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White House replaces Covid resource page with lab leak website
Anyone who tried to access Covid.gov, a federal website once dedicated to Covid resources, found something drastically different in its place Friday.
HHS eliminates advisory committee on newborn screening ahead of vote on rare disorders
RFK Jr.’s Health Department shut down an advisory group that recommends how to test newborns for genetic disorders
CDC says measles cases are most likely underreported as outbreak swells in Texas
Measles cases are likely being underreported in the U.S. as public health officials scramble to find resources to manage a ballooning outbreak in Texas according to a CDC scientist.
RFK Jr. falsely claims measles vaccine protection ‘wanes very quickly’
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called for people to get the measles vaccine, while falsely claiming it has not been “safety tested” and its protection is short-lived.
RFK Jr. draws from misinformation playbook by touting an inhaled steroid to treat measles
The measles outbreak in West Texas has reignited familiar anti-vaccine tactics: claiming there are readily available treatments for the disease while sowing doubt in the safety of vaccines.