The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is led by Acting Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, who also leads the National Institutes of Health. – Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images/File The Trump administration had been expected to nominate a new director for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week, but the White House is […]
Updated at 7:40 p.m. ET on March 25, 2026 Today, Acting CDC Director Jay Bhattacharya said something that no other prominent health leader in the Trump administration has. “I think it is vital that every kid in this country get the measles vaccine. Absolutely vital,” he told CDC staff at a meeting this morning. That […]
A former member of the Pussycat Dolls says she was excluded from the group’s forthcoming reunion because of her support for Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy’s “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) movement. “I was a liability,” Jessica Sutta said in an interview this week on the “Maverick Approach” podcast. Earlier this month, singers Nicole […]
A “Fox & Friends” host couldn’t hold back his revulsion after one of his fellow co-hosts defended Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s habit of working out in jeans at the gym. On Wednesday, Kennedy became the center of conversation after the show’s panelists played back a clip of the White House […]
Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on Signal at hbranswell.01. There is no end in sight for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s leadership limbo, with the Trump administration confirming on Wednesday it would […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Wellness influencer Dr. Casey Means’ nomination to be U.S. surgeon general is stalled a month after senators of both major political parties grilled her on vaccines and other health topics during a tense confirmation hearing, deepening doubts about her ability to secure the votes she needs for the role. The nomination […]
Robert Francis Kennedy Jr., the controversial United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, is back in the news for another set of eyebrow-raising claims, this time about mobile phones. During his latest podcast appearance, the anti-vax activist urged parents to keep children away from phones to keep them from getting “microwaved.” RFK Jr. talks […]
Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. To advance to a full Senate vote, Means likely needs every Republican on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee to support her nomination. But after last month’s hearing, two of them — Sens. Lisa Murkowski of […]
4 min read The upcoming edition of The New York Times Magazine has a deep and profound spelunking down through the rubble that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has created out of what once was the world’s most effective public-health organization: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And if you think your capacity to be […]
NEW YORK – Wellness influencer Dr. Casey Means’ nomination to be U.S. surgeon general is stalled a month after senators of both major political parties grilled her on vaccines and other health topics during a tense confirmation hearing, deepening doubts about her ability to secure the votes she needs for the role. The nomination has […]
