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US politics
fromThe New Yorker
1 week ago

R.F.K., Jr., Brings More Chaos to COVID Policy and the C.D.C.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attempted to purge CDC leadership and impose handpicked vaccine advisers, triggering mass resignations, bipartisan alarm, and calls for his resignation.
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 week ago

Top Senate Republican Calls Out RFK Jr. for Enacting Anti-Vax Agenda as Head of HHS: I've Grown Deeply Concerned'

So over the last 50 years, vaccines are estimated to have saved 154 million lives worldwide. I support vaccines. I'm a doctor. Vaccines work. Secretary Kennedy, in your confirmation hearings, you promised to uphold the highest standards for vaccines. Since then, I've grown deeply concerned. The public has seen measles outbreaks; leadership of the National Institute of Health questioning the use of mRNA vaccines; the recently confirmed director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention fired. Americans don't know who to rely on.
US politics
Mental health
fromNature
1 week ago

Daily briefing: Spouses tend to share the same psychiatric disorders

Partners are significantly more likely to share the same psychiatric diagnosis, based on data from over 14.8 million people showing consistent cross-cultural patterns.
Public health
fromArs Technica
2 weeks ago

CDC spiraled into chaos this week. Here's where things stand.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ousted CDC director Susan Monarez, triggering mass resignations, staff walkouts, and intensified anti-vaccine ideological control at the CDC.
Public health
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

Buckle Up Baby, You're Going to Be Sick': MSNBC Host Warns of Dire Consequences of RFK Jr's CDC Purge

CDC leadership turmoil and vaccine misinformation will increase disease outbreaks, reduce vaccine access and reliable health data, and cause preventable illness and deaths.
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