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Scientific references on vaccine safety and efficacy

"My opinions about vaccines are irrelevant," Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said during the House hearing.

Statement available as a PDF here. As Congress scrutinizes sweeping HHS budget proposals, advocates demand inclusion, protection, and person-centered reform  “We don’t need to divide our community. We need to come together to protect those of us who are at risk of being harmed by the changes. It is not…

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has long claimed a secret database holds the truth about vaccines and autism. Now that he's in charge, his anti-vaccine supporters wonder — can he deliver?

Even though David Geier is not a physician, he gave autistic children a dangerous, unapproved drug and improperly prescribed puberty blockers.

David Geier has repeatedly claimed that vaccines cause autism. Working alongside his father, he has published a number of studies on the subject that have since been retracted.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the agency is planning to study what causes autism and release results in September. Experts question how realistic this goal is.

Samoa’s top health official has denounced as “a complete lie” remarks that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made during his bid to become U.S. health secretary. Kennedy has said that some who died in a 2019 measles epidemic in Samoa didn't have measles. Samoa Director-General of Health Dr. Alec Ekeroma has told The Associated Press that it would be “a danger to us" and "a danger to everyone” if Kennedy is affirmed as the top U.S. health official this week. Kennedy’s detractors in the U.S. Senate say he contributed to fear of and misinformation about vaccines in Samoa which Kennedy denies.

The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is disappointed by the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Kennedy has a long record of spreading misinformation about autism in particular and public health in general. He is an unqualified and dangerous choice for…

Folklorist Timothy Tangherlini explains how certain basic human drives, coupled with social media, fuel the spread of conspiracies.

A new study finds that cultural habits of thinking, feeling, and acting had a big impact on how countries responded to COVID-19.

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Despite the ongoing spread of COVID, measles and bird flu, Trump has handed power to anti-vaxxers and vaccine skeptics.

Addressing how the pandemic intersects with issues of social, economic, environmental, racial, gender, and disability justice.

State differences indicate that techniques may work better in some populations than others.

With a longtime vaccine skeptic serving as the country’s top health official, the movement is likely to make further inroads.

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US health secretary claims data will be used for research but has not addressed privacy concerns and potential misuse

A new modeling study offers a stark look at caseloads in the next two decades if current trends hold. Can the nation’s healthcare system handle the strain?

John Oliver discusses the budget and staffing cuts being made to public health agencies in the U.S. under RFK Jr.’s new leadership, the many ways those cuts ...

We spend the hour with acclaimed journalist and author Naomi Klein, whose new book Doppelganger out this week explores what she calls "the mirror world," a g...

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Scientists who have dedicated their careers to studying autism remain highly skeptical that a definitive answer to what causes autism can be reached within a few short months — if at all.

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At the heart of all Trump administration policies is ‘soft eugenics’ thinking – the idea that if you take away life-saving services, then only the strong will survive

Meta rolled back fact checking and content moderation in Q1, and advertisers showed they weren't spooked.

Season 8, Episode 10. May 2nd, 2021. John Oliver explains why some people don’t want to get the Covid-19 vaccine and how they might be reassured, even Mike i...

In this episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic’s David Frum discusses how misinformation, distrust in science, and extremist rhetoric are fueling a dea...

RFK Jr.’s recent statements about autism are not only inaccurate—they are profoundly dehumanizing. In this letter, I want to address its impact on our community.