Vaccine misinformation: a lasting side effect from Covid
A fringe anti-vaccine movement took advantage of the Covid-19 pandemic to bring conspiracy theories to a much wider audience, ...
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Biden pardons Fauci to preempt possible charges when Trump takes office
President Biden's pardon protects Anthony Fauci, a longtime target of MAGA critics, from charges related to the contentious ...
Presidential inauguration fact check: Analyzing claims from and about Trump
The USA TODAY Fact Check Team is monitoring the inauguration ceremony, other addresses from Trump and former Present Joe ...
RFK Jr. wants to improve Americans’ health. Here’s some advice from the outgoing FDA chief
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has big plans for the FDA if he's confirmed as Secretary of Health and Human Services. FDA Commissioner ...
There Seems to Be One Principle Governing RFK Jr.’s View of Health
Kennedy Jr.’s rallying cry is what makes it so sickening. Make America Healthy Again? Like when we had more measles and ...
Trump II: meet the Maga insurgents taking over the White House
The list of people poised to enter the new administration reads like a who’s-who of tin-foil-hatters and anti-establishment agitators, so when the oath of office is taken to ‘preserve, protect and ...
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Former surgeon general: Vaccine-preventable diseases are still a major threat
While we’re unlikely to see a dramatic rise in deaths from vaccine-preventable diseases in the U.S. in the near term, the ...