Bill Nye, the science educator who’s been a TV mainstay for decades, is not the kind of guy you’d expect would be friends with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the most prominent anti-science kook in the country. But apparently they go way back. And Nye is getting sick of all the texts he’s getting from Kennedy […]
Trump and DOGE Are Destroying U.S. Public Health Agencies From the Inside Out
President Donald Trump isn’t done ripping the country’s public health agencies to shreds. The Trump administration, via the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has reportedly ordered the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to cut over a third of its spending on contracts by mid-April. The New York Times first reported Wednesday on the severe […]
RFK Jr Tells His Favorite Anti-Vaccine Group to Delete Mock CDC Website
Anti-vaccine advocate and health secretary for the United States, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., ordered the nonprofit he once chaired to delete a webpage that mimicked the design of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention while wrongly linking vaccines to autism. The New York Times earlier reported on the development. RFK Jr. has long been […]
HIV Is on the Brink of Defeat, but Trump’s Pending Funding Cuts Could Bring It Back
The Trump administration might be looking to give HIV a hand. The federal government is reportedly eyeing drastic cuts to its funding for HIV prevention efforts at home. The Wall Street Journal first reported on the potential funding cuts Tuesday afternoon, citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter. Should the pruning go through, it would […]
White House Abruptly Yanks CDC Nomination of Dave Weldon, Longtime Vaccine Skeptic
The Trump administration appears to have reached a bridge too far. On Thursday, the White House withdrew its nomination of former Florida congressman and physician Dave Weldon to take charge of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Axios was the first to report on the withdrawal, occurring mere minutes before the Senate Health, Education, […]
The Measles Outbreaks Aren’t Going Away Soon, CDC Warns
The surging measles outbreak, which has already sickened hundreds and hospitalized dozens in Texas and New Mexico, will get worse before it gets better. In a recent alert sent to health care providers, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated that it expects the deadly virus to continue to spread rapidly. The CDC’s warning […]
Hundreds of Ducks Found Dead of Suspected Bird Flu Around Chicago
Roughly 200-300 ducks have been found dead in Chicago and the northern suburbs around Lake Michigan in recent days, according to a new report from local news outlet NBC5. The red-breasted mergansers have died of suspected bird flu, according to local experts who spoke with NBC5, though it doesn’t appear tests have confirmed that suspicion […]
USAID Website Goes Offline as Trump Continues to Dismantle Government
The website for USAID, the U.S. government agency that distributes foreign aid, went down on Saturday, and it’s unclear when it may return. The outage comes as every federal website has been ordered to erase forbidden words, though USAID’s outage could related to reports that Donald Trump plans to put most of the agency under […]