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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.”
 • Walker Bragman
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.
 • Walker Bragman
“Utterly Unqualified”: Embattled FDA Taps Vaccine Opponent For Top Drug Regulator Position
Dr. Tracy Beth Høeg is a familiar name on the medical fringes.
 • Walker Bragman
CDC Updates Vaccine Safety Page to Promote Vaccine Misinformation, Cites Kennedy’s Anti-Vax Allies
It is the latest move by Robert Kennedy Jr.’s Department of Health and Human Services to undermine vaccines.
 • Walker Bragman
NIH Director Accepts Award From Anti-Vax Group Founded By Ally Accused Of Sexual Misconduct
Jay Bhattacharya reunited with his old ally Jeffrey Tucker weeks after the political operative was revealed to have faced a sexual harassment scandal.
 • Walker Bragman
Federal Court Dismisses Censorship Lawsuit By “Leading COVID-19 Vaccine Skeptic”
Alex Berenson was suspended by Twitter for comments he made about the mRNA vaccines. He blamed the government and Pfizer.
 • Walker Bragman
Trump Public Health Officials Attacked mRNA Vaccines, CDC For Years Before August 8 Shooting
The violence has put misinformation spreaders under the microscope. Many are working inside HHS.
 • Walker Bragman and Natalie Jonas
Kennedy-Appointed CDC Vaccine Advisor Posts Bizarre Conspiracy Theory Ahead of ACIP Meeting
Dr. Robert Malone suggested former CDC Director Susan Monarez was trained to “lie” by the intelligence community.
 • Walker Bragman
FEMA Workers Send “Katrina Declaration” To Congress
Over 180 workers have signed a document warning of impending disaster due to Trump administration cuts.
 • Walker Bragman
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.
 • 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.
 • Walker Bragman
NIH Director Spreads Vaccine Misinformation One Day After CDC Shooting
Jay Bhattacharya called to end the mRNA platform on Steve Bannon’s War Room.
 • Walker Bragman
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