of panic and neglect. Vaccine skepticism in the new administration brings even greater challenges.

The would-be Trump appointee is set to undermine public health—and take public education down with it.

How politicians used the story of one young patient to neglect the AIDS crisis

Plummeting trust in vaccines could be lethal on its own. But there are also ways Trump’s nominee for Health and Human Services could reduce vaccine availability, as well.

The Biden administration cut pandemic-era health benefits, and the Harris campaign failed to present any comprehensive health care reform policies. This was not an inspiring message for voters.

Virus monitoring, the budgets to investigate E. coli outbreaks, and much, much more could be on the chopping block.

Kennedy, an anti-vaxxer with a chilling past, says Trump has promised to name him head of Health and Human Services. The Trump camp has denied this—unconvincingly.

The United States is still in the throes of this devastating emergency. So why has all discussion of it faded from the campaign?

Four people on dairy farms have contracted the disease, but small farms exist in a regulatory no-man’s-land.

Some people mistakenly think raw milk could protect against bird flu. Instead, they could infect themselves, giving the virus a better chance to mutate for rapid human-to-human transmission.

The meat industry is pumping livestock full of antibiotics, exacerbating drug resistance in humans.

He and his allies are planning to “deconstruct” the administrative state by stripping its power and forcing out tens of thousands of workers. That will put all of our lives at risk.

While wild animals can spread the virus, industrial farms are where it really thrives—and likely originated.

Congestion pricing will provoke backlash unless New Yorkers get better public transit now—not later.

High-profile lawsuits have accused pesticides of causing cancer and Parkinson’s. But three states are now considering bills that would prevent these lawsuits.

The agency reportedly plans to tell people with Covid and other infections to isolate based on symptoms. Researchers say symptoms aren’t a good indicator of who’s contagious.

The industry knew decades ago that recycling was never viable in the long term, and now we’re all being poisoned by its product.

Indoor spaces contain, on average, higher concentrations of pollution than outdoor air in communities across the U.S.

Two government agencies have now concluded that the Covid-19 pandemic originated in an accidental leak from a lab. But paradoxically, they also point to a natural origin.