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CDC in Crisis

An outside view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with bullet holes visible in the windows, even at a distance

Kennedy hearing deepens crisis over dismantling of CDC leadership – health scholar explains why the agency’s ability to protect public health is compromised Above photo: Visible bullet holes in the CDC’s venerable building speak volumes of the unfolding crisis. Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images News via Getty Images By Jordan Miller, Arizona State University The Centers for […]

Privacy vs. Public Health

A psychologist sits on a couch with a young boy, playing with a toy truck

The controversy brewing behind RFK Jr.’s national autism registry and data initiative Fact checked by Ros Lederman Peter J. Smith, MD, associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Chicago, is quick to the point. “This is an absolute ethical minefield,” Smith says of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s newly announced […]