NoSystem images/E+/Getty Images Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary Robert Kennedy has been vocal in his desire to ban fluoride from public drinking water. As recently as last month, in an interview on Fox News’ The Faulkner Focus, Harris Faulkner asked Kennedy about concerns held by dentists and public health experts that taking added fluoride...
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc./Getty Images The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has joined with five other governing medical bodies to sue the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Secretary Robert Kennedy for “acting arbitrarily and capriciously” in its unilateral change to Covid-19 vaccine recommendations for pediatric and pregnant patients. Kennedy and HHS, they...
StockPlanets/E+/Getty Images There’s a good chance you’ve encountered a news article, politician, or tech-bro expressing concern about (or downright catastrophizing) declining birth rates. Donald Trump declared himself “the fertilization president” while issuing a (toothless) executive order seeking to expand IVF, and has floated the idea of a $5,000 “baby bonus.” At a March for Life...
Melanie Acevedo/DigitalVision/Getty Images Over Independence Day weekend, flash floods have devastated Texas Hill Country, claiming at least 90 lives, including 27 children and counselors attending Camp Mystic. While those who have survived the floods are lucky indeed, the damage is nevertheless traumatizing. No one person or thing can completely heal those wounds, but the Lost...