RFK Jr /tags/rfk-jr RFK Jr en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:02:00 GMT RFK Jr. overrules experts to keep hantavirus cruise ship passenger in quarantine /health/2026-06-17/rfk-jr-overrules-experts-to-keep-hantavirus-cruise-ship-passenger-in-quarantine U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has refused to release a cruise ship passenger exposed to hantavirus from the Nebraska quarantine facility where she is being held. The decision comes despite a federal medical review that said there's no need to confine the woman far from her Florida home. Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:02:00 GMT /health/2026-06-17/rfk-jr-overrules-experts-to-keep-hantavirus-cruise-ship-passenger-in-quarantine Associated Press PolitiFact FL: How Trump’s talk about Tylenol, autism, vaccines affected a South Florida pediatrician /health/2025-12-17/trumps-tylenol-autism-vaccines-pediatrician-safety As part of its 'Year of the Lies' series, PolitiFact FL reports on a pediatrician who quit her long practice of seeing patients in person, after the Trump administration’s unproved claims on everything from Tylenol to vaccines had added chaos and safety concerns to her days. Wed, 17 Dec 2025 18:05:37 GMT /health/2025-12-17/trumps-tylenol-autism-vaccines-pediatrician-safety Anti-science bills hit statehouses, stripping away public health protections built over a century /health/2025-10-21/anti-science-bills-hit-statehouses-stripping-away-public-health-protections-built-over-a-century More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year. It's part of an organized, politically savvy campaign to enshrine a conspiracy theory-driven agenda into law. Tue, 21 Oct 2025 19:36:50 GMT /health/2025-10-21/anti-science-bills-hit-statehouses-stripping-away-public-health-protections-built-over-a-century Michelle R. Smith and Laura Ungar | Associated Press