vaccines

3 briefs

ethics 2026-05-13

The World Is Losing the Health Gains It Spent Twenty Years Building. The WHO Cannot Say Why.

The 2026 World Health Statistics report released today says malaria is rising, maternal mortality is stalling, and childhood vaccine coverage is slipping below herd immunity thresholds -- but the report conspicuously avoids naming the funding cuts causing it.

power 2026-04-20

Kennedy Is Running HHS. Trump Nominated a Vaccine Supporter to Run the CDC.

RFK Jr. got grilled in Congress over killing a CDC vaccine awareness campaign. The same week, Trump nominated a former deputy surgeon general who supports vaccines to lead the CDC.

power 2026-04-15

A Judge Froze RFK Jr.'s Vaccine Changes. He's Already Working Around the Ruling.

US District Judge Brian Murphy blocked all Trump-era changes to the national vaccine schedule. The same day, HHS announced new criteria for the advisory panel RFK Jr. had already stacked. The courts and the executive are playing whack-a-mole with public health infrastructure.