RFK Jr listed "Winning the War on Ultra-Processed Foods" as one of his successes but so far there are no plans to regulate the food industry.

RFK Jr. recently launched Moms.gov, a pro-natalist website to "foster healthy pregnancies". The website is the whopper because it is full of misinformation, omissions and deception. It also papers ove...

Families have been notified that a Tennessee law aimed at cutting undocumented immigrants off from public benefits will also be applied to ill children.

On May 22, 2026, the World Health Assembly formally acknowledged Argentina’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO), consolidating a process that has now placed the country among the very...

On May 22, 2026, the World Health Assembly formally acknowledged Argentina’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO), consolidating a process that has now placed the country among the very...

RFK Jr has been silent as the Trump administration dismantles the federal loan programs which, for decades, ensured Americans could pursue careers in health. A better Secretary of Health would have fo...

Federal judge temporarily blocks USDA conditions on SNAP and other nutrition funding, siding with states that argue the rules threaten food aid programs.

Newsletter Edition #351 [The Files In-Depth] Subscribe Now! Readers, The practice of journalism can be an emotionally wrenching process. I have reported on perhaps, ten World Health Assemblies over...

As Europe’s leading donor countries slash budgets, the result could be more than 11.5m preventable deaths, report suggests

Recent outbreaks of hantavirus and Ebola, though unlikely to cause a pandemic, highlight the urgent need to repair the Trump administration’s destruction of our pandemic prevention, preparedness and r...

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will reduce federal Medicaid spending by more than $900 billion over a decade. But in a series of congressiona...

Grandparents are sharing their stories of what it was like to endure diseases like polio and measles before vaccines. NBC News' Valerie Castro spoke to a member of 'Grandparents for Vaccines' who hope...

New research finds that ICE raids and deportation fears disrupted local economies, reduced work among undocumented immigrants, and may have hurt some U.S.-born workers too.

For National Public Health Week, we look at Secretary Kennedy’s claims to be “restoring trust” in public health. Unfortunately, he is doing the opposite and weakening America’s scientific, medical, an...

Some candidates are making public health a central part of their midterm campaigns amid Trump’s war on science

When Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to encourage the domestic production of the controversial weedkiller glyphosate, Kennedy’s MAHA supporters were angry. Kennedy has waffled in his messagin...

The health secretary is spreading doubts about vaccine safety and considering changes that could prompt manufacturers to flee the U.S. market. History has shown how plagues from the past can roar back...

Defend Public Health applauded today’s decision by U.S. District Judge Brian E. Murphy to issue an injunction blocking recent changes to the schedule of recommended vaccines issued recently by the Adv...

We’re coming together on **Saturday, March 28** to declare: # We the People are We the Powerful. ## And we will not stand for an authoritarian takeover of the United States. We’re fighting against...

Secretary Kennedy has repeatedly challenged the safety of mifepristone, one of two drugs used in most abortions. Hundreds of studies using decades of data have conclusively shown that mifepristone is ...

A study by Harvard Medical School researchers found that measles can erase from 11% to 73% of the different antibodies that previously made an individual immune to other illnesses.

SAN ANTONIO - Federal officials have confirmed a Measles Outbreak at an Texas immigration detention facility.On Sunday, officials with the Department of Homelan

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The new global gag rule bars organizations receiving U.S. foreign aid from providing or even discussing abortions, gender identity, or DEI

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Dr. Kirk Milhoan emphasizes personal choice over public health in guiding vaccine policy. How will that affect decisions for school and healthcare?

Starting with its original framing, today’s hearing on medication abortion, ignored decades of rigorous research on the safety and effectiveness of mifepristone and misoprostol, the drugs commonly use...

"Si mañana a Trump no le gustan los resultados electorales en Colombia o en Perú ¿puede entonces imponernos su visión a la fuerza?", advierte Rodrigo Uprimny.

In 2024, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) concluded that over 70% of peanut allergies could be prevented through early consumption of peanut allergens by infants and c...

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Today’s decision by the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to end the recommendation for a universal birth dose of Hepatitis B vaccine and its attempts to cast doubt on the whole child...

RFK Jr. believes that with a healthy diet, exercise, and the avoidance of environmental toxins and stresses alone, an individual can prevent disease. While these are good health practices, they are no...

Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the Dept of Education proposes redefining "professional degrees" to exclude degrees in nursing, NP/PA, Public Health, PT/OT and more

In June 2023, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told New York Magazine, "There are much better candidates than HIV for what causes AIDS." This is blatantly false, contradicted by mountains of data and real-world ...

Physicians and scientists across the country warned Congress that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was unfit to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services. Kennedy, who has no medical or scientific training...

Physicians and scientists across the country warned Congress that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was unfit to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services. Kennedy, who has no medical or scientific training...

Aluminum, found naturally in many foods, is sometimes added as a salt in tiny quantities to vaccines as an immune booster. For years, Robert F. Kennedy has said that aluminum-containing vaccines cause...