Pennsylvania has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year — nearly four times the amount of cases recorded across the entire U.S. in 2024. The Keystone State has recorded 198 hospitalizations and five deaths as a result of the ongoing measles outbreak. On Monday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) declared an emergency order in New York, citing the rising number of measles cases in…
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2026 is already the deadliest year for measles in the United States since the virus was declared eliminated in 2000. Four people died over the last month in Pennsylvania amid an ongoing outbreak in the state, which had not seen a measles-related death in at least 35 years. All four victims, including two infants, were unvaccinated (children do not receive their first dose of the measles vaccine…
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On Thursday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the head of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), gave a keynote speech to an anti-vaccine group he once led. Kennedy — a noted anti-vaxxer who has consistently peddled dangerous disinformation to the public — appeared at a conference held by Children’s Health Defense. During his speech, he sought to assure concerned members of the group that…
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Five years ago, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. traveled to Amish country, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to address a large anti-vaccination crowd. It was 2021 and the COVID pandemic was still raging; the anti-vaxxer spoke to a crowd of 1,500 people, mocked vaccinations in general, and told them that the cure for measles was chicken soup and vitamin A. Already primed by their religious beliefs to…
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President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order on childhood vaccines, alarming multiple health experts and medical organizations due to the changes having no scientific basis. The order, titled the “Delivering Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations for Americans,” was signed by Trump in the Oval Office on Monday. It calls for revising vaccine recommendations for children…
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As the diarrhea-causing cyclospora parasite continues to spread through the U.S., now having sickened an estimated 11,500 Americans in at least nine states since May, it is becoming increasingly clear that the situation has been massively worsened by the actions of the “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) over the past 18 months. CNN reported last week that cuts to the Centers for…
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