The late journalist revealed in an essay in The New Yorker in November that she had been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, a rare and aggressive type of cancer that is mostly common above the age of 60. Doctors were first alerted to her condition after she gave birth to her second child in May 2024. They detected an unusually high white blood cell count, which is caused by the disease.
The two were once in a relationship and were the talk of Washington, D.C.'s spicy political circles. Nuzzi was the wunderkind who wrote well-received, insider-type profiles at places such as Vanity Fair, New York magazine and The Daily Beast. Lizza, 18 years her senior, had a resume that included work at places such as New York, The New Yorker, CNN and Politico.
Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is now spending her time promoting psychedelic drugs and artificial intelligence - and touting her closeness with the Trump administration. Sinema, of Arizona, remains the first out bisexual person ever elected to Congress. She was an Arizona state legislator and then a member of the U.S. House of Representatives before being elected to the Senate in 2018.
Jessica Reed Kraus likes to talk about the power of gossip and "quality conspiracy." The Substack and Instagram star, who writes under the handle "House Inhabit," became an unlikely powerhouse within the world of conservative media by providing her readers-many of them women-with just that. Although Kraus isn't a household name, she's famous to a slice of Americans; she told me that her Instagram stories can get more than a hundred million monthly views.
Whereas what is happening at HHS is ... a lot of opinions, particularly from RFK Jr. himself, on unproven therapeutics, on risks that are not borne out by the data. And then he's sort of just hand waving and doing whatever he wants, Karan said.
WSJ obtained a summary of the poll that read, Our recent national survey of voters shows that there is broad unity across party lines supporting vaccines such as measles (MMR), shingles, tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis (TDAP), and hepatitis B. The report concluded that the results were in line with what numerous other surveys have shown: A majority of the public, including both Democrats and Republicans, remain broadly supportive of requiring that children be vaccinated against preventable diseases to attend school.
CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten revealed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is America's favorite among President Donald Trump's key officials though the numbers for all are in the negative. On Thursday, Enten joined CNN anchor John Berman as Kennedy went through a fiery hearing with the Senate Finance Committee. Enten reported that despite Kennedy's controversial vaccine skepticism and moves to influence the CDC he remains more popular than others in the administration.
CNN anchor Abby Phillip was stunned by the attack that GOP analyst Scott Jennings leveled at the credibility of now-former Trump Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases Dr. Demetre Daskalakis. Dr. Daskalakis is among a raft of senior officials who resigned in the wake of President Donald Trump's attempted firing of CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez, along with CDC leaders like Dr. Deb Houry.
Perhaps most damningly, the younger Kennedy has elected to " wind down" the development of mRNA vaccines and cancel $500 million in research contracts because of his vaccine skepticism, particularly as it relates to COVID-19 vaccines. Along with its incredible efficacy at staving off further death from the coronavirus pandemic, researchers working with mRNA believe they may be close to achieving a monumental milestone: creating a universal cancer vaccine using the promising biotechnology.
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. praised President Donald Trump as the answer to his prayers, emphasizing their mutual goal of dismantling the status quo.
