New CDC Director Has Questioned Vaccine Safety
Jay Bhattacharya’s recent new appointment may suggest more changes to the vaccine schedule.
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HHS Has Been Using Anti-Trans Language From a Christian Right Think Tank
The department refers to gender-affirming care as “sex-rejecting procedures,” a term coined by the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
NIH Director Declines to Fully Rule Out Vaccine-Autism Link During Senate Hearing
Jay Bhattacharya would not categorically denounce the discredited narrative that vaccines cause autism.
“The Entire City's in This Sort of State of Siege:” A Conversation With A Minneapolis ICE Tracker
Important Context spoke with attorney Will Stancil, who has been tracking ICE in his city.
RFK Jr.‘s Former Anti-Vax Org Launches RICO Suit Against Leading Pediatrics Group
The lawsuit by Children’s Health Defense comes as the American Academy of Pediatrics wages its own legal battle against Kennedy’s HHS.
Jon Stewart Praises Attorney Behind Years of Anti-Vaccine, Anti-Public Health Lawfare
“You’re a civil rights attorney who has been canceled by both the right and the left, which means you must be doing something right.”
Experts Warn U.S. in Early Stages of Genocide Against Trans Americans
Genocide scholars say policies targeting transgender Americans match early warning signs of mass atrocity.
How a Free Speech Group Helped Right-Wing Dark Money Undermine Protections for Trans and Nonbinary Students
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression weighed in on a case brought by Parents Defending Education in Ohio.
HHS Moves to Restrict Gender-Affirming Care Based on Dubious Report Shredded in Peer Review
A review of the report HHS relied on calls it “a dangerous incursion of politics into science and medicine.”
FDA Commissioner: HIV “May Very Well Have Come From a Lab”
During a recent podcast appearance, Dr. Marty Makary promoted lab origin conspiracy theories involving HIV, Lyme disease, and one dead raccoon.
Fact-Checking the Liam Neeson-Narrated Anti-Vax Documentary
The false and misleading narratives in Plague of Corruption revisited.
Liam Neeson Narrates Anti-Vax, Pro-RFK Documentary
The Taken actor can be heard calling COVID vaccines “dangerous experiments.”