Presentation Before CDC Vaccine Panel Misleads About Thimerosal

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Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel vote to recommend against use of seasonal influenza vaccines containing small amounts of thimerosal followed a presentation that misled on the risks of the rarely used preservative. There isn’t evidence that thimerosal in vaccines is […]

A Dedicated FEMA Fund Will Pay for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

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Q: Are FEMA funds being used to construct an immigrant detention facility in the Everglades? A: Yes, the immigrant detention facility in Florida, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” is being “funded largely” by the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Shelter and Services Program, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said. The funding does not […]

Unraveling the Big Beautiful Bill Spin

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Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. As the Republican budget bill, called the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, nears the July 4 deadline set by the White House, lawmakers have been ramping up the rhetoric. Many items in the bill have garnered competing claims from Republicans and […]

How the Supreme Court’s Ruling on ‘Universal Injunctions’ May Affect Birthright Citizenship

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In a June 27 ruling, the Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s request to partially halt nationwide injunctions blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for certain people born in the U.S. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a Trump appointee who wrote the majority opinion, said “universal injunctions” issued […]

RFK Jr.’s New Vaccine Panel Casts Doubt on Hepatitis B Shot at Birth

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Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. The chair of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s newly constituted vaccine advisory committee announced in his first meeting that the panel will revisit the longstanding practice of vaccinating all babies against hepatitis B, questioning whether it was “wise” to administer shots […]