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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s MAHA agenda and its fallout: vaccines, the CDC and FDA, measles outbreaks, and the fights over public health policy.

57 articles · Started 2026-06-13 · Last updated 2026-10-12

Oct 12, 2026 4,000 Measles Cases, 5 Dead in Pennsylvania, and Your Immunity Is a Mystery

4,000 Measles Cases, 5 Dead in Pennsylvania, and Your Immunity Is a Mystery

Pennsylvania went from 12 measles cases in January to more than 1,000 cases and five deaths. Nationwide, more than 4,000 people have gotten sick this year, the...
Oct 09, 2026 Trevor Milton Gave $750K to RFK Jr.'s PAC, Then Got a Pardon

Trevor Milton Gave $750K to RFK Jr.'s PAC, Then Got a Pardon

A man convicted of lying to investors about an electric truck company donated $750,000 to RFK Jr.'s MAHA political committee, nearly $2 million to a...
Oct 08, 2026 RFK Jr.'s Own Speechwriter and Fundraiser Just Graded Him: 85% Broken Promises

RFK Jr.'s Own Speechwriter and Fundraiser Just Graded Him: 85% Broken Promises

The people who helped build Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s political career just handed the Trump administration a report card, and it is mostly Fs. A scorecard...
Oct 07, 2026 FDA Will Finish Its Abortion Pill 'Safety Review' Right After the Midterms

FDA Will Finish Its Abortion Pill 'Safety Review' Right After the Midterms

The FDA has told a federal court it will finish its safety review of the abortion pill mifepristone in March, which is conveniently four months after voters...
Sep 30, 2026 RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz Are Now Redesigning Clinical Trials

RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz Are Now Redesigning Clinical Trials

The Trump administration has decided that the people best positioned to reimagine America's drug development pipeline are Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Mehmet Oz....
Sep 26, 2026 890 Measles Cases, 4 Dead in PA — RFK Jr. Says Deaths 'May Have Been Fabricated'

890 Measles Cases, 4 Dead in PA — RFK Jr. Says Deaths 'May Have Been Fabricated'

Pennsylvania has confirmed 890 measles cases, 173 hospitalizations, and four deaths from a disease that was supposed to be eliminated from this country in...
Sep 23, 2026 RFK Jr Took $4M From MAHA Allies After Swearing He Wouldn't

RFK Jr Took $4M From MAHA Allies After Swearing He Wouldn't

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. signed an ethics pledge in 2024 promising he would not engage in writing, editing, marketing, or promotional services for any books...
Sep 23, 2026 Trump's HHS Is Blocking COVID Vaccines for Kids in 11 States — With Zero Timeline

Trump's HHS Is Blocking COVID Vaccines for Kids in 11 States — With Zero Timeline

The Trump administration is sitting on COVID vaccines for children in at least 11 states and one US territory, with no explanation of when or whether those...
Sep 21, 2026 CDC's Teen Health Report Quietly Buried LGBTQ Youth Data to Please RFK Jr.

CDC's Teen Health Report Quietly Buried LGBTQ Youth Data to Please RFK Jr.

The CDC just dropped its biggest teen health survey in two years, and the headline was that kids are eating more vegetables and playing more sports. What it...
Sep 19, 2026 Measles Train Tour Hits Six CA Counties While RFK Jr. Cheers Anti-Vaxxers

Measles Train Tour Hits Six CA Counties While RFK Jr. Cheers Anti-Vaxxers

An unvaccinated person boarded an Amtrak train and proceeded to give six California counties a measles problem, hitting Los Angeles, Bakersfield, Stockton,...
Sep 17, 2026 RFK Jr Tells Anti-Vaxxers 'You Have a Friend at the White House' While 4 Are Dead From Measles

RFK Jr Tells Anti-Vaxxers 'You Have a Friend at the White House' While 4 Are Dead From Measles

Four people are dead from measles in Pennsylvania, the worst outbreak in decades is spreading, and the man running the United States Department of Health and...
Sep 15, 2026 4 Dead From Measles in PA While RFK Jr. Calls Deaths 'Fabricated'

4 Dead From Measles in PA While RFK Jr. Calls Deaths 'Fabricated'

Pennsylvania has recorded four measles deaths in a single month — two infants, an 18-year-old, and a 40-year-old woman — the first measles deaths in the state...
Sep 14, 2026 RFK Jr. Asked CDC Not to Count Measles Deaths. Then CDC Stopped Counting Measles Deaths.

RFK Jr. Asked CDC Not to Count Measles Deaths. Then CDC Stopped Counting Measles Deaths.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. allegedly asked the CDC director not to count measles deaths in the official tally. The very next day, the CDC changed its death-counting...
Aug 31, 2026 RFK Jr Called Babies' Measles Deaths 'Fabricated.' CDC Erased Them.

RFK Jr Called Babies' Measles Deaths 'Fabricated.' CDC Erased Them.

A newborn baby died shortly after birth in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. His mother had measles so severe it sent her into labor a month early. Robert F....
Aug 28, 2026 RFK Jr Says Pennsylvania's Two Measles Deaths Might Be 'Fabricated'

RFK Jr Says Pennsylvania's Two Measles Deaths Might Be 'Fabricated'

The United States Secretary of Health and Human Services looked at two confirmed measles deaths — one of them a newborn — and his public contribution was to...
Aug 25, 2026 Trump Fired the CDC's Entire Brain Injury Team. Kids at Camp Cranium Are Paying Attention.

Trump Fired the CDC's Entire Brain Injury Team. Kids at Camp Cranium Are Paying Attention.

The Trump administration fired the entire CDC team tracking traumatic brain injuries in early 2025, killing a nationwide concussion surveillance system right...
Aug 21, 2026 RFK's MAHA Army Tells Trump: Don't Burn Coal to Power AI

RFK's MAHA Army Tells Trump: Don't Burn Coal to Power AI

The Make America Healthy Again movement, arguably the strangest political coalition Donald Trump has ever accidentally assembled, is now fighting with the rest...
Aug 20, 2026 Trump's FDA Pick Wants to Unbundle the MMR Vaccine for No Scientific Reason

Trump's FDA Pick Wants to Unbundle the MMR Vaccine for No Scientific Reason

Donald Trump has nominated a surgeon who thinks the FDA was wrong to allow medication abortion via telehealth, called his autism-vaccine executive order 'a...
Aug 19, 2026 Dr. Oz Emailed Jared Kushner to Hype a Study That Just Got Flagged on 853 Ethics Violations

Dr. Oz Emailed Jared Kushner to Hype a Study That Just Got Flagged on 853 Ethics Violations

The French researcher that Donald Trump called a 'gamechanger,' that Dr. Oz personally emailed Jared Kushner to promote, and that Robert F. Kennedy Jr....
Aug 11, 2026 Trump Signs Order Cutting Kids' Vaccines While Claiming MMR Is 'Quite Lethal'

Trump Signs Order Cutting Kids' Vaccines While Claiming MMR Is 'Quite Lethal'

Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday cutting the number of recommended childhood vaccines from 18 diseases down to 11, and to celebrate the occasion...
Aug 11, 2026 NIH Chief Blamed CBS for CDC Shooting. The White House Cheered.

NIH Chief Blamed CBS for CDC Shooting. The White House Cheered.

A gunman fired 200 rounds into six CDC buildings in August 2025, killing a police officer, after his father said he was convinced the COVID vaccine had made...
Aug 10, 2026 Trump Just Quietly Gutted the Childhood Vaccine Schedule

Trump Just Quietly Gutted the Childhood Vaccine Schedule

On Monday, Donald Trump signed an executive order cutting the recommended childhood vaccine schedule from 18 diseases down to 11, ending COVID vaccine...
Aug 09, 2026 NIH Chief Tells Parents to Vaccinate Kids While His Boss Keeps Lying About It

NIH Chief Tells Parents to Vaccinate Kids While His Boss Keeps Lying About It

The director of the National Institutes of Health went on national television Sunday and told parents to vaccinate their kids against measles. This should not...
Aug 05, 2026 FDA Approves mRNA Flu Shot Despite RFK Jr. Sabotaging the Whole Process

FDA Approves mRNA Flu Shot Despite RFK Jr. Sabotaging the Whole Process

The FDA just approved the first-ever mRNA flu vaccine, a genuine public health breakthrough that is about 27% more effective than the shot you've been getting...
Aug 05, 2026 New CDC Director Inherits Measles Crisis, RFK Jr., and a Vaccine Webpage That Still Lies

New CDC Director Inherits Measles Crisis, RFK Jr., and a Vaccine Webpage That Still Lies

The Senate confirmed a new CDC director on Wednesday, and the good news is the agency finally has permanent leadership for the first time in nearly a year. The...
Aug 02, 2026 RFK Jr Finally Tells Parents to Vaccinate — 2,371 Cases Too Late

RFK Jr Finally Tells Parents to Vaccinate — 2,371 Cases Too Late

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the man who spent years telling anyone who would listen that vaccines were suspect, finally told American parents to vaccinate their...
Aug 01, 2026 FDA Must Approve an mRNA Flu Shot Wednesday While RFK Jr. Sits on a Cancer Survivor's Unanswered Letter

FDA Must Approve an mRNA Flu Shot Wednesday While RFK Jr. Sits on a Cancer Survivor's Unanswered Letter

A 69-year-old cancer survivor wrote Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a personal letter explaining that an mRNA vaccine had saved his life and asking him to reconsider his...
Jul 31, 2026 RFK's HHS Tried to Go Normal on Vaccines. It Lasted About Five Months.

RFK's HHS Tried to Go Normal on Vaccines. It Lasted About Five Months.

The Department of Health and Human Services looked at polling, saw that vaccine skepticism was bleeding Republican votes, and decided to pretend to be normal...
Jul 30, 2026 Senate GOP Confirms Anti-Vax Nominee to Lead Pandemic Preparedness

Senate GOP Confirms Anti-Vax Nominee to Lead Pandemic Preparedness

The Senate health committee just approved a man with documented anti-vaccine statements to become the country's Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and...
Jul 30, 2026 Pediatricians Are Officially Telling Parents Not to Trust the CDC

Pediatricians Are Officially Telling Parents Not to Trust the CDC

A pediatrics practice in Massachusetts has updated its website to tell patients, in plain English, that "the CDC is no longer considered to be a reliable or...
Jul 29, 2026 Trump Pushes RFK Jr to Cut Even More Vaccines as Measles Hits 30-Year High

Trump Pushes RFK Jr to Cut Even More Vaccines as Measles Hits 30-Year High

Measles is at its highest rate in 30 years. Whooping cough deaths are rising. Flu and tetanus are killing more Americans than they were a few years ago. Donald...
Jul 29, 2026 Trump Killed the Agency That Saved 20,500 Lives and $7.7B — to Save Nothing

Trump Killed the Agency That Saved 20,500 Lives and $7.7B — to Save Nothing

Congress gave the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality $345 million this year. The Trump administration spent less than $15 million of it, fired...
Jul 26, 2026 11,000 COVID Vaccine Injury Claims. 60 Paid Out.

11,000 COVID Vaccine Injury Claims. 60 Paid Out.

More than 11,000 Americans say they were seriously injured by a COVID-19 vaccine. As of June 2026, exactly 60 of them have received any compensation. Not sixty...
Jul 26, 2026 RFK Jr Wants Alzheimer's Screening While Blocking the Panel That Could Make It Happen

RFK Jr Wants Alzheimer's Screening While Blocking the Panel That Could Make It Happen

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went before Congress and called the lack of Alzheimer's screening 'almost regulatory malpractice.' He said this while his own department...
Jul 25, 2026 Nearly 2,000 Sick, 98 Hospitalized, and Nobody Can Say It's Under Control

Nearly 2,000 Sick, 98 Hospitalized, and Nobody Can Say It's Under Control

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went on television to tell Americans the cyclospora lettuce outbreak was under control. That was not true. As of Friday, the CDC is...
Jul 24, 2026 RFK Jr. Said Cyclospora Was 'Under Control.' The CDC Announced 11,000 Cases That Same Day.

RFK Jr. Said Cyclospora Was 'Under Control.' The CDC Announced 11,000 Cases That Same Day.

On Tuesday, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told the American public that the cyclosporiasis outbreak was "under control." That same day, the CDC logged...
Jul 24, 2026 US Hits 35-Year Measles Record With RFK Jr. Running Health Policy

US Hits 35-Year Measles Record With RFK Jr. Running Health Policy

Seven months into 2026, the United States has recorded 2,318 confirmed measles cases, a 35-year high, according to the CDC. To put that in perspective: the US...
Jul 23, 2026 Trump Killed the Biggest Federal Nutrition Program While Screaming About Healthy Eating

Trump Killed the Biggest Federal Nutrition Program While Screaming About Healthy Eating

The Trump administration has spent months loudly promoting its Make America Healthy Again agenda, urging Americans to eat more fruits and vegetables and fewer...
Jul 21, 2026 RFK Says Parasite Outbreak Is 'Under Control.' Michigan Has 6,571 Cases.

RFK Says Parasite Outbreak Is 'Under Control.' Michigan Has 6,571 Cases.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stood in front of cameras Tuesday and declared a parasitic outbreak that has sickened thousands of Americans to be 'under control.'...
Jul 14, 2026 7,000 Americans Have Explosive Diarrhea and Nobody Knows Why Thanks to RFK's CDC Cuts

7,000 Americans Have Explosive Diarrhea and Nobody Knows Why Thanks to RFK's CDC Cuts

Nearly 7,000 Americans across 34 states are currently experiencing frequent, explosive, watery diarrhea from a parasitic outbreak, and public health officials...
Jul 14, 2026 RFK Jr Froze the Kids' Tobacco Panel While Big Vape Got Flavors Back

RFK Jr Froze the Kids' Tobacco Panel While Big Vape Got Flavors Back

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has built a brand around protecting children from corporate poison, has spent over a year preventing a federal health panel from...
Jul 11, 2026 RFK Jr. Wants to Pay Out Covid Vaccine Injury Claims No Court Can Ever Review

RFK Jr. Wants to Pay Out Covid Vaccine Injury Claims No Court Can Ever Review

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is using control of the Department of Health and Human Services to make it easier for people to collect government money for alleged...
Jul 11, 2026 Babies Are Bleeding to Death and RFK Jr. Won't Say Three Words

Babies Are Bleeding to Death and RFK Jr. Won't Say Three Words

Babies are being born, skipping a routine shot that costs almost nothing, and then bleeding into their brains and dying. The federal government isn't tracking...
Jul 09, 2026 Congress Tells RFK Jr.: Make Sure Hospices Aren't Pressuring Sick People to Die

Congress Tells RFK Jr.: Make Sure Hospices Aren't Pressuring Sick People to Die

A bipartisan group of members of Congress sent a letter to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week warning that elderly people, disabled people, and...
Jul 08, 2026 Trump Killed $66M in Teen Pregnancy Prevention Grants for 'Normalizing Sex'

Trump Killed $66M in Teen Pregnancy Prevention Grants for 'Normalizing Sex'

The Trump administration just canceled $66 million in federal grants designed to prevent teen pregnancies, citing the programs' alleged crime of 'normalizing...
Jul 05, 2026 Ex-CDC Chief: RFK Jr. Refused Measles Briefing, Installed Unvetted Vaccine Panel

Ex-CDC Chief: RFK Jr. Refused Measles Briefing, Installed Unvetted Vaccine Panel

The man running America's public health apparatus refused to receive a briefing on an active measles epidemic from the CDC's top medical official. That's not a...
Jun 25, 2026 RFK Jr. Pulled Flu Vaccine Ads Mid-Season, Emails Confirm

RFK Jr. Pulled Flu Vaccine Ads Mid-Season, Emails Confirm

During one of the worst flu seasons in years, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ordered the CDC to kill its own flu vaccine advertising campaigns. Internal emails released...
Jun 25, 2026 RFK Jr Told Senate His Samoa Trip Had 'Nothing to Do With Vaccines.' His Colleague's Email Says Otherwise.

RFK Jr Told Senate His Samoa Trip Had 'Nothing to Do With Vaccines.' His Colleague's Email Says Otherwise.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told the United States Senate, twice, under oath, that his 2019 trip to Samoa had 'nothing to do with vaccines.' A newly obtained email...
Jun 23, 2026 Judge Slaps Down RFK Jr.'s SNAP Soda Ban: 'Congress Defined Food'

Judge Slaps Down RFK Jr.'s SNAP Soda Ban: 'Congress Defined Food'

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brooke Rollins spent the better part of this year letting 23 states tell poor people they couldn't buy a Sprite with their food...
Jun 23, 2026 RFK Jr Locked Healthy Americans in Rooms for 42 Days Against CDC Advice

RFK Jr Locked Healthy Americans in Rooms for 42 Days Against CDC Advice

Eight Americans walked out of a government quarantine facility in Omaha on Monday after being locked up for six weeks on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s personal...
Jun 18, 2026 FDA Panel Unanimously OKs mRNA Flu Shot RFK Jr. Tried to Kill

FDA Panel Unanimously OKs mRNA Flu Shot RFK Jr. Tried to Kill

The FDA's top vaccine advisory committee voted unanimously Thursday to recommend Moderna's new mRNA flu vaccine, mFlusiva, for adults 50 and older. This is the...
Jun 18, 2026 Senate Dems Launch Probe Into RFK Jr.'s Gutting of Vaccine Panel

Senate Dems Launch Probe Into RFK Jr.'s Gutting of Vaccine Panel

Senate Democrats want to know exactly who in the Trump administration decided that blowing up the nation's premier vaccine advisory committee was a good idea,...
Jun 18, 2026 JD Vance and RFK Jr. Are Eating Sauerkraut for Lent and Paying $18K for the Privilege

JD Vance and RFK Jr. Are Eating Sauerkraut for Lent and Paying $18K for the Privilege

The most powerful cabinet in the free world is eating fistfuls of fermented cabbage on the advice of a private doctor who charges $18,000 for a consultation....
Jun 18, 2026 First mRNA Flu Vaccine Heads to FDA Panel — If RFK Jr. Doesn't Kill It First

First mRNA Flu Vaccine Heads to FDA Panel — If RFK Jr. Doesn't Kill It First

A vaccine that could help prevent tens of thousands of flu deaths a year, built with the same Nobel Prize-winning technology that ended the Covid pandemic, is...
Jun 16, 2026 OB-GYNs Break With CDC to Publish Their Own Vaccine Schedule for Pregnant Women

OB-GYNs Break With CDC to Publish Their Own Vaccine Schedule for Pregnant Women

The top professional organization for OB-GYNs in the United States just did something it has never had to do before: publish its own vaccination schedule for...
Jun 15, 2026 RFK Jr Bullies Journal That Pulled Fake Vaccine-SIDS Study

RFK Jr Bullies Journal That Pulled Fake Vaccine-SIDS Study

The United States Secretary of Health and Human Services sent a letter to a medical journal demanding they explain why they removed a paper that scientists...
Jun 13, 2026 RFK Jr. Is Now Actually in Charge of Vaccines. God Help Us.

RFK Jr. Is Now Actually in Charge of Vaccines. God Help Us.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a man who has spent the better part of two decades telling anyone who would listen that vaccines are suspect, is now the person who runs...