Health agencies’ credibility at risk after week of blunders
4 years, 3 months ago

Health agencies’ credibility at risk after week of blunders

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The credibility of two of the nation’s leading public health agencies was under fire this week after controversial decisions that outside experts said smacked of political pressure from President Donald Trump as he attempts to move past the devastating toll of the coronavirus ahead of the November election. “There is a concern that if you are not seeing the data, you have to wonder why.” A White House spokesperson said Friday that every decision the CDC and FDA have made under the Trump administration has been “data-driven to safely save lives.” The administration’s Sunday rollout of the news that the FDA had granted emergency authorization for blood plasma in treating COVID-19 was marred by exaggerations and inaccuracies. Trump described the move as “historic” and touted the plasma’s “incredible rate of success.” But the FDA’s own scientific memo made clear that more research is needed to prove whether it works. The FDA’s press statement on plasma struck an unusually political tone for the science-based agency, touting the move as “another achievement in the administration’s fight against pandemic.” Miller’s appointment as FDA’s assistant commissioner for media affairs was also unusual, given the position is typically held by FDA civil servants, not political appointees. Dr. Jesse Goodman, FDA’s former chief scientist, said convalescent plasma probably met the bar for FDA emergency authorization, which merely requires that potential benefits outweigh risks.

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Trump’s first term brought world-changing vaccine. His second could bring retreat
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Trump’s first term brought world-changing vaccine. His second could bring retreat

LA Times  

President Trump once celebrated the COVID-19 vaccines released at the end of his first term as “one of the greatest achievements of mankind,” echoing the sentiments of mainstream medical officials who praised their rapid development as pivotal in combating the then-raging pandemic. There’s Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, who …

'Things will start to topple': Report outlines possible public health disaster under Trump
2 weeks, 3 days ago

'Things will start to topple': Report outlines possible public health disaster under Trump

Raw Story  

A new report from NPR outlines just how quickly public health in the United States could unravel should anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. be confirmed to run the Health and Human Services Department. NPR spoke with several public health experts who feared that RFK Jr.'s appointment as the nation's top health official could "cause renewed, deadly epidemics of …

Jay Bhattacharya: Trump’s research czar
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Jay Bhattacharya: Trump’s research czar

The Hindu  

On November 26, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announced that physician and economist Jayanta ‘Jay’ Bhattacharya will be the director of the National Institutes of Health, the nation’s chief agency for medical research. The NIH’s parent agency, the Department of Health and Human Services, will be headed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “Together, Jay and RFK Jr. will restore the NIH …

Trump's 'nonscientific' CDC pick questioned by medical experts: NYT
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Trump's 'nonscientific' CDC pick questioned by medical experts: NYT

Raw Story  

Donald Trump caused alarm in the medical community by picking anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head up the Department of Health and Human Services. Last week, Trump announced the CDC nominee will be Dave Weldon, a doctor and former Florida congressman known for his anti-abortion views and for seeking to intervene in the Terri Schiavo brain death …

Trump picks Jay Bhattacharya, who backed COVID herd immunity, to lead National Institutes of Health
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Trump picks Jay Bhattacharya, who backed COVID herd immunity, to lead National Institutes of Health

Associated Press  

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen health economist Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a critic of pandemic lockdowns and vaccine mandates, to lead the National Institutes of Health, the nation’s leading medical research agency. Trump, in a statement Tuesday evening, said Bhattacharya, a 56-year-old physician and professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, will work in cooperation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his …

Trump's brain drain: Fox News personalities tapped to become America's next top scientists, doctors
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Trump's brain drain: Fox News personalities tapped to become America's next top scientists, doctors

Salon  

A couple of days after the election this year I wrote that I thought a lot of the anti-incumbent movement these past couple of years had to do with unprocessed trauma from the global pandemic. It appears that Trump is intent on stacking the nation's most important health agencies with people who are hostile to modern public health science and …

What Biden’s COVID czar learned from the pandemic
1 month ago

What Biden’s COVID czar learned from the pandemic

Salon  

Ashish Jha, the dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health, served as the White House Covid-19 response coordinator from March 2022 to June 2023. And two critics of the public health establishment, Jay Bhattacharya and Martin Kulldorff, wrote that it would be harmful to mandate Covid-19 vaccines among young people. But I think there are a lot of people …

Trump fills out his key public health roles
1 month ago

Trump fills out his key public health roles

CNN  

Editor’s Note: A previous version of this article was first published on November 22. Trump, for his part, said on the campaign trail that he would let Kennedy “go wild on health.” US surgeon general Also known as “the nation’s doctor,” the surgeon general is a medical doctor who focuses on educating and advising Americans on how to improve their …

Trump’s promises to overhaul health agencies with RFK met with optimism and dismay
1 month ago

Trump’s promises to overhaul health agencies with RFK met with optimism and dismay

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Others, like Dr Tom Frieden, former director of the CDC, have praised Trump for …

Column: Trump’s appointment of anti-vaxxer RFK Jr. to his Cabinet has scientists fearing a catastrophe for public health
1 month ago

Column: Trump’s appointment of anti-vaxxer RFK Jr. to his Cabinet has scientists fearing a catastrophe for public health

LA Times  

In a tweet he posted shortly before the election, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took arms against the Food and Drug Administration and its scientists. — Epidemiologist Robert Morris Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as his secretary of Health and Human Services, which oversees key public health agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the …

Trump warned his second term would mean ‘retribution’. His alarming cabinet picks show he means it
1 month ago

Trump warned his second term would mean ‘retribution’. His alarming cabinet picks show he means it

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Trump’s first wave of cabinet nominations and White House appointments, within the week after …

RFK Jr.’s to-do list to make America ‘healthy’ — vaccines, fluoride and food — has health experts worried
1 month, 1 week ago

RFK Jr.’s to-do list to make America ‘healthy’ — vaccines, fluoride and food — has health experts worried

CNN  

CNN — President Donald Trump’s pick of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services “is an extraordinarily bad choice for the health of the American people,” Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, warned Thursday. Although Trump signaled in the runup to the election that he planned …

RFK Jr.’s to-do list to make America ‘healthy’ — vaccines, fluoride and food — has health experts worried
1 month, 1 week ago

RFK Jr.’s to-do list to make America ‘healthy’ — vaccines, fluoride and food — has health experts worried

CNN  

CNN — President Donald Trump’s pick of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services “is an extraordinarily bad choice for the health of the American people,” Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, warned Thursday. Although Trump signaled in the runup to the election that he planned …

No one 'more damaging': CNN expert says insiders felt 'horror' over Trump pick
1 month, 1 week ago

No one 'more damaging': CNN expert says insiders felt 'horror' over Trump pick

Raw Story  

Dr. Sanjay Gupta tries to stay above the political fray, said CNN anchor Jake Tapper, but he couldn't remain silent on his opposition to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. "You know, it's not often that the entire medical and public health community will be in lock-step on something, but they're pretty close …

America will soon discover how real the ‘deep state really is': columnist
1 month, 1 week ago

America will soon discover how real the ‘deep state really is': columnist

Raw Story  

Donald Trump’s promise to tear down the federal bureaucracy could deliver major consequences for public health organizations across the United States, but his efforts will simultaneously expose how “resilient the deep state really is,” which a columnist argued Monday is “actually much more benign” than the president-elect believes. While there “really is a deep state” operating within the federal health …

“Pack your bags” RFK Jr. tells FDA. His war on public health under Trump would only accelerate
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

“Pack your bags” RFK Jr. tells FDA. His war on public health under Trump would only accelerate

Salon  

President elect Donald Trump says he plans to give Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a “big role” in health care in the new administration and let him “go wild” on health, food and medicine. “I am worried about the impact that could have on our nation's health, on our nation's economy, on our global security.” In the last weeks before Trump …

Why Big Pharma is terrified of RFK Jr's 'make America healthy again' pledge
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Why Big Pharma is terrified of RFK Jr's 'make America healthy again' pledge

Daily Mail  

The red wave that swept America this election cycle could have major health implications as President-elect Donald Trump returns to the Oval Office. Dr Anthony Fauci, who led America's Covid response, also previously slammed Mr Kennedy — saying in an interview in July: 'I don't know what's going on in his head, but it's not good.' Writing on X, Mr …

'Narrowest message possible': Trump's latest promise baffles and alarms experts
1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Narrowest message possible': Trump's latest promise baffles and alarms experts

Raw Story  

Donald Trump's pledge to take drinking water advice from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — an anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist known for bizarre theories and stories — has political experts wondering what the former president is doing and health experts hoping it won't work, according to a new report. Trump's comment last week that it sounded "okay" to heed Kennedy's calls to …

Trump’s botched COVID response has been largely forgotten, but it's crucial we remember
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump’s botched COVID response has been largely forgotten, but it's crucial we remember

Salon  

At a campaign event in Allentown, Pennsylvania on Wednesday, former President Donald Trump asked the crowd a question Ronald Reagan also asked voters in the 1980 election against Jimmy Carter, and one many presidents before have asked. “People are still framing questions like that as if where we were four years ago was not in the early stages of a …

Virologist whistleblower under Trump shows why ex-president's return 'poses a grave risk'
2 months, 1 week ago

Virologist whistleblower under Trump shows why ex-president's return 'poses a grave risk'

Raw Story  

A former high-ranking public health official under Donald Trump sounded the alarm on the former president's potential return to the White House. "I witnessed firsthand how the Trump administration systematically undermined America’s health infrastructure," Bright wrote. "Yet a determined president could do a great deal of damage to our public health infrastructure through the installation of loyalists in key positions, …

Trump leads — on vaccine skepticism
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump leads — on vaccine skepticism

Raw Story  

More than four years ago, former President Donald Trump’s administration accelerated the development and rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine. But a substantial number of Republican voters now identify as vaccine skeptics — and Trump rarely mentions what’s considered one of the great public health accomplishments in recent memory. In a recent tour with former Fox News broadcaster Tucker Carlson, Kennedy …

Column: Anthony Fauci’s memoir strikes a crucial blow against the disinformation agents who imperil our health
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Column: Anthony Fauci’s memoir strikes a crucial blow against the disinformation agents who imperil our health

LA Times  

Dr. Anthony Fauci, then director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical advisor to the president, testifies before a Senate committee about baseless attacks on his work. — Anthony S. Fauci Obama’s advice carried so much weight that Fauci, 83, has used it, in its original Latin, as the title of a chapter of his …

Column: Disinformation is a public health crisis. Here’s how scientists and doctors are fighting it
10 months ago

Column: Disinformation is a public health crisis. Here’s how scientists and doctors are fighting it

LA Times  

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Is there a way to inoculate the public against his anti-vaccine lies? “Scientists really recognize this as a problem, from what they see in the community and read in the news,” says Tara Kirk Sell of Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Health Security. It’s part of an emerging genre of advice for scientists, public health officials …

Miracle cures: Online conspiracy theories are creating a new age of unproven medical treatments
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Miracle cures: Online conspiracy theories are creating a new age of unproven medical treatments

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Just don’t call the thousands of people who have …

Column: Does Ron DeSantis even believe his dangerous B.S. about COVID vaccines?
1 year, 3 months ago

Column: Does Ron DeSantis even believe his dangerous B.S. about COVID vaccines?

LA Times  

The latest government advisories on the new monovalent COVID-19 vaccines were not much of a surprise. “I chose to lift Florida up, not follow the lead of Dr. Fauci and lock Florida down.” Ladapo opened the roundtable by stating, “We continue to live in a world where the CDC and the FDA, when it comes to COVID at least, are …

Column: These ‘experts’ sold the U.S. on a disastrous COVID plan, and never paid a professional price
1 year, 7 months ago

Column: These ‘experts’ sold the U.S. on a disastrous COVID plan, and never paid a professional price

LA Times  

They’ve held credentials from some of the world’s most elite universities — Harvard, Stanford, Johns Hopkins, Oxford. “It’s unbelievable that while doctors like myself were working to treat sick COVID patients, begging people to stay at home and be safe,” Howard told me, “there was another group of doctors working at cross-currents to us — prominent doctors wanting to purposely …

'Reckless' Trump slammed by final House panel
2 years ago

'Reckless' Trump slammed by final House panel

Raw Story  

A congressional panel on Friday published its final report on the Covid-19 pandemic, highlighting the Friday published its final report on the Covid-19 pandemic, highlighting the Trump administration's "failed stewardship" and detailing how a "persistent pattern of political interference undermined the nation's ability to respond" to a crisis that has claimed more than a million lives in the United States. …

Panel: Trump staffers pushed unproven COVID treatment at FDA
2 years, 3 months ago

Panel: Trump staffers pushed unproven COVID treatment at FDA

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Officials in the Trump White House tried to pressure U.S. health experts into reauthorizing a discredited COVID-19 treatment, according to a congressional investigation that provides new evidence of that administration’s efforts to override Food and Drug Administration decisions early in the pandemic. But Hahn told investigators that he felt pressure due to the “persistence” of Trump aide Peter …

CDC, FDA, NIH workers did not report incidents of political interference due to ‘fearing retaliation,’ GAO report says
2 years, 8 months ago

CDC, FDA, NIH workers did not report incidents of political interference due to ‘fearing retaliation,’ GAO report says

CNN  

CNN — Just because incidents of political interference within the United States’ top health agencies are not reported, does not mean they don’t happen, a new federal report finds. “Agency officials did not identify any formally reported internal allegations of political interference in scientific decision-making from 2010 to 2021, but respondents from CDC, FDA, and NIH we interviewed told us …

Senate confirms Biden’s FDA pick despite political divisions
2 years, 10 months ago

Senate confirms Biden’s FDA pick despite political divisions

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Senate narrowly confirmed President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday pushing past a thicket of political controversies that threatened to derail what was initially expected to be an easy confirmation. The razor-thin vote underscores the increasing political polarization around the health care issues FDA oversees and contrasts with Califf’s overwhelming support …

White House communications director Kate Bedingfield says they're reviewing section 230
3 years, 5 months ago

White House communications director Kate Bedingfield says they're reviewing section 230

Daily Mail  

White House comms director Kate Bedingfield said social media companies should be held accountable for publishing misleading info on vaccine White House communications director Kate Bedingfield said on Tuesday that social media companies should be held accountable for publishing misleading information on the COVID vaccine. She also said the administration is reviewing Section 230, a section of the law that …

Vivek Murthy, US Surgeon General, warns of dangers of misinformation amid misleading vaccine claims
3 years, 5 months ago

Vivek Murthy, US Surgeon General, warns of dangers of misinformation amid misleading vaccine claims

CNN  

CNN — US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy warned Thursday health misinformation is “a serious threat to public health,” as administration officials grow increasingly concerned about misleading claims about coronavirus vaccines, leading to a confrontation with social media giant Facebook. “All of us have to ask how we can be more accountable and responsible for the information that we share,” …

COVID turned public health experts into celebrities. Not all of them are comfortable with the change
3 years, 6 months ago

COVID turned public health experts into celebrities. Not all of them are comfortable with the change

Salon  

Dr. Monica Gandhi never wanted to be on Twitter. "Public health has risen from obscurity to center stage in our national and global dialogue," Medford explained. Indeed, Medford regrets that public health experts struggled to persuade people about scientific facts while grappling with hostile political ideologies. "Let us learn from this oftentimes painful experience and provide our public health experts …

CDC facing formidable challenges in convincing conservatives to get Covid-19 vaccines
3 years, 7 months ago

CDC facing formidable challenges in convincing conservatives to get Covid-19 vaccines

CNN  

CNN — Public health experts at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are facing challenges – even struggling – as they try to figure out how to convince hesitant Republicans to take the Covid-19 vaccine, federal officials familiar with the situation told CNN. “There is a real concern at CDC that much sooner rather than later we may …

New CDC director takes over beleaguered agency amid crisis
3 years, 11 months ago

New CDC director takes over beleaguered agency amid crisis

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — As the coronavirus swept across the globe last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sank into the shadows, undermined by some of its own mistakes and stifled by an administration bent on downplaying the nation’s suffering. “I don’t know if the CDC is broken or just temporarily injured,” but something must be done to bring …

2020 was the year that American science denial became lethal
4 years ago

2020 was the year that American science denial became lethal

LA Times  

President Trump speaks to reporters as he arrives at an airport in Charlotte, N.C., on Nov. 1, 2020, for a rally. Was it when Republican senators and members of Congress bought into Trump’s assertion that the deadliness of COVID-19 had been exaggerated — people such as Sen. John Kennedy, whose own state’s death rate from the pandemic outpaced those of …

Trump accuses Pfizer and Moderna of working to stop his re-election
4 years, 1 month ago

Trump accuses Pfizer and Moderna of working to stop his re-election

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The outgoing president again made the false claim …

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s bogus claims about Biden win, vaccine
4 years, 1 month ago

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s bogus claims about Biden win, vaccine

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is rebelling against Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election with denial, delay and outright misrepresentation. A review of the past week’s claims: VACCINE DISTRIBUTION TRUMP, on Pfizer’s announcement: “As soon as April, the vaccine will be available to the entire general population with the exception of places like New York state where for …

News orgs prove Trump’s outlandish claim wrong as they continue spotlighting coronavirus
4 years, 1 month ago

News orgs prove Trump’s outlandish claim wrong as they continue spotlighting coronavirus

CNN  

CNN Business — A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Wednesday’s WaPo A1 features a map accompanied by a headline that warns, “Surge shows no sign of easing.” CNN’s homepage is featuring a story with a headline that reads, “Coronavirus hospitalizations in US reach an all-time high with more than 60,000.” And NYT’s homepage focuses …

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s claims on vaccine, election are wrong
4 years, 1 month ago

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s claims on vaccine, election are wrong

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Refusing to concede a presidential election he lost, President Donald Trump sought falsely to take full credit for drugmaker Pfizer Inc.’s announcement that its COVID-19 vaccine may be 90% effective, wrongly asserted the vaccine news was delayed until after Election Day to undermine him and repeated baseless claims of voter fraud. “It could be during the month of …

Donald Trump fears coronavirus: Urgency US president showed in seeking treatment puts paid to lies about pandemic
4 years, 2 months ago

Donald Trump fears coronavirus: Urgency US president showed in seeking treatment puts paid to lies about pandemic

Firstpost  

The facts of Trump’s experience with coronavirus, including how how quickly it sickened him to the point of requiring intensive medical care, are the best tools to fight the misinformation campaign against COVID-19 Something momentous happened late last week, a brief pinprick of clarity piercing through the haze: President Donald Trump finally showed Americans the truth about the coronavirus. But …

New England Journal of Medicine calls for US leadership to be voted out over Covid-19 failure
4 years, 2 months ago

New England Journal of Medicine calls for US leadership to be voted out over Covid-19 failure

CNN  

CNN — In an unprecedented move, the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday published an editorial written by its editors condemning the Trump administration for its response to the Covid-19 pandemic – and calling for the current leadership in the United States to be voted out of office. “We rarely publish editorials signed by all the editors,” said Dr. …

US President Donald Trump says may block stricter FDA guidelines for coronavirus vaccine
4 years, 3 months ago

US President Donald Trump says may block stricter FDA guidelines for coronavirus vaccine

India Today  

US President Donald Trump has said that he may or may not approve any new, more stringent FDA standards for an emergency authorisation of a coronavirus vaccine, saying such a proposal would appear political. The Washington Post reported on Tuesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration would issue the guidance to boost transparency and public trust as health experts have …

200,000 dead as Trump vilifies science, prioritizes politics
4 years, 3 months ago

200,000 dead as Trump vilifies science, prioritizes politics

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — “I did the best I could,” President Donald Trump said. So hours later, with no supporting evidence, Trump called a news conference to say Redfield was “confused.” A vaccine, Trump insisted, could be ready before November’s election. “We need a strong and trusted CDC to get ourselves through this pandemic — as well as through the next …

Trump claims White House can overrule FDA’s attempt to toughen guidelines for coronavirus vaccine
4 years, 3 months ago

Trump claims White House can overrule FDA’s attempt to toughen guidelines for coronavirus vaccine

CNN  

Washington CNN — President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that the White House could override the US Food and Drug Administration if the agency released tougher standards for the authorization of a Covid-19 vaccine, casting such a move as “political.” His comments come as the FDA considers new Covid-19 vaccine guidelines that would likely push an authorization beyond Election Day, according …

Public Health Leaders Vow Science, Not Politics, Will Guide COVID-19 Vaccine
4 years, 3 months ago

Public Health Leaders Vow Science, Not Politics, Will Guide COVID-19 Vaccine

NPR  

Public Health Leaders Vow Science, Not Politics, Will Guide COVID-19 Vaccine Enlarge this image toggle caption Pool/Getty Images Pool/Getty Images Updated at 1:37 p.m. ET Amid criticism from Democrats that politics may be guiding decisions at the nation's top health agencies, the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration told Congress on Wednesday that a coronavirus vaccine would not be …

CDC retraction shows chaos of Trump’s Covid response
4 years, 3 months ago

CDC retraction shows chaos of Trump’s Covid response

CNN  

CNN — New chaos at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over revised guidance on the spread of Covid-19 is a fresh sign of mixed messaging that long plagued the White House’s failed pandemic response. The move came less than a week after Trump publicly rebuked the agency’s director Dr. Robert Redfield, who voiced a timetable for all …

Biden says he trusts vaccines and scientists, not Trump
4 years, 3 months ago

Biden says he trusts vaccines and scientists, not Trump

The Hindu  

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said on Wednesday that while he trusts what scientists say about a potential coronavirus vaccine, he doesn’t trust President Donald Trump. Coronavirus | India has key vaccine role: Anthony Fauci Mr. Biden, speaking in Wilmington, Delaware, after being briefed by public health experts about a potential vaccine, cited Mr. Trump’s “incompetence and dishonesty” surrounding the …

Trump rebukes CDC chief for his cautions on a coronavirus vaccine and masks
4 years, 3 months ago

Trump rebukes CDC chief for his cautions on a coronavirus vaccine and masks

LA Times  

President Trump contradicted one of his administration’s top scientists and announced Wednesday that widespread distribution of a coronavirus vaccine would begin as early as next month, further rattling the scientific and public health communities and stoking rival Joe Biden’s claim that Trump can’t be trusted to oversee development of a safe vaccine. For a vaccine to be “fully available to …

Apology, no firing: Official said US scientists hurt Trump
4 years, 3 months ago

Apology, no firing: Official said US scientists hurt Trump

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A Trump health appointee who is accused of trying to muzzle an important scientific publication in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic apologized Tuesday for a separate video in which he reportedly says scientists battling the virus are conspiring against President Donald Trump and warns of shooting in America if Trump loses the election. Then on Monday came …

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