<p>"We know why millions of Americans eat a diet that’s far less healthy than they should, and we know what to do about it. But the things that help—programs that deserve to be expanded—either get ignored by <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> and <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> or actively attacked." My latest: <a href="https://48hills.org/2025/08/the-real-reason-so-many-people-in-the-us-have-unhealthy-diets/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="48hills.org/2025/08/the-real-reason-so-many-people-in-the-us-have-unhealthy-diets/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">48hills.org/2025/08/the-real-r</span><span class="invisible">eason-so-many-people-in-the-us-have-unhealthy-diets/</span></a></p>
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<p>"But these findings and others giving worrying signals about the long-term impact of even 'mild' <a href="/tags/covid19/" rel="tag">#COVID19</a> 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. <a href="https://48hills.org/2025/05/notes-from-the-road-to-health-hell/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="48hills.org/2025/05/notes-from-the-road-to-health-hell/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">48hills.org/2025/05/notes-from</span><span class="invisible">-the-road-to-health-hell/</span></a><br><a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> <a href="/tags/publichealthmalpractice/" rel="tag">#PublicHealthMalpractice</a></p>
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<p>Take a wild fucking guess who’s name will be hidden…..
<a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#uspolitics</a> <a href="/tags/bbc/" rel="tag">#bbc</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#DonaldTrump</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#gop</a> <a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#republicans</a> <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#MAGA</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#uspolitics</a> <a href="/tags/epstein/" rel="tag">#epstein</a> <a href="/tags/epsteinfiles/" rel="tag">#epsteinfiles</a> <a href="/tags/epsteinlist/" rel="tag">#epsteinlist</a> <a href="/tags/releasetheepsteinfiles/" rel="tag">#releasetheepsteinfiles</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ice</a> <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#rfkjr</a> <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a> <a href="/tags/nokings/" rel="tag">#nokings</a> <a href="/tags/shutdown/" rel="tag">#shutdown</a> <a href="/tags/trumpisapedo/" rel="tag">#TrumpIsAPedo</a> <a href="/tags/trumpisarapist/" rel="tag">#trumpisarapist</a></p>
<p>Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to overhaul an obscure but vital program that underpins the nation’s childhood immunization system.</p><p>Depending on what he does, the results could be catastrophic.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-childhood-vaccines-vicp?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/rfk-childhood-vaccines-vicp?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/rfk</span><span class="invisible">-childhood-vaccines-vicp?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#Vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a></p>
<p>The National Academies just told <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> he's full of shit and misused their data on <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#vaccines</a> and <a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#autism</a>. <a href="https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/statement-on-cdc-s-changes-to-guidance-on-vaccines-and-autism" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nationalacademies.org/news/statement-on-cdc-s-changes-to-guidance-on-vaccines-and-autism"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nationalacademies.org/news</span><span class="invisible">/statement-on-cdc-s-changes-to-guidance-on-vaccines-and-autism</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/impeachrfkjr/" rel="tag">#ImpeachRFKJr</a></p>
<p>RFK Jr. says the CDC will no longer recommend COVID vaccines for healthy pregnant women.</p><p>Yet doctors have found that stillbirths can result from COVID directly infiltrating the placenta — even for people whose COVID symptoms were mild or nonexistent.</p><p>(Published 2022)<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/covid-maternity-stillbirth-vaccines-pregnancy?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/covid-maternity-stillbirth-vaccines-pregnancy?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/cov</span><span class="invisible">id-maternity-stillbirth-vaccines-pregnancy?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/covid/" rel="tag">#Covid</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#Vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/pregnancy/" rel="tag">#Pregnancy</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a></p>
<p>Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said prepackaged foods have “mass poisoned” tribal communities.</p><p>But the Trump administration ended a program that tribal food banks relied on for fresh, locally produced food important to their traditions and cultures.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tribal-food-grant-cuts-trump-rfk-jr?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/tribal-food-grant-cuts-trump-rfk-jr?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tri</span><span class="invisible">bal-food-grant-cuts-trump-rfk-jr?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/food/" rel="tag">#Food</a> <a href="/tags/native/" rel="tag">#Native</a> <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> <a href="/tags/nutrition/" rel="tag">#Nutrition</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#Culture</a></p>
<p>"All of this leaves Americans without the information they need to understand how genuinely bonkers the direction of current U.S. <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> policy has become under Kennedy." My latest, on the dangerous sanewashing of <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a>. <a href="https://48hills.org/2025/06/the-medias-dangerous-sanewashing-of-rfk-jr/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="48hills.org/2025/06/the-medias-dangerous-sanewashing-of-rfk-jr/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">48hills.org/2025/06/the-medias</span><span class="invisible">-dangerous-sanewashing-of-rfk-jr/</span></a></p>
<p>Could <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> and <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> lead us into a new <a href="/tags/hiv/" rel="tag">#HIV</a> pandemic? They could, and it sure as hell looks like they're trying. My latest: <a href="https://48hills.org/2025/07/are-trump-rfk-jr-inviting-a-new-hiv-aids-pandemic-pepfar-foreign-aid-prevention/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="48hills.org/2025/07/are-trump-rfk-jr-inviting-a-new-hiv-aids-pandemic-pepfar-foreign-aid-prevention/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">48hills.org/2025/07/are-trump-</span><span class="invisible">rfk-jr-inviting-a-new-hiv-aids-pandemic-pepfar-foreign-aid-prevention/</span></a></p>
<p>NIH Ends Future Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change<br>—</p><p>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.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/nih-funding-climate-change-public-health?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/nih-funding-climate-change-public-health?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nih</span><span class="invisible">-funding-climate-change-public-health?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/nih/" rel="tag">#NIH</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a></p>
<p>The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations<br>—</p><p>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.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/measles-vaccine-rfk-cdc-report?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/measles-vaccine-rfk-cdc-report?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mea</span><span class="invisible">sles-vaccine-rfk-cdc-report?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/cdc/" rel="tag">#CDC</a> <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/measles/" rel="tag">#Measles</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#Vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a></p>
<p>RFK Jr. Wants to Overhaul a Vital System That Supports Childhood Immunization<br>—</p><p>Dramatic changes to the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program could drive drugmakers from the market, threatening access to shots, experts say.</p><p>“If (Kennedy’s) unstated goal is to basically destroy the vaccine industry, that could do it.”<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-childhood-vaccines-vicp?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/rfk-childhood-vaccines-vicp?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/rfk</span><span class="invisible">-childhood-vaccines-vicp?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#Vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a></p>
<p>“Not Just Measles”: Whooping Cough Cases Are Soaring as Vaccine Rates Decline<br>—</p><p>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.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/whooping-cough-measles-outbreak-vaccine-hesitancy-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/whooping-cough-measles-outbreak-vaccine-hesitancy-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/who</span><span class="invisible">oping-cough-measles-outbreak-vaccine-hesitancy-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/measles/" rel="tag">#Measles</a> <a href="/tags/whoopingcough/" rel="tag">#WhoopingCough</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#Vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/disease/" rel="tag">#Disease</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>"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. ...</p><p>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."</p><p>~ Emily Mullin</p><p><a href="/tags/whoopingcough/" rel="tag">#WhoopingCough</a> <a href="/tags/measles/" rel="tag">#measles</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/vaccination/" rel="tag">#vaccination</a><br>/1</p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/measles-cases-are-rising-other-diseases-could-follow/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.wired.com/story/measles-cases-are-rising-other-diseases-could-follow/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.wired.com/story/measles-ca</span><span class="invisible">ses-are-rising-other-diseases-could-follow/</span></a></p>
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<p>Whooping cough (pertussis) cases have skyrocketed by more than 1,500% nationwide since 2021.</p><p>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.</p><p>Read more: <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/whooping-cough-measles-outbreak-vaccine-hesitancy-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/whooping-cough-measles-outbreak-vaccine-hesitancy-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/who</span><span class="invisible">oping-cough-measles-outbreak-vaccine-hesitancy-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/whoopingcough/" rel="tag">#WhoopingCough</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#Vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/disease/" rel="tag">#Disease</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>A Las Vegas Festival Promised Ways to Cheat Death. Two Attendees Left Fighting for Their Lives.<br>—</p><p>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.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/peptide-injections-raadfest-rfk-jr?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/peptide-injections-raadfest-rfk-jr?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/pep</span><span class="invisible">tide-injections-raadfest-rfk-jr?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/lasvegas/" rel="tag">#LasVegas</a> <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/aging/" rel="tag">#Aging</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/nevada/" rel="tag">#Nevada</a></p>
<p>For years, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pushed discredited theories linking vaccines to autism.</p><p>Now, scientists studying the condition fear he has preconceived notions that will harm the field and taint new funding for research.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-jr-autism-environment-research-funding?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/rfk-jr-autism-environment-research-funding?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/rfk</span><span class="invisible">-jr-autism-environment-research-funding?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#Vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#Autism</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a></p>
<p>It's time to consider vaccinating healthcare professionals for smallpox.</p><p><a href="https://vermont.cool/how" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>vermont.cool/how</a></p><p><a href="/tags/vermont/" rel="tag">#Vermont</a> <a href="/tags/smallpox/" rel="tag">#smallpox</a> <a href="/tags/mpox/" rel="tag">#mpox</a> <a href="/tags/disinformation/" rel="tag">#disinformation</a> <a href="/tags/noai/" rel="tag">#noAI</a> <a href="/tags/kelptocracy/" rel="tag">#kelptocracy</a> <a href="/tags/project2025/" rel="tag">#project2025</a> <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/infektion/" rel="tag">#infektion</a> <a href="/tags/autocracyinc/" rel="tag">#AutocracyInc</a></p>
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<p>Well, <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a>'s <a href="/tags/maha/" rel="tag">#MAHA</a> Pt 2 is out and it's garbage, as expected. I tell the LA Times: <br>“If you’re putting out a report that’s supposed to address how to help our children stay healthier, and you’re not even mentioning the No. 1 cause of childhood deaths, you ought to be embarrassed,” said Bruce Mirken, a spokesperson for <span class="h-card"><a href="['https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/defendpublichealth.bsky.social', 'https://www.defendpublichealth.org/']" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>defendpublichealth.bsky.social</span></a></span> <br>Non-paywall archive link:<br><a href="https://archive.is/rUYqq#selection-3019.0-3019.419" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="archive.is/rUYqq#selection-3019.0-3019.419"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.is/rUYqq#selection-301</span><span class="invisible">9.0-3019.419</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/gunviolence/" rel="tag">#GunViolence</a> <a href="/tags/impeachrfkjr/" rel="tag">#ImpeachRFKJr</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/giftarticle/" rel="tag">#GiftArticle</a></p><p>America Is on the Cusp of a Two-Tier <a href="/tags/vaccine/" rel="tag">#Vaccine</a> System</p><p><a href="/tags/poor/" rel="tag">#Poor</a> kids will be hardest hit by <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a>'s <a href="/tags/antivax/" rel="tag">#AntiVax</a> crusade.</p><p><a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#medicine</a> <a href="/tags/policy/" rel="tag">#policy</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/conspiracytheories/" rel="tag">#ConspiracyTheories</a> <a href="/tags/disinformation/" rel="tag">#disinformation</a> <a href="/tags/eugenics/" rel="tag">#eugenics</a> <a href="/tags/socialcleansing/" rel="tag">#SocialCleansing</a> <a href="/tags/healthyifyourewealthy/" rel="tag">#HealthyIfYoureWealthy</a> <a href="/tags/aporophobia/" rel="tag">#Aporophobia</a> <a href="/tags/economicdiscrimination/" rel="tag">#EconomicDiscrimination</a> <a href="/tags/plutocracy/" rel="tag">#plutocracy</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/09/acip-vaccine-for-kids-rfk-jr/684284/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxe20JdbfQeb-MVvQASQIPyc" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/09/acip-vaccine-for-kids-rfk-jr/684284/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxe20JdbfQeb-MVvQASQIPyc"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theatlantic.com/health/202</span><span class="invisible">5/09/acip-vaccine-for-kids-rfk-jr/684284/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxe20JdbfQeb-MVvQASQIPyc</span></a></p>
<p>Amid Rise of RFK Jr., Officials Waver on Drinking Water Fluoridation — Even in the State Where It Started<br>---</p><p>As federal agencies review their guidance on fluoridation and the nation’s top health official calls fluoride “industrial waste,” state and local governments are pulling back on the practice, upending a decadeslong public health success story.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/fluoride-drinking-water-rfk-jr-michigan-cdc-hhs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/fluoride-drinking-water-rfk-jr-michigan-cdc-hhs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/flu</span><span class="invisible">oride-drinking-water-rfk-jr-michigan-cdc-hhs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/michigan/" rel="tag">#Michigan</a> <a href="/tags/water/" rel="tag">#Water</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p>
<p>A Year of Living Dangerously: 10 experts weigh in on Year 1 of the <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> and <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> assault on <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a>. Please read and share. I don't think most people have fully grasped what's happening. <a href="https://48hills.org/2025/12/trumps-war-on-public-health-and-how-to-fight-for-the-future/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="48hills.org/2025/12/trumps-war-on-public-health-and-how-to-fight-for-the-future/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">48hills.org/2025/12/trumps-war</span><span class="invisible">-on-public-health-and-how-to-fight-for-the-future/</span></a></p>
<p>Kennedy’s vaccine committee voted to change the children’s recommended vaccine schedule today—</p><p>voting 8-3 to no longer recommend children under four years old get the MMRV (measles, mumps, rubella, varicella) vaccine (😳)</p><p>The committee will vote tomorrow on its hepatitis B vaccine recommendation changes. It will also recommend who should be eligible for the latest <a href="/tags/covid/" rel="tag">#COVID</a> vaccine. </p><p>1 of 2🧵<br><a href="/tags/icymi/" rel="tag">#ICYMI</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#rfkjr</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#health</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#children</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/covid19/" rel="tag">#COVID19</a> <br>—</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/09/18/nx-s1-5542082/cdc-acip-vaccine-hepatitis-b-mmrv" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.npr.org/2025/09/18/nx-s1-5542082/cdc-acip-vaccine-hepatitis-b-mmrv"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.npr.org/2025/09/18/nx-s1-5</span><span class="invisible">542082/cdc-acip-vaccine-hepatitis-b-mmrv</span></a></p>
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<p>Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. keeps promising to “make America healthy again,” but his summer-long anti- <a href="/tags/vaccine/" rel="tag">#vaccine</a> rampage made clear that his actual impact will be to make America sicker. A lot sicker. And, in too many cases, dead.</p><p>My latest for 48 Hills: <a href="https://48hills.org/2025/10/rfk-jr-s-anti-vaccine-madness-will-make-america-sick-again/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="48hills.org/2025/10/rfk-jr-s-anti-vaccine-madness-will-make-america-sick-again/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">48hills.org/2025/10/rfk-jr-s-a</span><span class="invisible">nti-vaccine-madness-will-make-america-sick-again/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> <a href="/tags/impeachrfkjr/" rel="tag">#ImpeachRFKJr</a></p>
<p>After decades of fluoridating drinking water to improve public health, some communities are increasingly wavering on the practice.</p><p>In one Michigan county, the medical director is mirroring Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s efforts against fluoridation.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/michigan-fluoride-drinking-water-st-clair-county?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/michigan-fluoride-drinking-water-st-clair-county?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mic</span><span class="invisible">higan-fluoride-drinking-water-st-clair-county?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/water/" rel="tag">#Water</a> <a href="/tags/michigan/" rel="tag">#Michigan</a> <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a></p>