New: inside Trump’s “very important” autism announcement for Monday — new warnings on tylenol’s risk for pregnant women — new endorsement of leucovorin’s potential as autism treatment — new NIH data science initiatives underway

Meet the parents skipping or delaying vaccination: Our @washingtonpost.com @kff.org poll found they are more likely to home-school their children, be White and very religious, identify as Republican or be under 35 www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Just 6% of U.S. parents say they are "anti-vaccine" and 8%-13% believe RFK Jr.'s false vaccine claims. But larger shares "don't know" enough to reject false claims or have other doubts about childhood vaccines - 26% think the CDC recommends too many shots www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Exclusive: The suspect in Charlie Kirk’s killing appears to have confessed to friends in a Discord chat shortly before turning himself in to law enforcement, according to two people familiar with the chat and screenshots obtained by The Post.

Statement from Post Guild Leadership: The Washington Post Guild condemns the unjust firing of columnist Karen Attiah

JEFF HILLER EMMY WINNER GOD BLESS

SCOOP: Trump health officials plan to link covid vaccines to the deaths of 25 children as they consider limiting which Americans should get the shots, per sources. W @rachelroubein.bsky.social @ddiamond.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

NEW: We got access to Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo inbox — more than 18,000 emails. It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all.

Charlie Kirk has died at 31 after being shot today, according to conservative online channel Real America's Voice, where Kirk's show aired.

another moment where it’d be really great if X had some semblance of content moderation for graphic videos! My entire feed is people sharing close up videos of a human being getting shot.

BREAKING: Susan Monarez, forced out by RFK Jr as CDC director, to testify in front of Senate panel next week. Monarez has said RFK Jr pressured her around vaccines. RFK Jr has said she was untrustworthy. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

NEW: in recent weeks, right wing media and influencers have seized on new research suggesting a connection between Tylenol use during pregnancy and autism Ariana Cha, @laurenweberhp.bsky.social and I broke down the science and what MAHA influencers are claiming wapo.st/4gdFIPt

The No. 2 at NIH repeatedly insisted vaccines are unnecessary in a healthy society even when presented evidence healthy children died of flu, according to whistleblower complaints. @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social reports www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

Still thinking about this mind-boggling exchange regarding the former CDC director today RFK JR: I told her that she had to resign because I asked her, “are you a trustworthy person?” and she said “no.” WARREN: What?

RFK Jr. said he supports Operation Warp Speed today but has often criticized it. In Aug 2023 he said: "Everything we did was wrong. We had the worst protocols in the world. We had the highest death count of any nation on earth. So we should take whatever we did and say, let's never do that again..."

In response to questioning from Sen Warren, RFK Jr. just claimed that he asked former CDC director Monarez "are you a trustworthy person?" and he claims she said "no"--that's his justification for firing her.

Watching RFK Jr hearing. Just saw Ron Johnson hold up an image of a long-circulated table showing VAERS data that he cited as evidence that the Covid vaccines caused over 30k deaths (it did not). This data is only helpful as a safety signal when paired with other health info!

BREAKING Florida moves to end all school vaccine mandates, first in nation to do so. @davidovalle.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

pro tip if you can’t find anything good to watch, just rewatch all four seasons of halt and catch fire, one of the all time best shows

We analyzed hundreds of hours of his public comments from 2020-2024 to show this and refer to him as an anti-vaccine activist in our reporting. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

omg not only is cunha off with a hamstring injury but of course I captained him for fpl absolute shambles

honestly same I’m never going to stop being a united fan (there’s a special place in hell for fairweather fans and bandwagoners) but lord does this team age me so

Three senior leaders who resigned in protest told The Post they were asked to participate in an unscientific vaccine recommendation process that they believe could harm the health of Americans. More from @lenasun.bsky.social @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @davidovalle.bsky.social 🎁: wapo.st/46aNJB0

NEW: These CDC leaders resigned in protest. They told me why. www.washingtonpost.com/video/politi...

As something of a side note, RFK Jr. said twice today that the CDC website touts abortion as one of the greatest medical advancements. It does not, as @laurenweberhp.bsky.social & @caitlingilbert.bsky.social reported www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

“When CDC Director Susan Monarez refused to rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives and fire dedicated health experts, she chose protecting the public over serving a political agenda…For that reason, she has been targeted.” www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

huge breaking news from the Post’s rockstar health/sci team: Susan Monarez is ousted as CDC Director just weeks after being confirmed from @lenasun.bsky.social @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @ddiamond.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

ok need a thinkpiece on why every celeb is wearing a Cartier santos why why why

omg not the hong bao

UPDATED: RFK Jr. has accused the AAP of conflicts of interest and suggested it is promoting commercial ambitions of its “Big Pharma benefactors.”

icymi, this is the first clear step to achieving one of RFK Jr’s longtime goals, upending the childhood vaccine schedule

Breaking news from @rachelroubein.bsky.social and @lenasun.bsky.social: HHS has announced that they’re reviving a long-defunct task force aimed at improving the safety of childhood vaccines, fulfilling a demand of anti-vaccine activists. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

I’m grateful to Bue Wongbandue’s family for telling his story to me. It took courage, and they didn’t want attention. www.reuters.com/investigates...

RFK Jr. was asked how he'd address misinformation and prevent a repeat of the CDC shooting. He replied by calling public health officials dishonest about coronavirus vaccines. wapo.st/45NfS0M

A CDC employee would not enroll her toddler in a campus day care because of threats to public health workers. Then she felt bullets whiz by her shoulder as she left the office. Gripping new reporting from @lenasun.bsky.social & @laurenweberhp.bsky.social. Gift link: wapo.st/45NfS0M

Four Al Jazeera staff, including reporter Anas Al Sharif, were killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside the main gate of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital aje.io/onll19

me teaching statistics for R/data journalism today (it was actually very fun)

Not enough hype for one of the greatest shows of all time returning

“Welcome to hell” We spoke to 16 Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. This is the most complete view yet of the conditions they faced — which, some experts said, may violate conventions against torture. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Latest in a string of stories you can read only/first from the @washingtonpost: The federal government is paying more than 154,000 people not to work right now, under the Trump admin's resignation program w/ @merylkornfield.bsky.social @laurameckler.bsky.social wapo.st/3IRXIlK

tom lehrer 💔 youtu.be/pvhYqeGp_Do?...

Coke just confirmed its cane sugar soda is coming to the U.S. this fall. RFK Jr. described the alternative as a "MAHA win." But nutritionists told @rachelroubein.bsky.social replacing one sugar for another isn't making America healthier www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

💉Our rundown of the changes in access to different vaccines under RFK Jr’s HHS: From @lenasun.bsky.social @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @rachelroubein.bsky.social gift link: wapo.st/4mau4q4

Dear Jeff Bezos …

saw gerrera, emmy nominee 😌

consulting dozens of counselors, emergency officials, parents and experts, we recreated what made these floodwaters so deadly. gift link: wapo.st/40fITPL 📊

also feels relevant to reup this piece we wrote for Source back in 2021 on the history of multiracial identification in the US: source.opennews.org/articles/con...

This NYT callout also makes it seem like the backlash to the Mamdani story raised the idea of census categories not reflecting people’s identities for the first time????

NEW: A sad milestone. U.S. measles cases reach 33-year record high as outbreaks spread. An enormous public health reversal of a vaccine-preventable disease as the anti-vax movement gains strength. My story. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...