A new era in abortion services may be over before it ever really began

After the Supreme Court overturned Roe, progressive states began passing shield laws to protect their residents from civil or criminal consequences under state bans. Now that’s under threat.

Mary Ziegler

‘CDC is over’: RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre

Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.

Brandy Zadrozny

Democrats can’t risk losing this opportunity

Now that Democrats have gained some traction during the governmental shutdown, they must bring into sharp focus the true challenge of this moment.

Ayman Mohyeldin

Judge blocks Trump admin’s plan to politicize funds to fight teen pregnancy

But the organizations that need that money to curb teen pregnancies didn’t get to celebrate for long.

Ja'han Jones

He helped build the anti-vaccine movement. RFK Jr. just hired him.

Neither a physician nor a scientist, new CDC senior adviser Mark Blaxill claims without evidence that every child who takes vaccines is in some way injured.

Brandy Zadrozny

Marjorie Taylor Greene mixes conspiracies and religion in bid to discredit climate science

A hearing on purported weather control platformed the toxic strain of anti-intellectualism that pervades the Christian nationalist movement.

Ja'han Jones

Ousted CDC director says Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to change childhood vaccine schedule

Susan Monarez told a Senate committee Wednesday that she was fired for refusing to go along with the health secretary’s unscientific agenda.

Brandy Zadrozny

I’ve worked with infectious diseases for years — vaccines are safe and effective

The evidence for vaccine safety and efficacy exists in overwhelming abundance, accessible to anyone willing to examine it.

Jake Scott