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fromwww.npr.org
2 months ago
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Covering vaccines in an age of distrust

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is rapidly reshaping vaccine policy, challenging established safety and effectiveness assurances and increasing misinformation and regulatory uncertainty.
fromThe Nation
4 months ago
Public health

We Have No One to Blame for Public Health Disasters But Ourselves

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as HHS Secretary, prioritized anti-vaccine ideology over scientific evidence, eroding public trust and failing to address environmental contributors to disease.
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fromWIRED
3 weeks ago
Public health

HHS Is Making an AI Tool to Create Hypotheses About Vaccine Injury Claims

fromWIRED
3 weeks ago
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HHS Is Making an AI Tool to Create Hypotheses About Vaccine Injury Claims

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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 week ago

Bizarre New RFK Jr Video Features Shirtless Secretary Climbing Into Tub in Jeans

I've teamed up with @KidRock to deliver two simple messages to the American people: GET ACTIVE + EAT REAL FOOD, declared Kennedy in an X post featuring the video, which begins with the two shirtless men Kennedy in jeans and Rock in shorts smiling for the camera together before the words, Secretary Kennedy and Kid Rock's ROCK OUT WORK OUT appear on screen.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 week ago

Lawrence O'Donnell Blasts Trump For Killing More People In Peacetime Than Any President In History'

President Donald Trump's policies caused more peacetime deaths than any previous U.S. president.
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 week ago

RFK Jr. Boasts He's Not Scared' of Germs Because He Used to Snort Cocaine Off of Toilet Seats'

I mean, for meI said, I don't care what happens, I'm going to a meeting every day,' he explained. And I said, I'm not scared of a germ; I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats. And I know this disease will kill me if I don't treat it, which means, for me, going to meetings every day.' He added, For me, it was survival.
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fromJezebel
2 weeks ago

MAHA's Views on Food Are Widely Popular. Its Anti-Vaccine Identity Isn't.

MAHA blends legitimate public-health concerns with conspiracy-driven pseudoscience and conflicting political identities, producing a heterogeneous, self-contradictory movement.
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fromBuzzFeed
2 weeks ago

This CNN Anchor Is Going Viral For Calling Bullsh*t On Dr. Oz's Vaccine Claim

Measles outbreaks prompted officials to urge vaccination while Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promoted unproven treatments and framed vaccination as a personal choice.
fromTruthout
2 weeks ago

Report Shows RFK Jr. Plainly Lied About Samoa Visit When Being Confirmed

Kennedy visited Samoa in June 2019, during a time of high interest in the country for anti-vaccine activists. Two babies died in 2018 in the country after they were injected with a tainted vaccine, which investigators found was not related to the vaccine itself, but the nurses' faulty administration. Afterward, however, the government suspended the measles, mumps, and rubella, or MMR, vaccination program for 10 months - the period during which Kennedy visited and met with top government officials.
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from48 hills
3 weeks ago

Optional vaccines? CDC chair's bizarre views would turn US into deadly experiment - 48 hills

A CDC advisory chair rejected established scientific methods and promoted unsupported claims linking vaccines to harm, undermining public health expertise.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Bari Weiss's new CBS hires include germ theory denialist' doctor

Among the new hires at CBS announced by Bari Weiss is a doctor who has claimed that he has reduced his biological age by 20 years with therapies including cold plunges; that cod liver oil can treat autism and that conditions like Alzheimer's and dementia can be reversed with the kind of nutritional supplements he also sells on his online store.
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fromIntelligencer
3 weeks ago

Will RFK Jr. Run for President in 2028?

There are very few scenarios where J.D. Vance is not the Republican nominee for president in 2028. Donald Trump has flirted with illegally running for a third term, but he will be, at the time of the next election, 82 years old. He is very unpopular. While seizing the Republican nomination for a fourth consecutive time is not out of the realm of possibility for a politician as brazen and corrupt as he is, it is, at this point, highly unlikely.
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fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

What Is RFK Jr. After?

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. intends to remake America's public-health system and persists determinedly despite controversy and significant opposition.
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fromTruthout
1 month ago

Public Health Groups Sue RFK Jr., CDC Over New Childhood Vaccine Schedule

Public health groups sued to reverse the CDC's reduction of childhood vaccine recommendations, alleging HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appointed anti-vaccine advisers.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

US health officials reverse course and reinstate $1.9bn to mental health and substance use

Nearly $2 billion in SAMHSA mental health and substance use program cuts were reinstated after an abrupt shutdown announcement and widespread public outcry.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Even RFK Jr. Unsure How Trump Is Still Alive While Enjoying Road Diet of Junk Food and Diet Coke: Pumping Himself Full of Poison'

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. criticized President Trump's diet—McDonald's, candy, near-constant Diet Coke—while acknowledging Trump's unusually robust health and high energy.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Ryan Lizza: Viral Tell-All on Olivia Nuzzi Wasn't Lucrative

Ryan Lizza's viral Substack on Olivia Nuzzi generated traffic and subscriptions but failed to cover his unpaid $127,000 legal bill or ensure sustained revenue.
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fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Be Declared Honorary Virus

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is celebrated by viruses for promoting childhood diseases by opposing vaccination, altering vaccine schedules, and enabling disease spread.
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fromWIRED
1 month ago

New Records Reveal the Mess RFK Jr. Left When He Dumped a Dead Bear in Central Park

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. transported a roadkilled bear to keep the meat and later tried to stage it in Central Park as a bicycle accident.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Did RFK Jr and Cheryl Hines skip cousin's funeral after she slammed him?

Tatiana Schlossberg's private, invitation-only funeral in New York drew many high-profile attendees while Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his wife were absent.
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from48 hills
2 months ago

A year of living dangerously: Trump's war on public health-and how to fight for the future - 48 hills

The Trump administration is moving to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth and is undermining US public health while promoting misleading, unscientific information.
Public health
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Anti-vaccine group once led by RFK Jr circulates false assertions amid measles outbreak

Children's Health Defense defends Robert F Kennedy Jr while measles outbreaks surge in the US, largely affecting unvaccinated children.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Liam Neeson denies anti-vax views after narrating Covid documentary

Liam Neeson narrates a documentary promoting vaccine skepticism and praising RFK Jr., while his representatives deny he is anti-vaccination.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Michigan Democrat moves to impeach RFK Jr, alleging abuse of authority'

A Democratic representative filed articles of impeachment accusing Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of abusing authority and undermining public health through harmful policies.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

American Canto by Olivia Nuzzi review insufferable filler that sidesteps the real issues

Olivia Nuzzi seeks to be taken seriously while exploring how youth, conventional attractiveness and an affair with RFK Jr. shaped perceptions and professional consequences.
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

SHOCK POLL: RFK Jr. Is One of the Most Popular Political Figures in the Country

Some 2,204 registered voters in the United States were asked how they viewed a host of political figures as part of a Harvard-Harris poll conducted between December 2-4. The highest rated figures, according to the poll, were Kennedy, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Vice President JD Vance, and California Governor Gavin Newsom (D). For RFK Jr., 43% of those polled viewed him favorably, while just 40% viewed him unfavorably for a gap of 3% toward favorable.
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fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

Does Olivia Nuzzi Make Good Copy?

Olivia Nuzzi's rapid political-journalism rise, reported relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and ensuing personal and professional fallout sparked renewed tabloid scrutiny.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

Ryan Lizza Posts Part 4 of His Substack Series Bashing Ex-Fiancee Olivia Nuzzi With Frustrating Update on the Mar-A-Lago Tape

Olivia Nuzzi is accused of suppressing damaging stories about Robert F. Kennedy Jr., potentially engineering a secret Trump recording, and facing professional review and departure.
fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
2 months ago

Robert F Kennedy Jr is currently receiving gender-affirming care. Yes, really

US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, , who once likened gender-affirming care to 'mutilation,' is currently undergoing... gender-affirming care. The 71-year-old Republican is reportedly taking hormone replacement therapy medication despite his repeated criticism of the medical treatment, which is an often life-saving way to affirm trans people's gender identity. Since becoming US health secretary in February, Kennedy has falsely framed gender-affirming care as a form of "chemical and surgical mutilation" while enacting policies pressuring major healthcare providers to cease trans healthcare services.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

Ryan Lizza Accuses Olivia Nuzzi of Conspiring With RFK Jr. to Kill Damaging Stories Including the Infamous Bear Cub Carcass

Olivia Nuzzi is accused of breaching journalistic ethics by helping Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suppress damaging stories and outing a confidential source.
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 months ago

Jimmy Kimmel Reacts to RFK Jr's Alleged Dirty Messages About Gross' Sex Act: So Vile'

The good news for Trump is that his administration has a new sex scandal that for once has nothing to do with him, said Kimmel during his monologue on Jimmy Kimmel Live. After explaining Kennedy's alleged digital affair with Nuzzi, which was further detailed by Nuzzi's ex-fiance Ryan Lizza in an article last week, Kimmel then proceeded to read out several of the poems Kennedy allegedly sent Nuzzi while she was engaged.
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fromThe Atlantic
3 months ago

The Atlantic's January Cover: Michael Scherer Profiles Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 'The Most Powerful Man in Science'

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as HHS secretary, dismantles career staff, promotes vaccine skepticism, investigates alleged vaccine-related chronic diseases, and allies with COVID-era dissenters.
fromThe Atlantic
3 months ago

The Most Powerful Man in Science

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. somehow knew, even as a little boy, that fate can lead a person to terrible places. "I always had the feeling that we were all involved in some great crusade," Kennedy once wrote, "that the world was a battleground for good and evil, and that our lives would be consumed in that conflict." He was 9 years old when his uncle was assassinated and 14 when his father suffered the same fate.
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fromFortune
3 months ago

Kennedy admits that he personally ordered CDC to update website on vaccines and autism, contradicting many years of guidance | Fortune

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. personally directed the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to update its website to contradict its longtime guidance that vaccines don't cause autism, he told The New York Times in an interview published Friday. His comments provide clarity into who directed the CDC's website change, after many current and former staffers at the agency were surprised to see new published guidance on Wednesday that defies scientific consensus.
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fromfuturism.com
3 months ago

The "Sober" RFK Jr. Has Allegedly Been Smoking DMT

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reportedly uses DMT and other psychedelics while opposing vaccines and overseeing regulatory actions favoring nicotine products.
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fromThe Atlantic
3 months ago

Russell Brand Called Me a Nazi at Anti-Vaxxer Prom

A celebrity-led anti-vaccine movement rallied around Robert F. Kennedy Jr., uniting distrust of medical institutions, conspiracy rhetoric, and performative solidarity at a conference.
fromWashingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.
3 months ago

RFK Jr.'s Georgetown Neighbors Are Trolling Him With Window Decorations - Washingtonian

First was a copy of the book We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation. In response to Kennedy's scientifically-unsupported claims that autism is a preventable disease caused by "environmental toxins"- including Tylenol -the Paynes displayed six copies in their window, along with a sign announcing a live book signing by author Eric Garcia. "Twenty people showed up," says Jim, not without pride.
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fromFortune
3 months ago

JD Vance on RFK and the MAHA movement: Many times in history, 'all the experts were wrong' | Fortune

"Of all the specific initiatives that you guys have worked on effectively, the most important thing is that your team is willing to ask questions that people in government haven't been asking in a long time,"
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fromwww.mediaite.com
3 months ago

Trump Roasted for Reaction to Fainting Man in SNL Cold Open

Saturday Night Live lampooned President Trump’s indifferent reaction to a man fainting in the Oval Office, also ridiculing RFK Jr. and White House turmoil.
fromBusiness Insider
3 months ago

Bill Gates helped convince Trump against letting RFK Jr. lead a vaccine and autism task force in 2017, a new book says

Bill Gates played a key role in keeping Robert F. Kennedy, Jr out of President Donald Trump's first administration, a new book says. When Kennedy met with the president-elect at Trump Tower in early 2017, he told reporters afterward that Trump had asked him to chair a "commission on vaccine safety and scientific integrity." Spokespeople for Trump later put out a statement saying that no decision had been made, and Kennedy ultimately never joined his first administration.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
4 months ago

Wave of anti-science bills pushed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. allies hits statehouses, endangering health protections

Over 420 anti-science bills pushed by allies of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Trump officials threaten longstanding public health protections nationwide.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
4 months ago

John Thune Shades RFK Jr. in MSNBC Swipe: If I Were a Woman'

John Thune rejected Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s public-health advice, cited concerns over Tylenol-autism claims, and emphasized GOP dissent and congressional independence.
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

Where do babies come from? Robert F Kennedy Jr doesn't seem to know | Arwa Mahdawi

Robert F Kennedy Jr is the father of six children. He's also the US health secretary. Two facts that might lead a reasonable person to assume he possesses a basic understanding of how foetuses develop. In a shocking development, however, it seems that Kennedy an anti-vaxxer who says his brain was partly eaten by a parasitic worm may not know what he's talking about.
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fromVulture
4 months ago

The Worm 'Ate Just a Little Bit' of RFK Jr.'s Brain

"Does he or does he not have a brain worm?" Behar asked, slamming her hand down on the table. "It ate just a little bit of his brain and died," Hines responded. "So don't worry." The other women of The View were confused, seemingly not having heard of the famous Kennedy brain worm, which was first reported on by the New York Times in May 2024.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
4 months ago

May I Finish?' Cheryl Hines and The View's Sunny Hostin Throw Down Over Hines's Husband RFK Jr.

Sunny Hostin and Cheryl Hines clashed on The View over Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s suitability to lead HHS amid concerns about vaccine skepticism and misinformation.
fromBuzzFeed
4 months ago

This Clip Of RFK Jr.'s Latest Comments About Autism Is Going Viral For All The Wrong Reasons

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. drew criticism Thursday after suggesting his department is working to "make the proof" linking Tylenol use during pregnancy to autism.
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fromArs Technica
4 months ago

Childhood vaccines safe for a little longer as CDC cancels advisory meeting

An October ACIP meeting was canceled without explanation, temporarily preserving the evidence-based childhood vaccination schedule.
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