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New CDC Director Has Questioned Vaccine Safety
Jay Bhattacharya’s recent new appointment may suggest more changes to the vaccine schedule.
 • Walker Bragman
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.
 • Walker Bragman
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.
 • Walker Bragman
“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.
 • Walker Bragman
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.
 • Walker Bragman
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
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