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U.S. health research project rejected by Guinea-Bissau was deadly anti-vaccine scheme

January 27, 2026 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Health Secretary RFK Jr. aimed to use Guinea-Bissau newborns to further his vaccine skepticism campaign, and the results could have given a death sentence to many.

Susan Collins ‘extremely alarmed’ at Trump administration firing of CDC director

September 5, 2025 By Greg Kearney

The latest from award-winning People's World cartoonist Greg Kearney.

Measles passes record in U.S., raising widespread fear

July 11, 2025 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik

Alarm grows as right-wing policy makers roll out red carpet for once-eliminated disease.

Philadelphians say cuts are making CDC, weather and other reports ‘unreliable’

April 10, 2025 By Glaive Perry

In Philly the people marched against Trump cuts to the National Institute of Health.

U.S. research stations in Peru and elsewhere preparing for biowarfare?

July 31, 2024 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Such preparations actually did begin during World War II.