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"But these findings and others giving worrying signals about the long-term impact of even 'mild' #COVID19 cases got little attention when they were released—kind of the way one might pay less attention to a broken window after realizing that arsonists have doused the house with gasoline and begun lighting matches. And the arsonists are indeed at work." Just posted today but written over a week ago, and it's gotten even worse since then. https://48hills.org/2025/05/notes-from-the-road-to-health-hell/
#RFKJr #PublicHealthMalpractice

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to overhaul an obscure but vital program that underpins the nation’s childhood immunization system.

Depending on what he does, the results could be catastrophic.
https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-childhood-vaccines-vicp?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Health #Vaccines #RFKJr #Children #Medicine #PublicHealth

RFK Jr. says the CDC will no longer recommend COVID vaccines for healthy pregnant women.

Yet doctors have found that stillbirths can result from COVID directly infiltrating the placenta — even for people whose COVID symptoms were mild or nonexistent.

(Published 2022)
https://www.propublica.org/article/covid-maternity-stillbirth-vaccines-pregnancy?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Covid #Vaccines #RFKJr #PublicHealth #Health #Pregnancy #Women

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said prepackaged foods have “mass poisoned” tribal communities.

But the Trump administration ended a program that tribal food banks relied on for fresh, locally produced food important to their traditions and cultures.
https://www.propublica.org/article/tribal-food-grant-cuts-trump-rfk-jr?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #RFKJr #Trump #Health #Food #Native #Indigenous #Nutrition #Culture

"All of this leaves Americans without the information they need to understand how genuinely bonkers the direction of current U.S. #PublicHealth policy has become under Kennedy." My latest, on the dangerous sanewashing of #RFKJr. https://48hills.org/2025/06/the-medias-dangerous-sanewashing-of-rfk-jr/

Could #Trump and #RFKJr lead us into a new #HIV pandemic? They could, and it sure as hell looks like they're trying. My latest: https://48hills.org/2025/07/are-trump-rfk-jr-inviting-a-new-hiv-aids-pandemic-pepfar-foreign-aid-prevention/

NIH Ends Future Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change
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It’s unclear whether the guidance will impact active grants, but it appears to halt opportunities for future studies. One climate health expert said the directive would have a “devastating” impact on much-needed research.

https://www.propublica.org/article/nih-funding-climate-change-public-health?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Climate #NIH #Health #ClimateChange #Research #Government #Trump #RFKJr

The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations
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The move — along with the CDC’s explanation — is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines.

https://www.propublica.org/article/measles-vaccine-rfk-cdc-report?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #CDC #RFKJr #Health #Measles #Medicine #PublicHealth #Vaccines #Science

RFK Jr. Wants to Overhaul a Vital System That Supports Childhood Immunization
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Dramatic changes to the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program could drive drugmakers from the market, threatening access to shots, experts say.

“If (Kennedy’s) unstated goal is to basically destroy the vaccine industry, that could do it.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-childhood-vaccines-vicp?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Health #Vaccines #RFKJr #Children #Medicine #PublicHealth

“Not Just Measles”: Whooping Cough Cases Are Soaring as Vaccine Rates Decline
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While much of the country is focused on the spiraling measles outbreak, experts warn that whooping cough and other preventable diseases could get much worse with falling vaccination rates and Trump’s slashing of public health infrastructure.
https://www.propublica.org/article/whooping-cough-measles-outbreak-vaccine-hesitancy-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #PublicHealth #Measles #WhoopingCough #Vaccines #Disease #Health #RFKJr #Trump

"This year, there have been at least 7,599 cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, up from 3,473 cases at this time last year, according to the latest tally by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ...

Nationwide, there were 35,435 cases of whooping cough in 2024, compared with 7,063 in 2023, according to a provisional surveillance report from the CDC."

~ Emily Mullin

#WhoopingCough #measles #vaccines #RFKJr #Trump #vaccination
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https://www.wired.com/story/measles-cases-are-rising-other-diseases-could-follow/

Whooping cough (pertussis) cases have skyrocketed by more than 1,500% nationwide since 2021.

Deaths tied to the disease are also up — hitting 10 last year, compared with about two to four in previous years — and cases are on track to exceed that total in 2025.

Read more: https://www.propublica.org/article/whooping-cough-measles-outbreak-vaccine-hesitancy-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #PublicHealth #WhoopingCough #Vaccines #Disease #Health #RFKJr #Trump

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A Las Vegas Festival Promised Ways to Cheat Death. Two Attendees Left Fighting for Their Lives.
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Authorities are investigating why two women fell ill at the Revolution Against Aging and Death Festival. They both received peptide injections, an alternative therapy promoted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as a way to fight aging and chronic disease.
https://www.propublica.org/article/peptide-injections-raadfest-rfk-jr?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #LasVegas #RFKJr #Health #Aging #Medicine #Nevada