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What RFK Jr. Told Grieving Texas Families About the Measles Vaccine

April 10, 2025

Buildings in Seminole, Texas

What It Really Means to ‘Give Infectious Disease a Break’

Katherine J. Wu

March 21, 2025

Collage of Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shaking hands, a bar graph showing an upward trend in red bars and red dots

The NIH’s Grant Terminations Are ‘Utter and Complete Chaos’

Katherine J. Wu

March 14, 2025

a pair of grayscale hands hold a red plastic mallet and aim at blue medical symbols popping up from holes

His Daughter Was America’s First Measles Death in a Decade

March 11, 2025

A welcome sign for Seminole Texas stands in a dirt lot

America Is Botching Measles

Katherine J. Wu

March 7, 2025

Covenant Children's Hospital is pictured from outside the emergency entrance on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, in Lubbock, Texas.

RFK Jr., America’s Leading Advocate for Getting Measles

February 27, 2025

Illustration of a hypodermic needle against a background of white and blue dots

RFK Jr. Won. Now What?

Nicholas Florko

February 13, 2025

Monochromatic photo of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a suit

I’ve Never Seen Parents This Freaked Out About Vaccines

February 13, 2025

Treated photograph of a hand holding a syringe

Why the COVID Deniers Won

March 2025 Issue

image of a US flag with stars and stripes shattering, the cracks emanating from a coronavirus-shaped hole in the center

The Doctor Who Let RFK Jr. Through

Nicholas Florko

February 4, 2025

Black-and white-photo of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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What Trump’s Nominees Revealed

Isabel Fattal and Bhumika Tharoor

January 30, 2025

Tulsi Gabbard sits in front of a microphone during her Senate hearing

RFK Jr. Has a Lot to Learn About Medicaid

Katherine J. Wu

January 29, 2025

a photo of the upper half of RFK Jr's head

This Is About More Than RFK Jr.

Nicholas Florko

January 29, 2025

A photo of RFK Jr. with dots superimposed

What an Undervaccinated America Would Look Like

Katherine J. Wu

January 28, 2025

A graphic illustration showing a black-and-white photo of a syringe and a vial over a black-grid background

RFK Jr. Is an Excellent Conspiracy Theorist

January 27, 2025

A photo of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. surrounded by a pattern of interlocking red lines

The Animal Story That RFK Jr. Should Know

January 23, 2025

Photo-illustration with a statue of the dog Balto and RFK Jr.

How America’s Fire Wall Against Disease Starts to Fail

Katherine J. Wu

January 22, 2025

A vaccine syringe replaces the needle on an illustration of a compass.

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How Worried to Be About Bird Flu

January 15, 2025

Swabbing a rooster to test for avian influenza

Should You Be Prepping for Trump?

January 13, 2025

Collage of Donald Trump’s head peering over a wooden fence as a family hides in an underground bunker

The Wellness Women Are on the March

December 13, 2024

The famous image of George Washington crossing the Delaware, but instead of a flag, the boat bears a caduceus

America Can’t Break Its Wellness Habit

December 10, 2024

Collage of a photo of RFK Jr., a photo of vegetables, and diagrams of men in loose white clothing performing aerobic exercises

Work In Progress

RFK Jr. Is a Bellwether

December 4, 2024

Collage consisting of a photo of RFK Jr. holding a microphone interspersed with red images of COVID-19 vaccines, "Make America Healthy Again" caps, and pills.

Everyone Agrees Americans Aren’t Healthy

Nicholas Florko

November 25, 2024

Two bandaids cross over an American flag

We’re About to Find Out How Much Americans Like Vaccines

November 20, 2024

A vaccine syringe swings back and forth between red and blue.

What Going ‘Wild on Health’ Looks Like

November 19, 2024

Photo of RFK Jr. walking on stage with two large American flags standing beside him

Here’s How We Know RFK Jr. Is Wrong About Vaccines

November 19, 2024

two hands frame a syringe in a burst of yellow light

The CDC Is Squandering the Breakthrough RSV Vaccine

Katherine J. Wu

March 29, 2024

a photo of an infant in a hospital care setting, taken from above

The Return of Measles

March 12, 2024

Illustration of a stylized red measles virus overlapping with a blue measles virus, pierced by a syringe

Pfizer Couldn’t Pay for Marketing This Good

March 6, 2024

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Florida’s Experiment With Measles

February 22, 2024

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo delivers a speech in a blue suit as two women watch behind him.

Flu Shots Need to Stop Fighting ‘Something That Doesn’t Exist’

Katherine J. Wu

February 5, 2024

a gray vaccine vial covered in three dots of different colors

Deer Are Beta-Testing a Nightmare Disease

Katherine J. Wu

February 1, 2024

A GIF of a deer silhouette, filled with circles of different sizes that slowly deform into blobs

America Is Having a Senior Moment on Vaccines

January 11, 2024

Two older adults wearing masks

America Should Be More Like Operation Warp Speed

Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini

December 28, 2023

The U.S. seal with an on-off switch in its center

A Winter of Low COVID Vaccination Will Probably Seem Fine

Katherine J. Wu

November 2, 2023

A vaccine slowly disappears as snow piles up.

A Truly Amazing Vaccine Breakthrough Is Hiding in Plain Sight

September 22, 2023

A black-and-white photo graphic of three repeating hands each holding up a syringe