4. The Politics of Health

In an April 2025 interview, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed the mumps component of the MMR vaccine is ineffective.

A new clinical study indicates that a single dose of the HPV vaccine is as effective as two doses, potentially easing vaccination costs.

HHS Secretary RFK Jr. has failed to uphold his promises regarding vaccine approvals, causing uncertainty within the US vaccine system.

Vaccine package inserts are often misused and misunderstood. This article attempts to clarify what is important in them and what is not.

The claim linking vaccines to autism, pushed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Donald Trump, has been debunked by over 160 studies.

Anti-vaxxers exaggerate Big Pharma's profits from vaccines, ignoring the massive economic toll of vaccine-preventable diseases like measles.

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The White House downplayed questions about its flagship report on children's health, but edited the document Thursday after authors listed in the paper confirmed it cited studies that do not exist.

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