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HHS Employees Demand Changes From Kennedy, NIH Director Bhattacharya in New Response to CDC Shooting
Hundreds of HHS employees are requesting their leaders stop promoting misinformation and endangering their lives.
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Walker Bragman
‘Experts’ Cited By RFK Jr. to Justify mRNA Vaccine Funding Cut Have Ties to Anti-vax Supplement Company
Four authors of the non-peer reviewed, anti-vax bibliography cited by Kennedy’s HHS are involved with The Wellness Company.
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Walker Bragman
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NIH Director Spreads Vaccine Misinformation One Day After CDC Shooting
Jay Bhattacharya called to end the mRNA platform on Steve Bannon’s War Room.
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Walker Bragman
Vinay Prasad Returns to FDA
Within two weeks of his unceremonious departure, the COVID vaccine skeptic is back as the nation’s top vaccine regulator.
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Walker Bragman
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Another COVID Contrarian Working For the NIH Director
Kevin Bardosh, who argued COVID boosters do more harm than good for young people, has been working in Jay Bhattacharya’s office for months.
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Walker Bragman
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”People Will Pay”: Anti-Vax Voices Rage At Prasad Ouster
There’s trouble in MAHA world.
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Walker Bragman

July 2025

Vinay Prasad Out At FDA Amid Right-Wing Push
The departure of the contrarian public health official showcases contradictions in the MAHA movement.
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Walker Bragman
FDA Continues to Recruit From the Fringes
George Tidmarsh allied himself with medical contrarians. Now he’s the nation’s top drug regulator.
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Walker Bragman
Promoters of Unproven COVID Lab Leak Narratives Join NIH
Virologists expressed concern over under-qualified ideologues joining Director Bhattacharya.
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Walker Bragman
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National Science Foundation Workers to Issue “Alexandria Declaration” Decrying “Catastrophic Changes” Under Trump Administration (UPDATED)
The new declaration echoes similar efforts from NIH and EPA.
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Walker Bragman
HHS Asks Employees To Rat Out DEI “Discrimination” In Trollable Email
“I wonder what movie script they will send,” one HHS source said at the prospect of people submitting fake responses.
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Walker Bragman
EPA Workers Face Retaliation Over Dissent Declaration
On Monday, hundreds of EPA workers published a Declaration of Dissent criticizing their leadership. Now, they’re getting placed on leave pending review.
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Walker Bragman
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