• RFK Jr. will tell CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water

    RFK Jr. will tell CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water

    Apr 08, 2025 03:24 PM EDT

    ... said it was willing to help conduct high-quality studies to settle the issue. “When government officials like Secretary Kennedy stand behind the commentary of misinformation and distrust peer-reviewed research, it is injurious to public health," said the association's president, Brett Kessler. Utah Oral Health Coalition chairperson Lorna ...

  • With future at risk, Taiwan prepares citizens to resist potential Chinese invasion

    With future at risk, Taiwan prepares citizens to resist potential Chinese invasion

    Apr 07, 2025 10:40 PM EDT

    ... attempt to wake Taiwan up. Cheng Hsin Mei (through interpreter): We want everyone to understand that war is already happening in Taiwan, with fake news, misinformation and even severed underwater cables. These are all signs that war is getting closer. Nick Schifrin: It's sensitive to depict that war on ...

  • RFK Jr. visits epicenter of Texas measles outbreak after second child who was infected dies

    RFK Jr. visits epicenter of Texas measles outbreak after second child who was infected dies

    Apr 06, 2025 10:54 PM EDT

    Misinformation about how to prevent and treat measles is hindering a robust public health response, including claims about vitamin A supplements that have been pushed by Kennedy and holistic medicine supporters despite doctors’ warnings that it should be given under a physician's orders and that too much can be ...

  • AP report: FDA's top tobacco regulator removed from post in latest blow to health agency's leadership

    AP report: FDA's top tobacco regulator removed from post in latest blow to health agency's leadership

    Apr 01, 2025 03:24 PM EDT

    ... removal comes just days after FDA vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks was forced out, citing health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s support for vaccine "misinformation and lies" in his resignation letter. The latest changes mean that nearly all of FDA's top leaders overseeing drugs, food, vaccines, medical devices ...

  • Bondi instructs Justice Department to dismiss lawsuit challenging Georgia election law

    Bondi instructs Justice Department to dismiss lawsuit challenging Georgia election law

    Mar 31, 2025 06:51 PM EDT

    ... result of commonsense election law,” Raffensperger said in a statement. Kemp also welcomed Bondi's announcement. He accused Democrats and others of spreading “lies and misinformation” and said, “Georgia is one of the top states in the country for early voting and experienced record voter turnout in multiple elections since ...

  • How new job cuts at the nation’s leading health agency affect Americans

    How new job cuts at the nation’s leading health agency affect Americans

    Mar 29, 2025 09:40 PM EDT

    ... are very disruptive for professionals who devote their lives to protecting Americans and advancing science. What is clear is that Secretary Kennedy has repeatedly spread misinformation about groups like the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, what's called ACIP. And this is part of a broader assault on vaccines, which ...

  • Angelo Carusone on tracking Project 2025 and right-wing media

    Angelo Carusone on tracking Project 2025 and right-wing media

    Mar 27, 2025 10:30 PM EDT

    ... their algorithms, what their systems are doing. That imbalance is only going to speed up because the very systems that support them are actually privileging right-wing lies and right-wing misinformation. Geoff Bennett: Angelo Carusone, president of Media Matters, thanks for being here. Angelo Carusone: Thanks for having me.

  • Persecution of South Africa's whites a 'false narrative,' president says as Musk repeats genocide claim

    Persecution of South Africa's whites a 'false narrative,' president says as Musk repeats genocide claim

    Mar 24, 2025 10:02 PM EDT

    ... because there was no proof it incited violence. Since Trump's executive order, the South African government has sought to dispel what it says is misinformation over white farmers, who are sometimes victims of violent attacks in their homes. The government has condemned the attacks, but experts say there is ...

  • Nurse reflects on struggles of working the frontlines during COVID

    Nurse reflects on struggles of working the frontlines during COVID

    Mar 21, 2025 10:20 PM EDT

    ... of you why I felt OK and felt like I should go get the vaccine.I hear that all the time. There's so much misinformation and politics involved in vaccines and in science and in medicine. It doesn't give me hope that we have learned our lessons and ...

  • What is Voice of America and why Trump is dismantling the broadcaster

    What is Voice of America and why Trump is dismantling the broadcaster

    Mar 17, 2025 10:45 PM EDT

    ... American propaganda. So I think it's critical that the U.S. government is supporting organizations like RFE/RL that are pushing back against that disinformation, misinformation. Nick Schifrin: And she says RFE/RL's content reaches more than 10 percent of Iranians, many of whom have protested the regime.