vaccines

February 11, 2026

Laura Weiss

How RFK Jr.’s “MAHA” Quackery Is Making Flu Season Worse

Across the country, the staggering costs of vaccine denialism are piling up, to deadly effect.

February 6, 2026

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

RFK Jr. Lied to Senate About Helping to Cause a Measles Outbreak

Newly unearthed emails expose more details on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s trip to Samoa.

February 3, 2026

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

NIH Chief Breaks With RFK Jr. on Key Question From Bernie Sanders

This is, unfortunately, a very big deal.

January 23, 2026

Hafiz Rashid

CDC Vaccines Chief Says Every Single Vaccine Should Be Optional

That includes polio and measles, says the head of a federal panel on vaccines.

January 21, 2026

Melody Schreiber

Our Vaccine System Is Delicate. Trump Just Threw a Bowling Ball at It.

RFK Jr.’s changes to the childhood vaccination schedule threaten the complicated and expensive process through which doctors stock vaccine doses.

January 19, 2026

Benjamin Santos Genta

How AI Is Reshaping Science’s Most Trusted Tool

Systematic reviews take a long time but are the gold standard in evaluating evidence and producing medical recommendations. AI could speed that up—in theory.

January 7, 2026

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

RFK Jr. Conveniently Forgets to Tell Key Group About Vaccine Overhaul

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. slashed the number of vaccine recommendations for children, stunning experts.

December 30, 2025

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

RFK Jr. Will Let Us All Die Just to Make a Buck

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is forcing his MAHA agenda on all of us—and it’s already getting ugly.

December 10, 2025

Melody Schreiber

The Racist Worldview Behind the New Vaccine Recommendations

ACIP’s recent decision to scrap hepatitis B vaccine recommendations for infants is inextricable from its advisers’ apparent belief that immigrants bring disease.

November 23, 2025

Ana Marie Cox

My Weekend With the Anti-Vaxxers

At the Children’s Health Defense conference, conspiracy meets community—and a vaccine-rejection movement gains ground without ever winning majority support.

November 21, 2025

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

RFK Jr. Personally Changed CDC Policy on Linking Vaccines and Autism

The change was made based on Kennedy’s personal beliefs, not actual science.

November 16, 2025

Robert McCoy

GOP Senator Speaks in Riddles Instead of Answering RFK Jr. Question

Bill Cassidy delivered a baffling response rather than admit the truth.

October 29, 2025

Edith Olmsted

RFK Jr. Admits He Can’t Actually Tie Tylenol to Autism

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said there isn’t “sufficient” evidence to back up his claims.

October 29, 2025

Malcolm Ferguson

Ousted Staffer Claims There’s a Coup Against RFK Jr.

A Covid-19 skeptic was fired from the Department of Health and Human Services over the weekend.

October 28, 2025

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Loyal Trump Soldier Ken Paxton Sues Tylenol Over Autism Conspiracy

Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claim that a person taking Tylenol while pregnant can cause their child to develop autism.

October 17, 2025

Grace Segers

Blue States Are Teaming Up to Counter RFK Jr.’s Policies. Can It Work?

Democratic governors are creating coalitions to institute vaccine guidance as public health experts lose faith in the CDC. But what can they actually accomplish?

September 26, 2025

Robert McCoy

Trump Goes on Crazed Rant About Tylenol, Kids, and “Chicken P”

Donald Trump got everything wrong in his latest screed on kids’ vaccines.

September 18, 2025

Edith Olmsted

Democratic-Led States Unveil Plan to Avoid RFK Jr.’s Anti-Vax Nonsense

A group of states on the East Coast have formed their own health coalition.

September 17, 2025

Robert McCoy

Why is Bill Cassidy So Afraid of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.?

Kennedy broke a promise to the Republican senator that he wouldn’t meddle with vaccine policy. Why won’t Cassidy call him out?

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