For years, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pushed discredited theories linking vaccines to autism.

Now, scientists studying the condition fear he has preconceived notions that will harm the field and taint new funding for research.
https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-jr-autism-environment-research-funding?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

“[Robert F.] Kennedy would be less hazardous if he decided to do cardiac surgery. Then he would kill people only one at a time rather than his current ability to kill by the thousands."

~ Former CDC Director William Foege

#RFKJr #healthcare #science #medicine #quackery #ignorance #nonsense #science #research #facts #vaccines

https://www.statnews.com/2025/08/18/rfk-jr-public-health-threats-william-foege-smallpox/

Defying #RFKJr, the leading #pediatric group urges #COVID #vaccines for young kids

The American Academy of Pediatrics [#AAP] recommends ALL #children ages 6 months to 23 months old receive a #coronavirus vaccine as #federal officials move to roll back recommendations.

#PublicHealth #Medicine #Science #BackToSchool #Trump
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/leading-pediatrician-group-recommends-covid-vaccine-infants-toddlers/story?id=124756899

#RFKJr gives the game away: He's going to "find" that #vaccines cause #autism by lying about the research. This rather complex but important article unpacks his latest round of lies. https://theunbiasedscipod.substack.com/p/dont-be-foiled-by-rfk-jrs-rebuttal

Jonathan Cohn takes a close look at how RFK Jr. is trying to undermine our confidence in science:

"He has perfected the art of undermining public confidence in vaccines by leaning on a tiny handful of fringe researchers and then sounding ;sciencey'—throwing around bits of medical jargon—to give the impression he’s an expert himself."

~ Jonathan Cohn

#RFKJr #science #vaccines #healthcare #research #medicine
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https://www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-jr-kennedy-mrna-vaccines-hhs-funding-canceled

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

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/

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

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

*#Health* Secy #RFKJr fired 2 of his top aides this week, shaking up his leadership team at #HHS amid an aggressive effort to reshape #PublicHealth policy.

The firings included Heather Flick Melanson, his chief of staff, & Hannah Anderson, his deputy chief of staff for policy, acc/to 2 people familiar w/the matter. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the personnel changes.

#Trump #ConsiracyTheories #science
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/us/politics/rfk-fires-aides-hhs.html?smid=url-share

FFS — RFK's proposal to let bird flu spread through poultry could set us up for a pandemic, experts warn #Health #USPol #HHS #RFKjr #BirdFlu via Live Science

https://www.livescience.com/health/flu/rfks-proposal-to-let-bird-flu-spread-through-poultry-could-set-us-up-for-a-pandemic-experts-warn

Just published from my archives, an interview with KD Drackert, a local Long #Covid activist, #LGBTQIA+ performance artist and all-around fab person. They are a founder of our mask bloc/air filter lending library, Clear the Air ATX.

Read it: https://www.patreon.com/posts/lefts-forgotten-132515558

(Free! No Patreon login/membership necessary)
(Kit O'Connell, January 2024 at the @TexasObserver office)