RFK Jr.’s First Big Defeat on CDC Chief Tests Limits of Vaccine Agenda
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s failure to install a fellow vaccine critic to a key government post is testing the limits of how far the US health secretary can go to promote his public-health agenda.
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New CDC Leadership Highly Unlikely to End Its Nicotine Misinformation
Trump's nominee to head the CDC has been withdrawn. A shameful record of impeding smoking cessation is likely to continue ...
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DOGE is driving America’s public-health guardians mad
O N A NARROW road on the main campus of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC) lies Building 21, the crescent-shaped headquarters of America’s premier public-health agency. In a room ...
America Is Botching Measles
U ntil this year, public-health officials have abided by a simple playbook for measles outbreaks: Get unvaccinated people ...
Q&A: America's measles outbreak—professor discusses what you need to know
Last year, there were 16 outbreaks, up from four in 2023. So far in 2025, there have been three outbreaks of measles with ...