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New from STAT: The growing influence of vaccine skeptics inside HHS under RFK Jr. Lyn Redwood, former president of Childrens Health Defense, was hired by HHS in June and is listed as an expert within the Office of the Secretary. She’s at least the fourth person with a history…
President Trump appointed a lifelong antivax zealot to lead his Health Department. Result: a record year for measles. x.com/ABC/status/194…
Measles cases in the U.S. surge to record levels, with Johns Hopkins University reporting 1,277 confirmed cases so far this year — the highest number of cases since the disease was declared eliminated in 2000. abcnews.link/tWlIlNO
Summary Table of the massive defunding of biomedical research in the United States nytimes.com/interactive/20…
RFK Jr has said : HPV vaccine causes cancer - FALSE ❌ MMR vaccine causes autism - FALSE ❌ Polio vaccine killed more than it saved - FALSE ❌ Covid vaccines didn't work - FALSE ❌ HIV is caused by poppers - FALSE ❌ Covid is a race based bioweapon - FALSE ❌
…. He says without pointing to any specific things RFK Jr said that were false
Elon Musk’s AI tool Grok is pointing the finger squarely at its own creator, and the administration he once worked for, for the loss of life during this week’s tragic flooding in Texas. trib.al/bUF98pI
The facts are simple and devastating: Aid cuts have already cost lives, and the number of deaths will continue to rise. Here’s the evidence.
STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost *14M* lives thru 2030. thelancet.com/journals/lance…
Dr Robert W Malone, placed in a position of power by Health Sec RFK Jr, spews antivax garbage. #poliobob x.com/jakescottMD/st…
This claim about the Amish deserves correction with actual data. 🧵
This is a travesty and a nightmare. The US was a founder of @Gavi. It lowers vaccine costs for the world, has vaccinated 1B children, and averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year -- and RFK Jr will be personally responsible.
RFK Jr. says US won’t donate to global vaccine effort ow.ly/auRQ106cRf4
Makary tried to block approval for a medicine after a company noted FDA staff shortages were delaying their drug's review. Makary seems a poor choice to head FDA. x.com/matthewherper/… x.com/michaelmina_la…
I think @MartyMakary is a good choice for leading US @US_FDA. Happy to see this choice. He was more right than he was wrong. He pushed back on many experts who wrongly stated that hybrid immunity isn’t a thing and isn’t protective. Of course it is, and stating it isn’t…
RFK JR: We are completely committed to solving the problem of Alzheimer's. Barragan: You are proposing to cut $1.2 billion from the agency that conducts Alzheimer's research.
RFK Jr, an exemplar of health #maha x.com/nypost/status/… x.com/SarahKarlin/st…
two people just sent this to me. kind of amazing that someone with the power to take vaccines away from people may do the very unhealthy thing of tanning. reddit.com/r/washingtondc…
open.substack.com/pub/pauloffit/… RFK Jr.'s fraudulent letter to Congress