CDC Website Changes Fuel Vaccine-Autism Fears
CDC website edits questioning vaccine safety spark outrage. Experts fear Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s influence undermines public health, promoting vaccine hesitancy and endangering children's health.
Vaccination Rates: Mandates vs. Trust & Healthcare Access
Study shows association between vaccination policies and rates, but experts cite trust in government, healthcare access, and education as crucial factors impacting vaccine uptake. US faces unique challenges. Anti-vaccine lobbyists impact.
Pertussis Vaccine: Effectiveness, Mandates, and Public Health
Expert analysis on pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine effectiveness, school mandates, and the balance between vaccine benefits and potential side effects. The discussion covers DTaP vaccine, acellular vs. whole-cell.
COVID Vaccine Misinformation: Supreme Court and Gene Therapy Claims
Claims that the US Supreme Court ruled against COVID vaccines or that they are gene therapies are false. Fact-checkers and MHRA confirm no such rulings or classification exists. Misinformation impacts public health.
Fentanyl Seizures: Facts, Figures & Overdose Realities
Analyzing fentanyl seizures, overdose deaths, and claims made by officials. Experts emphasize the need for comprehensive data and overdose prevention strategies beyond just seizures. Decreasing overdose deaths noted.
FactChecking RFK Jr.’s First Interview as HHS Secretary
In Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s first interview as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, he made multiple incorrect or misleading statements, including about seed oils, an abortion drug and the notion that the U.S. has the “sickest population in the world.”
Florida’s Amendment 4: Is lack of definitions unusual? No.
Vote No on 4 spokesperson Taryn Fenske told PolitiFact that the line "no law shall prohibit, penalize, delay or restrict abortion" would hamstring Florida lawmakers from clarifying the measure.
Q&A on the Second International Mpox Emergency
Following this development, researchers wondered if clade I monkeypox virus similarly had the potential to show sustained spread via dense sexual networks, and they started to monitor for such cases, Kindrachuk, the University of Manitoba scientist, said.