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TechdirtSep 25, 2026

Promises Made, Promises Broken: RFK Jr. Keeps COVID Vaccines From Children

The velocity with which RFK Jr. continues to break the promises he made during his confirmation hearings is simply incredible. As we get further and further away from those hearings, which amazingly occurred only 21 months ago, we may lose sight of the assurances Kennedy gave directly to Congress about his plans if appointed to...

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TechdirtSep 24, 2026

RFK Jr. Yoinks Millions Meant To Keep Minority Infants Alive For His Security Detail

What if all this time, we have completely misunderstood RFK Jr.'s obsession with keeping children from being vaccinated? What if the notion that he was a true anti-vaxxer, or was ignorant and confused on how this whole science things works, was completely wrong? What if he just hates children, particularly black and brown children, and...

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TechdirtSep 19, 2026

RFK Jr. Assclown Jambaroo: Anti-Vaxxer Bullshit, A New Panel Of Misfits, EMFs, & Chemtrails, Oh My!

Well, as we previously discussed was going to occur, RFK Jr. gave his keynote speech and appearance at the Children's Health Defense conference of anti-vaxxer conspiracy-mongers, and he was certainly firmly on brand. In fact, he did so much to make news during and around this appearance that we're going to have to break this...

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TechdirtSep 17, 2026

4th Measles Death In PA & All The Federal Govt. Can Do Is Disrespect The Dead By Ignoring Them

As Pennsylvania continues to endure the worst of the current measles outbreaks ravaging the country, a fourth measles-associated death has now been confirmed. As of the time of this writing, the CDC's public website tracking case counts and deaths has still not acknowledged a single one of these fatalities, reportedly at the direction of RFK...

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TechdirtSep 16, 2026

RFK Jr. To Give Keynote At Conference For Anti-Vaxxer Organization He Co-Founded

Whatever mask RFK Jr. was attempting to wear to convince the world he isn't a pure anti-vaxxer clown is now officially off. The man who has spent his time as Secretary of HHS overseeing the worst outbreak of measles in America in decades, who just can't stop citing fake health studies and misinterpreting others, who...

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TechdirtSep 15, 2026

Adult Woman Dies From Measles Complications In Pennsylvania

Despite RFK Jr.'s assurances that he's absolutely killing it combating this pesky measles thing that resurfaced after decades under his leadership, the only thing that is being killed are American citizens who contract measles. While we first eclipsed the measles case count of 2025 in mid-summer of 2026, there has also been no slowdown of...

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TechdirtSep 10, 2026

1 Of 2 Children Dead In PA Confirmed To Be From Measles

I want to start this whole thing off with a disclaimer. Nothing in this post should be misconstrued as gloating, as being pleased, or as having a connotation that is anything beyond sadness and the need for change. Nobody is happy to have the obvious confirmed when it comes to a child's death. There is...

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TechdirtSep 9, 2026

Reporting Indicates RFK Jr. Directly Intervened To Keep PA Deaths Off CDC Measles Report

The measles outbreak, that began in America nearly two years ago, has only increased in velocity. We recently talked about the deaths of two children in Pennsylvania who both died while infected with measles. I'm altering my language slightly here from that original post in which I described those children as having died of measles...

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TechdirtSep 4, 2026

RFK Jr. Wants Your Medical Records

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. You might assume that what you tell a doctor stays between you, your physician and perhaps your insurer. But the reality is more complicated. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the federal privacy law that governs health information...

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TechdirtSep 4, 2026

Court Tells HHS To Stop Using AI To Cite Fake Studies, Or Willfully Misinterpret Others In Grant Solicitations

To quote the opening line from the court opinion that this post is based upon, "Millions of American teenagers have sex." This post is has nothing to do with whether that sort of thing is good or bad, natural or otherwise, nor the moral implications of it all. Whatever you think about that opening line,...

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TechdirtSep 2, 2026

Senators Call For RFK Jr.’s Resignation After More Emails Suggest He Lied In His Confirmation Hearings

There are plenty of reasons to call for RFK Jr. to resign or be fired. There are plenty of reasons to call for him to be investigated. There's his complete dereliction of duty when it comes to the American measles outbreak. There's his sneaky misrepresentations carried out as he moonlights on a government-funded cooking show...

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TechdirtSep 1, 2026

RFK Jr. Goes Full Anti-Vaxxer Conspiracy Theorist Over 2 PA Measles Deaths

When we just discussed the two recent deaths in Pennsylvania that came as a result of measles infections, we noted that there was very little information about the deceased. Some additional information has since been released, in particular the fact that one of those that died was a newborn child. This is the sort of...

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TechdirtAug 27, 2026

Two Die In Pennsylvania Of Measles Marking The First Deaths Of 2026

Last year, as decades of work by RFK Jr. to undermine vaccines with false links to deaths and autism culminated in his appointment to lead HHS, America saw the largest resurgence of measles cases in something like three decades. Three people died, including two children, all unvaccinated. Kennedy mostly ignored the outbreak from the beginning...

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TechdirtAug 22, 2026

RFK Jr. Loses It Over CNN Host Doing The Math On Meal Costs From His Cooking Show

As you'll recall, RFK Jr., who is totally not checked out of his job at HHS, has managed to sneak in hosting a government sponsored cooking show in between not doing anything about the country's problems with measles, cyclosporiasis, whooping cough, and so on. Well, two episodes are now out, and the reviews are not...

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Little Green FootballsAug 21, 2026

Rosie O'Donnell Sings a Song for Donald Trump

Rosie O’Donnell says goodbye on her final night as guest host and talks about going back to Ireland, wanting to become the next Golden Bachelorette, her crush Sydney James Harcourt being on the show, COVID cases surging in almost every state right now, our fate being in the hands of Robert F. Kennedy Jr, receiving an email from Barbra Streisand, and she closes out her week at the show with a song for a very special boy.

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Little Green FootballsAug 17, 2026

Seth Meyers Looks Back: RFK Jr.'s Obsession with Sperm Counts, Eating Roadkill and Health Care Cuts

In this series of moments from A Closer Look, Seth takes a closer look at RFK Jr.'s obsession with sperm counts and eating roadkill as he slashes the nation's health care budgets.

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TechdirtAug 14, 2026

Doctors, Medical Associations Already Giving A Giant Middle Finger To Trump’s Vaccine EO

As expected, this didn't take very long. Earlier this week we pointed out that Donald Trump supplanted RFK Jr. as the world's most infamous anti-vaxxer when he vomited out a bonkers executive order that reduced the recommended childhood vaccination schedule for American children, pared down which diseases were recommended for vaccination, and demanded that the...

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TechdirtAug 12, 2026

Donald Trump Just Became The World’s Most Famous Anti-Vaxxer Nonsense Peddler

When it comes to the bullshit, batshit-crazy anti-vaxxer movement that currently has the United States in its un-scientific grip, I've focused most of my attention on RFK Jr. And, frankly, for good reason. For arguably decades, but definitely for the last five to ten years, RFK Jr. was the most infamous anti-vaxxer in the world....

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AT Black MediaAug 8, 2026

Rights, Health, and the Fight for Truth: Stories Shaping Black America

From ballot boxes to polluted air, these stories trace the systemic pressures Black communities face across voting, health, and environment - and the truth-tellers pushing back.

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TechdirtAug 7, 2026

Erica Schwartz Confirmed As CDC Director Right After She Ruined Her Reputation

When Erica Schwartz was first nominated for Director of the CDC, you could almost hear both a gasp of surprise and a collective sigh of relief from healthcare providers throughout the country. Schwartz is well qualified for the role, after all, and many took her nomination as a sign that the White House was attempting...

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TechdirtAug 6, 2026

Budget Cuts, Apathy Lead To Trump Administration Being Slow Acknowledging Two Cyclosporiasis Deaths

A couple of weeks ago we discussed how the cuts made to HHS and specifically the CDC's FoodNet tracking platform were making it much harder to track and back trace the source of the country's current cyclosporiasis outbreak. You'll have heard about this outbreak in the news by now. It's the one where you begin...

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TechdirtAug 5, 2026

RFK Jr. Just Embarrassed Himself Publicly On CNN

This post is going to come with something of a warning label. RFK Jr. went on CNN this past weekend for an interview with Dana Bash. I'm going to post the entirety of that interview immediately below. Before you watch it, get yourself a bib, or some paper towels, or wrap yourself in one of...

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TechdirtAug 1, 2026

RFK Jr., Who Is Definitely Not Checked Out Of His Job, To Host A Cooking Show

RFK Jr. has a lot on his plate at the moment as the head of HHS. America is currently dealing with a record breaking outbreak of the measles, for instance. His agency has had a very hard time getting people confirmed for key roles. There's that whole cyclosporiasis thing going around, which you'll know you've...

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TechdirtJul 30, 2026

U.S. Measles Cases Eclipse 2025’s Record Case Count

The American healthcare system and the portion of the government in charge of our health have been a failure of record proportions for the second consecutive year. In 2025, America set a record for collecting the most confirmed cases of measles since 1991, with 2,289 confirmed cases. This year, America already blew past last years...

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