Is RFK Jr. 'Weaponizing Public Health'?
The CDC needs drastic reform, but RFK Jr.'s firing of agency head Susan Monarez does not achieve that.
The CDC needs drastic reform, but RFK Jr.'s firing of agency head Susan Monarez does not achieve that.
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The Health and Human Services secretary once again stands athwart biomedical progress yelling, "Stop!"
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This “public health” position has long been a sinecure for professional activists.
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Does RFK Jr.'s MAHA movement want to loosen the government's grasp on food and medicine—or use government power to impose blueberries on everyone else?
The Health and Human Services secretary appointed several anti-vaxxer-adjacent members to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.