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RFK Jr. touts measles response in defense of CDC overhaul  NewsNation The ‘strangling angel’ returns? RFK Jr.’s policies could foster a resurgence of now-rare diseases  Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Exploring RFK Jr.’s Influence and Samoa’s Measles Outbreak  Pulitzer Center RFK Jr.’s mixed vax signals put Black school kids at higher risk  St. Louis American RFK, Jr. says ‘let measles run its course’. That’s …

Nine former leaders of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have spoken out against Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, publishing an open letter that criticises his policies – including restricting vaccines, pulling funding for research, and firing thousands of healthcare workers. They also wrote in an open letter that last week’s removal of Dr Susan Monarez as …

RFK Jr.’s power play faces key September tests  Axios Opinion | We Ran the CDC: RFK Jr. Is Endangering Every American’s Health  The New York Times Kennedy wants to limit CDC’s role to infectious diseases  NBC News “Fire RFK Jr. Now.”  Mother Jones Former CDC directors slam RFK Jr. in op-ed: “Endangering every American’s health”  CBS News Source link

RFK Jr. and MAHA fuel America’s battle with food  Axios The real reason so many people in the US have unhealthy diets  48 Hills The MAHA Trend in Groceries Will Backfire  The Atlantic RFK Jr. splinters Americans over vaccines and food regulation  Axios How ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Has Shaken the U.S. Food Industry  iHeart Source link

The recent purge of several high-level members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sent shock waves through the political establishment. And with political shock waves seeming to hit every few hours these days, that’s quite a feat.  The ouster of Dr. Susan Monarez, the CDC’s new director and an infectious disease expert who was just confirmed by 51 …

Senator Bernie Sanders published an op-ed in The New York Times on August 30, 2025, urging Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to step down, citing what he calls a “crisis of confidence” in America’s public health institutions. Sanders’ critique comes in the wake of a string of controversial actions by Kennedy, including the abrupt dismissal of …

[NB: check the byline, thanks. /~Rayne] I’ve been sick with COVID this past week, missing the first classes of the fall semester. I was exposed by a cancer patient who finished a second round of chemotherapy earlier this month. They weren’t vaccinated within the last year because they were undergoing chemo. They were exposed after Saturday evening mass at their …

While unrest and new vaccine restrictions have kept US health agencies in headlines, there’s one vaccine program in particular that Robert F Kennedy Jr, secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), recently vowed to “fix”, which experts say could further upend the vaccine industry and prevent people experiencing rare side effects from vaccines from getting financial …

Sanders pressures RFK Jr. to resign as Health chief after CDC chaos  The Hill Opinion | Bernie Sanders: Kennedy Must Resign  The New York Times Sen. Bernie Sanders calls on RFK Jr. to resign following departure of CDC officials  Fox News Bernie Sanders demands that RFK Jr step down as health secretary  The Guardian Senator Sanders says U.S. Health Secretary Kennedy must resign  Reuters Source …

Bernie Sanders has joined in on growing public calls for Donald Trump’s health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, to resign, after recent chaos across US health agencies. In an op-ed published in the New York Times on Saturday, the Vermont senator accused Kennedy of “endangering the health of the American people now and into the future”, adding: “He must resign.” …