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Pentagon scraps flu shot mandate for troops after Hegseth calls it a threat to ‘warfighting capabilities’

The Pentagon just scrapped its mandatory flu shot requirement for service members, a move Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth framed as a win for “medical autonomy” and religious freedom. In a video on April 21, 2026, Hegseth called the old policy an “absurd, overreaching mandate” that weakened warfighting capabilities by forcing…

The Mary Sue

‘President Trump has a different way of calculating percentages’: RFK Jr claims basic math rules don’t apply to White House

Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr claims Donald Trump has a “different way” of calculating percentages as he tried to explain impossible discounts on prescription drugs.

The Independent UK

988 hotline's launch is linked to thousands of fewer suicide deaths among teens and young adults

Nearly 4,400 fewer U.S. teens and young adults died by suicide than projected in the first two-and-a-half years of the 988 mental health crisis hotline

The Independent UK

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RFK Jr ignores vaccine skepticism and blames migrants for measles outbreaks across US

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The Independent UK

RFK Jr faces intense questions in US Senate on measles and flu deaths

Health secretary says ‘I had nothing to do with the measles outbreak’ and claims to support measles and MMR vaccines

The Guardian - US

RFK Jr blames migrants for measles and other diseases in the US: ‘It has nothing to do with me’

Trump’s Health Secretary dismissed any blame during hearing of House Energy and Commerce Committee

The Independent UK

RFK Jr’s CDC refuses to release report that shows Covid vaccine led to drop in hospital visits

Study originally planned for publication in March found that a fall coronavirus jab rendered adults 50 percent less likely to need an emergency room visit last winter and 55 percent less likey to end up hospitalized

The Independent UK

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RFK Jr. drops jaw-dropping defense of Trump’s Iran threat that even Republicans won’t touch

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. just defended one of the most explosive posts of the year, calling President Donald Trump’s threat to wipe out Iran’s “whole civilization” a “message of love and compassion to the Iranian people.” His comments came during a heated House hearing on April 17, 2026, where lawmakers…

The Mary Sue

The Least Psychedelic President in History Supports Psychedelic Research More Than Any of His Predecessors

Donald Trump is an unlikely but powerful champion of drug reform.

Reason

New mRNA vaccines could be a critical tool to fight cancer. But their future is up in the air

More than 626,000 Americans are expected to die from cancer this year

The Independent UK

White House Announces Lori Chavez-DeRemer Exit as U.S. Labor Secretary

Lori Chavez-DeRemer is stepping down from her role as head of the U.S. Department of Labor, the White House confirmed Monday, marking the latest Cabinet-level departure in President Donald Trump's administration.

Latin Times

The Promise and Limits of Trump's Psychedelic Therapy Order

The president's facilitation of research and FDA review could help make psychedelics available to approved patients. But what about everyone else?

Reason

Everything to know about new SNAP food stamps guidelines pushed by RFK Jr

Definitions of candy and soda vary by state, which advocates warn may create confusion for retailers

The Independent UK

The influencers pushing the ‘positive health benefits’ of nicotine pouches — ZYN and VELO — are part of RFK Jr’s MAHA

The influencers claim that products such as patches, gums and pouches utilize the ‘natural’ product and that it has been unfairly condemned by the medical establishment

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - US

Will RFK Jr’s podcast actually address Americans’ public health concerns?

Secretary Kennedy Podcast so far seems designed to promote Trump administration talking points over any specific public health message

Axios

How Trump is wooing Joe Rogan after their split

The president knows that keeping Rogan close still matters.

Roll Call

This week: Senate girds for budget vote-a-rama in busy week for Congress

The Senate faces an expected budget vote-a-rama this week as Republicans seek to start the process of funding immigration enforcement without the support of Democrats. A resolution from Senate Budget Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., is expected to provide instructions for roughly $70 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs…

Reason

"Unserious Leaders Are Unsafe," Opines a Federal Judge About RFK, Jr.

That's the opening line from yesterday's Oregon v. Kennedy, by Judge Mustafa Kasubhai (D. Or.) (the only federal judge I've… The post "Unserious Leaders Are Unsafe," Opines a Federal Judge About RFK, Jr. appeared first on Reason.com.

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The Texas Tribune

Trump taps Texas’ top public health official as CDC chief medical officer

Jennifer Shuford, an infectious disease physician who oversaw the country’s largest measles outbreak in 30 years, is among a slate of CDC nominations with no apparent ties to the anti-vaccine movement.

The Independent UK

FACT FOCUS: RFK Jr. says the US is limiting measles outbreaks better than the rest of the world

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has claimed at his first congressional hearing in months that, under his leadership, the U.S. has limited the spread of measles better than any other country in the world

The Independent UK

You’re no John F. Kennedy: RFK Jr. repeatedly reminded in House hearing that he’s a disappointment to the family name

ANALYSIS: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s conspiracy mongering has decimated American health infrastructure. But, writes Eric Garcia, the comparisons to JFK and Camelot only expose how ill-equipped the Democratic gerontocracy is to push back against him

The Independent UK

Democrats use Trump’s AI Jesus post to confront RFK Jr about president’s mental health

Donald Trump’s top health official says ‘very, very sane’ president was showing ‘love and compassion’ with threat to destroy Iranian civilization

The Independent UK

RFK Jr says Trump is ‘most sane’ president after being asked about invoking 25th Amendment

Robert F Kennedy Jr has insisted that there has not been a president "more sane" than Donald Trump as he testified before House lawmakers on Friday (17 April).

The Guardian - US

Stephen Colbert on Trump’s Vatican feud: ‘Damn, the pope just read you for filth’

Late-night hosts reacted to Trump’s plans for a triumphal arch, high gas prices and RFK Jr’s odd interest in roadkill

Roll Call

RFK Jr. distances himself from measles outbreak, bashes Tylenol study

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sought to distance himself from U.S. measles outbreaks on Friday at a House Education and Workforce Committee hearing on the administration’s fiscal 2027 budget request. The hearing, part of Kennedy’s weeklong tour of Congress on the budget, was relatively light on…

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