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Meet Ralph Lee Abraham, the CDC’s new second-in-command who believes the Affordable Care Act should be repealed and called vaccines ‘dangerous’

November 25, 2025 by DON

Dr. Ralph Lee Abraham, the Louisiana surgeon general who halted his state’s vaccine promotion campaigns and delayed warning the public about a deadly whooping cough outbreak, has quietly been installed as the second-highest official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Department of Health and Human Services did not announce this appointment. The … Read more

RFK Jr. Is Now Blaming Vaccines for Peanut Allergies, Despite the Evidence

November 23, 2025 by DON

In recent years, peanut allergies have become a much less common feature of childhood, thanks to a major change in the advice doctors give to parents. Despite this significant progress, however, RFK Jr. is now looking to another culprit—one consistent with his twisted ideology. It might be harder to come up with a list of … Read more

RFK Jr. casts doubts on vaccines, clashes with Democrats over Covid shot access

September 4, 2025 by DON

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., testifies before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on President Donald Trump’s 2026 health care agenda, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 4, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. doubled down on false claims about vaccines … Read more

RFK Jr. Is Supporting mRNA Research—Just Not for Vaccines

August 14, 2025 by DON

One of the targeted recipients, Tiba Biotech, had a $750,000 contract with BARDA that was slated to end October 30. The company was developing an RNAi-based therapeutic for H1N1 influenza, also known as swine flu. RNAi is short for RNA interference and refers to small pieces of RNA that can shut down the production of … Read more

States Are Moving to Protect Access to Vaccines

August 1, 2025 by DON

With US Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. already shaking up federal vaccine policy, some states are stepping in to preserve access to lifesaving shots in anticipation of further changes. The federal government has historically had a major influence on vaccine policy through the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), formed in … Read more

Pam Bondi dismisses charges against Utah plastic surgeon accused of throwing away $28,000 worth of Covid vaccines

July 13, 2025 by DON

The federal government on Saturday dismissed charges against a Utah plastic surgeon accused of throwing away COVID-19 vaccines, giving children saline shots instead of the vaccine and selling faked vaccination cards. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a post on the social media platform X that charges against Dr. Michael Kirk Moore, of Midvale, Utah, were dismissed … Read more

Insurers Aren’t Saying Whether They’ll Cover Vaccines for Kids if Government Stops Recommending Them

July 4, 2025 by DON

“We are committed to ongoing coverage of vaccines to ensure access and affordability for this respiratory virus season,” the statement continued. “We encourage all Americans to talk to their health care provider about vaccines.” ACIP made headlines in early June when RFK Jr. fired all 17 of its members and replaced them with eight new … Read more

Marjorie Taylor Greene calls for yanking FDA approval of COVID-19 vaccines

March 21, 2025 by DON

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., declared that U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for COVID-19 vaccines should be yanked, asserting that the jabs “are causing permanent harm and deaths.” “FDA approval for COVID-19 vaccines needs to be pulled and they need taken off the childhood vaccine schedule ASAP,” she said Thursday in a post on … Read more

David Weldon will not be the next CDC director. One senator says she was ‘deeply disturbed’ to hear Trump’s former nominee ‘repeat debunked claims about vaccines’

March 13, 2025 by DON

Weldon is the third Trump administration nominee who didn’t make it to a confirmation hearing. Read More