It looks as though Robert F. Kennedy Jr. isn’t quite done tearing apart the country’s public health system. The antivaccination supporter turned health secretary is reportedly planning to retire the current roster of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). The Wall Street Journal was the first to report on Kennedy’s plan last Friday. RFK […]
More Signs RFK Jr. Wants to Be Your President in 2028
Sure, you may believe the current situation represents the worst possible political reality. But to that, I say, RFK Jr. 2028? It’s no joke; Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the longtime antivaxxer and current steward of the country’s public health, may indeed be eyeing another presidential run. Axios first reported Wednesday that RFK Jr.’s super PAC […]
RFK Jr. Is Opening the Alternative Medicine Floodgates
Snake oil salesmen will be eating good during the Trump presidency. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently declared that he will greatly expand people’s access to experimental and alternative medical treatments, even while acknowledging that a “lot of charlatans” are likely to take advantage of suffering people as a result. RFK Jr. made the announcement during […]
RFK Jr. to Congress: ‘Ultra-Processed Food Is a Genocide on the American Indian’
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced Congress for the first time since taking over the Department of Health and Human Services. Today, RFK Jr. appeared before both the House and Senate in two separate committee hearings. Though the main thrust of Kennedy’s testimony concerned the upcoming HHS budget, the former environmental lawyer was also pressed to […]
Moderna’s Super-Vaccine for Flu and Covid Works—Now Politics Could Sink It
Moderna’s mRNA-based flu and covid-19 vaccine could provide the best of both worlds—if it’s actually ever approved by the Food and Drug Administration. This week, scientists at Moderna published data from a Phase III trial testing the company’s combination vaccine, codenamed mRNA-1083. Individuals given mRNA-1083 appeared to generate the same or even greater immune response […]
Trump’s Latest NIH Purge Kills the National Cancer Hotline
The federal government is continuing to hollow out its research centers. The National Institutes of Health has carried out a second, unexpected round of layoffs across its various departments, including staff at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The layoffs were first reported late Monday evening by CBS News, based on interviews with current and recently […]
How Trump’s Proposed Budget Will Gut Public Health in America
The Trump administration is hoping to take a sledgehammer to science and public health. In its new proposed budget released this week, the White House is pushing for sweeping cuts to the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other vital agencies. The White House revealed its budget proposal Friday. […]
Report: RFK Jr.-Led HHS Has Shut Down Federal Lab Studying the World’s Scariest Germs
The Trump administration looks to be surrendering in the war against germs. A new report from Wired reveals the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has shuttered a federal lab dedicated to studying some of the deadliest infectious diseases in the world. According to Wired’s report, published Wednesday, the Integrated Research Facility in Frederick, […]
As RFK Crusades to ‘Make America Healthy,’ FDA Suspends Milk Quality Tests
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has claimed he wants to “Make America Healthy Again,” but pretty much everything he’s done since taking over as head of the Department of Health and Human Services seems destined to make Americans sicker and less healthy. Reuters reports that, under Kennedy, the Food and Drug Administration has announced it will […]
Secretary Brain Worm: RFK Jr. Tells Trump We’ll Know the ‘Cause’ of Autism by Fall
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the head of the Department of Health and Human Services, made a series of absurd statements during a cabinet meeting with President Donald Trump on Thursday, including a claim that he would reveal the “cause” of autism by September, teasing the reveal like a new product launch for the fall. And […]