Ex-CDC director is telling the Senate right now that RFK Jr. pressured her to rubber stamp a new childhood vaccine schedule without evidence. We learned that delaying the first dose of hepatitis B was part of RFK Jr.‘s plan. Read @jackie-fortier.bsky.social’s brilliant story.

@bluntrochester.senate.gov notes that in the thirty-plus years since CDC started recommending vaccinating every newborn for hep B, case rates in children have dropped 99 percent. That’s the stat @jackie-fortier.bsky.social and I calculated for our piece. Thank you for reading, Senator!

NEW: Today we debuted a new collaboration with @npr.org -- Health Care Helpline, a series in which our reporters try to untangle the many knots in the U.S. health system. First up: Their insurance wouldn't cover a hearing test. Why? By @jackie-fortier.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/08/21/n...

"It really became an issue when RFK Jr. stepped into the role of HHS secretary," said Deborah Greenhouse, a pediatrician in South Carolina.

Un experto en salud calificó el documento de “desinformación médica deliberada” sobre la seguridad de las vacunas contra covid para niños y embarazadas.

Our poll finds most of the public initially supports the Medicaid work requirements provision of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” but attitudes can shift dramatically when presented with information related to its impact — including across partisans. on.kff.org/3Zywm9K

In the middle of this wild week of other news, the amazing Jackie Fortiér and I were running down this story that published today on @npr.org and @kffhealthnews.org Here's what happened, and why I think it's worth paying attention even with all of....this....going on 👇