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Trump's lawyers now represent migrant children in court
The HHS secretary created a division where government lawyers represent children against the government in deportation cases, raising due process concerns.
Thehill · 2m
Pediatricians fight raw milk push as Kennedy backs reversal
The American Academy of Pediatrics renews its call to ban raw milk as anti-vaccine rhetoric and misinformation erode decades of public health progress.
Ars Technica · 1m
Kennedy launches federal push on vaccine injuries
RFK Jr.'s HHS announces a four-part initiative to study and document claimed vaccine harms, including a new NIH clinic and payments to doctors for reporting.
Ars Technica · 1m
CDC pushes ahead with condemned vaccine trial
Health experts erupt as the CDC seeks to fund a trial that would deny hepatitis B vaccines to newborns in Guinea-Bissau, putting them at risk of lifelong infection.
Ars Technica · 2m
Gas station opioids: kratom and 7-OH explained
Kratom and 7-OH are highly addictive opioid-like drugs sold openly at gas stations across America, sparking regulatory action and political conflict.
Vox · 3m
Fifth measles death in Pennsylvania outbreak
A fifth unvaccinated person has died of measles in Pennsylvania as the outbreak spreads across 39 counties, but the CDC is counting only two deaths.
Ars Technica · 1m
Kennedy's $10 million fitness test push
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. launches a nationwide competition to get schools to adopt Trump's revived Presidential Fitness Test.
NBC News · 3m
Measles surges as health officials fall silent
The U.S. faces its worst measles outbreak in 35 years, but federal health leaders are downplaying the crisis instead of urging vaccination.
TIME · 2m
CDC lost a third of its workforce in one year
A union report shows the nation's top public health agency hemorrhaged 3,000 employees under the Trump administration, crippling its ability to respond to disease outbreaks.
Mother Jones · 1m
CDC finally opens COVID vaccine orders after month-long delay
States can now order free COVID-19 vaccines for children, but Trump officials have not explained why ordering was held up for nearly a month.
Ars Technica · 1m
Trump's surgeon general pick backs MMR vaccine, rejects autism link
Dr. Nicole Saphier defended vaccines at her confirmation hearing, distancing herself from Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s past claims.
Fox News · 2m
Shapiro demands RFK Jr. acknowledge Pennsylvania measles deaths
Governor refuses federal funding until health secretary recognizes four deaths the CDC won't list.
PhillyVoice · 2m
Estradiol patch shortage hits pharmacies
Demand for menopause hormone therapy surged after FDA removed safety warnings, leaving women unable to fill prescriptions.
Dallas Express · 2m
RFK Jr. promises to investigate chemtrails
The health secretary embraces a debunked conspiracy theory at an anti-vaccine event.
Futurism · 1m · 6 views
RFK Jr. stacks preventive medicine task force with allies
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appointed eight new members to a federal panel that shapes health insurance coverage, raising concerns about scientific independence.
Ars Technica · 1m
The True Cost of Beef
Rising prices and climate concerns could end beef's reign the way electric cars are replacing gas guzzlers.
The New Yorker · 3m
Pennsylvania demands CDC recognize measles deaths for help
State requests federal support but only if agency acknowledges four fatalities disputed by Trump's health secretary.
CNBC · 1m · 5 views