The Atlantic
Peanut allergy advice worked brilliantly because it was natural, profit-free, and scary - unlike vaccines, which suffer from being too successful and too profitable.
The Atlantic
Kindergarten vaccination exemptions hit a record high, and it's not because kids suddenly developed a fear of needles.
The Atlantic
Senator Ron Johnson releases Fauci's group chat, sparking claims of a 'crime against humanity' - but the texts just show a public-health official being appropriately cautious, which is apparently now a felony.
Ars Technica
Trump's White House is drafting an executive order to 'investigate' a vaccine-autism link that science has thoroughly demolished - because why let facts get in the way of a good grift?
The Atlantic
Public health experts might finally admit that the MAHA movement, for all its anti-vax weirdness, is tapping into real frustrations - and maybe it's time to show up and fight like we mean it.
NYT Health
Hantavirus goes rogue on a cruise ship, Ebola gets a makeover, and scientists remind us that not all viruses are the same - especially when they're actively trying to kill us.
The Atlantic
The U.S. is withholding $600 million from Gavi, the world's biggest vaccine alliance, because RFK Jr. doesn't like some old vaccines - and the poorest kids will pay the price.
Ars Technica
Routine vaccines are increasingly linked to lower dementia risk, and scientists think it might be because they train your innate immune system to fight brain inflammation. Who knew shots could be so multitasky?
The Atlantic
A 92-year-old survivor of pre-vaccine America delivers a vivid, personal history lesson to RFK Jr., featuring iron lungs, measles quarantines, and the friend who didn't make it.
The Guardian
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary faces the axe as the agency implodes under political pressure, vaccine research suppression, and a vape-friendly White House - because public health is so last century.
Ars Technica
RFK Jr. gets fact-checked on germ theory denial in a Senate hearing, because apparently the Health Secretary needed a reminder that vaccines work.
The Hill
Acting CDC chief Jay Bhattacharya blocks a study on COVID vaccine effectiveness using a methodology the agency itself just used for flu vaccines, as HHS continues its campaign to make public health as confusing as possible.
The Good Times
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