California, Oregon and Washington ally on vaccines in rebuke to Trump’s CDC Three Democratic governors create West Coast Health Alliance amid growing turmoil at US health agency under RFK Jr The Guardian - US · Sep 3, 2025
Over 1,000 HHS staffers demand RFK Jr resign as civil war swirls over his remaking of the agency Employees past and present come togther to express lack of confidence in Robert F Kennedy Jr over turbulent leadership of America’s public health institutions The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2025
RFK Jr boasts of handling of US measles outbreak in op-ed amid CDC upheaval HHS secretary failed to respond to critics in editorial amid growing calls for him to resign and chaos across the agency The Guardian - US · Sep 3, 2025
More than 1,000 health workers urge Kennedy to quit over anti-vax policies Letter says Kennedy installed ideologues, endangered US health and ignored pleas as resignations mounted at CDC The Guardian - US · Sep 3, 2025
Robert Kennedy Jr's $50 Million Autism Data Push Draws More Than 100 Proposals: Report Researchers have submitted more than 100 proposals to join the Trump administration's $50 million Autism Data Science Initiative, with as many as 25 grants slated for award by late September, according to people familiar with the plans. Benzinga · Sep 3, 2025
RFK Jr. writes about restoring ‘public trust’ at the CDC. Its former directors say he’s ‘endangering every American’s health’ ‘We are worried about the wide-ranging impact that all these decisions will have on America’s health security,’ the former CDC directors said about Secretary Kennedy’s shakeup at the Health and Human Services Department The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2025
RFK Jr critic Paul Offit removed from FDA vaccine advisory committee Offit, long-serving vaccine scientist, says he was not given a reason for dismissal after initially being offered extension The Guardian - US · Sep 2, 2025
What you need to know about Covid vaccines in the US this fall In a move praised by RFK Jr, the FDA approved a new shot, but only for some people – here’s what to know about who can get them, and where The Guardian - US · Sep 2, 2025
‘I want it NOW’: Trump wants ‘justifications’, rich coming from a guy who’s spent his entire career dodging them He wants proof. We Got This Covered · Sep 2, 2025
RFK Jr aide was so upset about her firing she accidentally crashed her car as she left work – into his Hannah Anderson, former deputy chief of staff for policy at Department of Health and Human Services, reportedly backed into Robert F Kennedy Jr’s vehicle after being dismissed in July The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2025
US House committee releases batch of Epstein records as White House fights release of all files – as it happened Republican-led oversight committee releases over 33,000 pages of files related to investigation of late sex offender The Guardian - US · Sep 2, 2025
Trump Demands Pfizer, Other Covid Drug Makers To 'Justify The Success,' Show Their Results Amid New FDA Restrictions President Donald Trump has called for pharmaceutical companies to provide evidence of the effectiveness of their COVID-19 drugs. Benzinga · Sep 2, 2025
Trump news at a glance: Bessent says markets not worried by Fed interference as Lagarde warns of ‘danger’ European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde says Trump undermining Federal Reserve could impact global economy. Key US politics stories from Monday 1 September The Guardian - US · Sep 2, 2025
The Guardian - US · Sep 1, 2025 Former CDC leaders condemn RFK Jr for endangering Americans’ health In a New York Times essay, nine officials said Kennedy’s leadership at HHS ‘should alarm every American’
The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2025 Trump casts doubt on his own COVID vaccines program after RFK Jr threatens restrictions Trump wants drugmakers to ‘justify the success’ of Operation Warp Speed following wave of CDC resignations and warnings from public health officials
International Business Times · Sep 1, 2025 RFK Jr 'Endangering' All Americans, Health Agency Ex-chiefs Warn Nine former leaders of the top US health body sounded the alarm Monday about the Trump administration's evisceration of the agency and warned that vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr is "endangering every American's health."
Benzinga · Sep 1, 2025 Trump 'Must Fire' Robert F Kennedy Jr, Calls For Dismissal Get Louder — Don Beyer, Bernie Sanders, Wisconsin's Sara Rodriguez Join The Chorus Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is under intense fire after his dismissal of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez set off resignations among top public health leaders and renewed calls for his removal.
Benzinga · Sep 1, 2025 Robert Kennedy Jr.'s Leadership Can Only Bring More 'Harm,' Says Top Ex-CDC Official: 'Undoing Of Vaccination' In Works Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention immunizations chief Demetre Daskalakis said Sunday he resigned because politics has overrun science at the nation's top public-health agency, warning he "only see[s] harm coming" under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
International Business Times · Aug 31, 2025 Directors Who Quit US Health Agency Warn It Is 'Destroying' Protections Senior experts who recently resigned in protest from the top US public health agency denounced Sunday growing politicization of the organization, warning of a breakdown in the "firewall" between science and ideology.
The Guardian - US · Aug 31, 2025 Former CDC official ‘only sees harm’ to public health under RFK Jr’s leadership Demetre Daskalakis, who resigned after White House fired CDC chief, cautions against ‘undoing of vaccination’ to ABC
The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2025 ‘I only see harm coming’: Top CDC official who quit over RFK Jr policies says he fears more attacks on vaccines still to come Demetre Daskalakis warns that the new acting CDC director will only serve Robert F. Kennedy Jr
The Guardian - US · Aug 31, 2025 Top FDA official demands removal of YouTube videos in which he criticized Covid vaccines Channel was an attempt to ‘preserve’ what officials in current Trump administration said during the pandemic
The Guardian - US · Aug 31, 2025 RFK Jr says he’ll ‘fix’ a vaccine program - by canceling compensation for people with vaccine injuries Changes to an injury compensation program could make it hard to keep vaccines on the market – or make new ones
The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2025 Bernie Sanders breaks with Democrats and endorses popular oyster farmer running against Susan Collins A surging grassroots campaign has already formed behind Graham Platner, known online as ‘the oysterman,’ who is attempting to oust beleaguered Republican Susan Collins