• Senate Democrats weigh GOP stopgap bill as government shutdown looms

    Senate Democrats weigh GOP stopgap bill as government shutdown looms

    Mar 13, 2025 10:40 PM EST

    ... 1990s, early 2000s.He is himself a doctor of internal medicine, but he is known here in the controversies around his push for research on autism, and particularly when he was in Congress rejecting studies that debunked the idea that autism could be caused by vaccines. We know now there ...

  • Trump administration withdraws nomination of vaccine critic David Weldon for CDC director

    Trump administration withdraws nomination of vaccine critic David Weldon for CDC director

    Mar 13, 2025 01:56 PM EST

    ... charge at CDC who believes the lie that our rigorously tested childhood vaccine schedule is somehow exposing kids to toxic levels of mercury or causing autism." The White House did not issue a statement explaining the withdrawal, and Trump did not address it during a Thursday afternoon press availability. The ...

  • Read the full text of Trump's speech to a joint session of Congress

    Read the full text of Trump's speech to a joint session of Congress

    Mar 05, 2025 03:53 PM EST

    ... our children healthy and strong. As an example, not long ago — and you can't even believe these numbers — one in 10,000 children had autism. One in 10,000, and now it's one in 36. There's something wrong. One in 36. Think of that. So, we're ...

  • WATCH: Dr. Jay Bhattacharya testifies at Senate confirmation hearing for NIH director

    WATCH: Dr. Jay Bhattacharya testifies at Senate confirmation hearing for NIH director

    Mar 05, 2025 03:15 PM EST

    "People still think Elvis is alive,” a frustrated Cassidy responded. He told Bhattacharya any attempt to revisit the debunked issue would deprive funds to study autism's real cause. Some Senators, including Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican from Maine, and Tammy Baldwin, a Democrat from Wisconsin, expressed deep frustration ...

  • Health officials concerned as FDA cancels meeting to update flu vaccines

    Health officials concerned as FDA cancels meeting to update flu vaccines

    Feb 27, 2025 11:25 PM EST

    ... It's come back largely because people have chosen not to vaccinate their children, in part because they're scared of the vaccine, scared that it has safety issues like autism, something that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been promoting loudly and to many people for the last 20 years.

  • What to know about the measles outbreak in West Texas as cases rise to 90

    What to know about the measles outbreak in West Texas as cases rise to 90

    Feb 22, 2025 11:28 PM EST

    Before the vaccine was introduced in 1963, the U.S. saw some 3 million to 4 million cases per year. Now, it’s usually fewer than 200 in a normal year. There is no link between the vaccine and autism, despite a now-discredited study and health disinformation. Why do ...

  • How Elon Musk gained so much power in the Trump administration

    How Elon Musk gained so much power in the Trump administration

    Feb 20, 2025 11:40 PM EST

    Walter Isaacson, who wrote a biography of Musk, told Amna Nawaz back in 2023 that Musk had a difficult childhood, struggling with autism spectrum disorder, being repeatedly bullied, and dealing with an allegedly emotionally abusive father. Walter Isaacson, Author: Those demons, the dark things about being bullied as a kid ...

  • West Texas measles outbreak grows to 58 cases

    West Texas measles outbreak grows to 58 cases

    Feb 18, 2025 08:02 PM EST

    ... to 4 million cases per year. Now, it’s usually fewer than 200 in a normal year. There is no link between the vaccine and autism, despite a now-discredited study and health disinformation.Why do vaccination rates matter? In communities with high vaccination rates — above 95% — diseases like measles ...

  • WATCH: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sworn in as Trump's secretary of health and human services

    WATCH: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sworn in as Trump's secretary of health and human services

    Feb 13, 2025 10:05 PM EST

    ... would not make changes to existing vaccine recommendations. During Senate hearings, Democrats tried to prod Kennedy to deny a long-discredited theory that vaccines cause autism. Some lawmakers also raised alarms about Kennedy financially benefiting from changing vaccine guidelines or weakening federal lawsuit protections against vaccine makers.Kennedy made more ...

  • WATCH: Vaccine skeptic RFK Jr. confirmed as Trump's health chief after close Senate vote

    WATCH: Vaccine skeptic RFK Jr. confirmed as Trump's health chief after close Senate vote

    Feb 13, 2025 03:09 PM EST

    ... would not make changes to existing vaccine recommendations. During Senate hearings, Democrats tried to prod Kennedy to deny a long-discredited theory that vaccines cause autism. Some lawmakers also raised alarms about Kennedy financially benefiting from changing vaccine guidelines or weakening federal lawsuit protections against vaccine makers. Kennedy made more ...