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Measles’ Most Deceptive Trait

Katherine J. Wu

December 18, 2025

Signs point the way to measles testing in the parking lot of the Seminole Hospital District, across from Wigwam Stadium, on February 27, 2025, in Seminole, Texas.

The Most Feared Person at the NIH Is a Vaccine Researcher Plucked From Obscurity

Katherine J. Wu

December 17, 2025

Yes, Some Children May Have Died From COVID Shots

December 8, 2025

Photo of someone holding a small child who has just received an injection

The Vaccine Guardrails Are Gone

December 5, 2025

Robert Malone speaks at the December 4 meeting of the CDC's advisory committee on immunization practices.

Do Childhood Vaccines Cause Tornadoes?

November 21, 2025

a black and white photograph of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaking into a microphone

The CDC’s Website Is Anti-Vaccine Now

November 20, 2025

Photograph of a person in a white lab coat holding a tray of syringes on blue paper

RFK Jr.’s Miasma Theory of Health Is Spreading

Katherine J. Wu

November 19, 2025

a woman sneezing

In Defense of ‘Groupthink’

David Merritt Johns

November 2, 2025

Animation of Robert F. Kennedy's face inside a thought bubble that connects off-screen in many different directions

Pediatricians Can’t Bear These Costs

Katherine J. Wu

October 3, 2025

a pediatricians office

When Child Death Was Everywhere

Elizabeth Bruenig

September 24, 2025

Archival photographs of an influenza ward, an iron lung, and a certificate of protection against smallpox.

Trump Tells Pregnant Women to ‘Fight Like Hell’ Not to Take Tylenol

September 22, 2025

Jay Bhattacharya, Marty Makary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump, and Mehmet Oz stand behind a podium in the Roosevelt Room of the White House

Kennedy’s Handpicked Vaccine Committee Is a Mess

Tom Bartlett and Katherine J. Wu

September 18, 2025

RFK Jr. expounds into a microphone while seated, against a backdrop of wood paneling and golden curtains

How RFK Jr. Could Eliminate Vaccines Without Banning Them

Katherine J. Wu

September 18, 2025

the american flag lowers down the needle of a vaccine

The Preventable Return of Deadly Diseases

September 17, 2025

What It’s Like to Work Inside a Broken CDC

September 17, 2025

Illustration of a worker at a desk trapped inside a bell jar

Moms Are Losing Options to Protect Newborns From COVID

September 16, 2025

Photo collage of a pregnant belly, three syringes, and a vial of clear liquid.

A World-Changing Vaccination Campaign, in Photos

September 11, 2025

A 1950s-era black-and-white image of a large hospital room filled with at least 30 iron lungs with patients inside them

A Massive Vaccine Experiment

Katherine J. Wu

September 5, 2025

Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children

Alexandra Petri

September 4, 2025

An illustration of a vaccine shot

Why RFK Jr.’s Anti-Vaccine Campaign Is Working

Katherine J. Wu

August 13, 2025

Black-and-white photo taken in a seated crowd at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s confirmation hearing, where a woman wears a "Make America Healthy Again" T-shirt.

No One in the White House Knows How to Stop Ebola

Beth Cameron, Jon Finer, and Stephanie Psaki

August 11, 2025

Illustration of bald eagle with a blindfold on in front of a green background

The Obvious Reason the U.S. Should Not Vaccinate Like Denmark

Katherine J. Wu

July 24, 2025

Collage of children getting vaccinated

‘You Could Throw Out the Results of All These Papers’

July 23, 2025

Animation of a white bar graph with the bars toppling over to the right on a blue background

The Conversations Doctors Are Having About Vaccination Now

Katherine J. Wu

July 16, 2025

Graphic illustration of five white upright syringes in a line, on a black background.

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What America Can Learn From Iran’s Failure

June 25, 2025

A veiled Iranian art student holds a country flag while standing on symbolic debris of a destroyed building as she performs in an anti-war conceptual play at a square in downtown Tehran, Iran

The U.S. Is Going Backwards on Vaccines, Very Fast

Katherine J. Wu

June 25, 2025

The ‘Fantasy We Have of Vaccines’ Is in Trouble

Katherine J. Wu

June 19, 2025

A graphic illustration of a vial of HPV vaccine floating upside down in a partly cloudy blue sky.

Bill Cassidy’s Failure on Vaccines

Nicholas Florko

June 14, 2025

An image of Bill Cassidy

The Most Extreme Voice on RFK Jr.’s New Vaccine Committee

June 13, 2025

blue-toned photograph of Robert Malone

RFK Jr. Is Barely Even Pretending Anymore

Katherine J. Wu

June 12, 2025

A shot tied into a knot

COVID Shots for Kids Are Over

Katherine J. Wu

May 21, 2025

A child in a mask getting a shot

The MAHA Crowd Is Already Questioning Biden’s Cancer Diagnosis

May 19, 2025

a photo of Joe Biden at a microphone, U.S. flags behind him, with his eyes closed

Who Counts as Christian?

Elizabeth Bruenig

May 12, 2025

Trump sits at a desk surrounded by faith leaders

America’s Pro-Disease Movement

April 30, 2025

A black-and-white image of a syringe being injected into a vial of medicine.

‘This Is Not How We Do Science, Ever’

Katherine J. Wu

April 24, 2025

RFK Jr. speaks at a podium.

Do You Have Your Cootie Shot?

April 16, 2025

Black-and-white photo of a child crossing their eyes, overlaid with colorful childlike doodles of bugs