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August 15, 2026
 

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ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR.

U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order calling for more research and flexibility on vaccines, alongside U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (R) and Jayme Leagh Franklin (L), founder of The Conservateur, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 11, 2026
Trump cites unproven autism risk in attack on childhood vaccines
The proposed changes would mean parents would have to make more trips to the doctor to get the same protection against diseases for their young children.
A recent fast-moving measles outbreak in South Carolina highlights how declining vaccination rates, permissive state laws and weakened federal vaccine oversight under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are creating larger, harder-to-control outbreaks across the U.S.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 9, 2026
South Carolina¡¯s measles milestone is everyone¡¯s problem
It¡¯s the latest public health record to be broken as vaccine hesitancy and increasingly permissive state laws create more and larger pockets of disease vulnerability in the U.S.
Upheaval under U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is weakening the nation's public health by fueling disease outbreaks, undermining vaccinations and threatening insurance coverage and drug approvals.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 5, 2026
America¡¯s year of health care chaos will have consequences
The consequences of Kennedy¡¯s first year in office will unfold over years or even decades.
America¡¯s reliance on high fructose corn syrup stems from a tangled mix of postwar Japanese research, Nixon-era farm policy, Cold War grain deals and corporate maneuvering that still shapes food and politics today.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 11, 2025
America¡¯s corn syrup addiction began with deceit
Unlike conventional corn syrup, a form of glucose derived from starch that has been around for over two hundred years, high fructose corn syrup wasn¡¯t developed until after WW II.
The CDC¡¯s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices meets at the agency¡¯s headquarters in Atlanta on Dec. 5 where it voted to revoke the longstanding recommendation that all babies receive hepatitis B shots.?
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 11, 2025
CDC panel¡¯s hepatitis B vaccine vote undid decades of progress
The plan is simple: demand proof of the unprovable, set impossible safety and data standards and distort risk by focusing on the individual instead of the collective.
Demonstrators outside the Center for Disease Control headquarters in Atlanta on Thursday
WORLD / Science & Health / ANALYSIS
Dec 8, 2025
Disease prevention has taken a hit from U.S. vaccine advisers, experts say
Since 1991, U.S. health officials have recommended universal vaccination for infants against hepatitis B. The move has cut infections dramatically and saved lives.
Members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's committee on immunization practices in Atlanta on Friday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 6, 2025
U.S. vaccine panel upends hepatitis B advice in latest Trump-era shift
The move to end the decades-old recommendation is the panel¡¯s latest contentious about-face on vaccine policy.
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. addresses the inaugural Make America Healthy Again summit in Washington on Nov. 12.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 23, 2025
Is America next after Canada to lose its measles elimination status?
In normal times, Canada¡¯s misfortune might serve as a wake-up call for public health leaders in the U.S., which is precariously close to losing its own measles-free status.
U.S. President Donald Trump, in front of U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., delivers remarks linking autism to childhood vaccines and to the use of popular pain medication Tylenol for pregnant women and children ¡ª claims that are not backed by decades of science ¡ª at the White House in Washington on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 23, 2025
¡®I¡¯m not a doctor¡¯: Trump¡¯s autism announcement gives COVID-19 flashbacks
The U.S. president¡¯s announcements linking a painkiller to autism ranged from unproven medical claims to self-proclaimed expertise.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spent decades promoting vaccine misinformation, including the widely debunked claim that the MMR shot causes autism.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 19, 2025
RFK Jr. panelists make initial changes to childhood vaccine schedule
The vote against the MMRV shot comes as public health experts fear more changes that flout prevailing medical advice are in the pipeline.
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies at a Senate hearing in Washington on Thursday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 7, 2025
Trump backs Kennedy on vaccines despite health and political risks
Some public health officials suggest the political alliance Trump has formed with Kennedy ¡ª and the leeway the president is giving him ¡ª is leading to dire consequences.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services, during a Senate Finance Committee hearing in Washington on Thursday
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 5, 2025
U.S. senators pit Kennedy against Trump on vaccine policy
Half a dozen heated exchanges during a combative three-hour Senate hearing focused on his decision to fire Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez.
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attends a news conference at the State Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Thursday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 29, 2025
RFK Jr. says CDC must more closely align with Trump¡¯s agenda
The comments come a day after the White House fired the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention¡¯s director following an intense clash over vaccines.
A measles alert sign is posted outside the entrance to the Cohen Children's Medical Center in New York in March.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 25, 2025
¡®Alternative facts¡¯ aren¡¯t a reason to skip vaccines
Donald Trump¡¯s health officials have been endorsing alternative facts in science to impose policies that contradict modern medical knowledge.
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., speaks during a news conference at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington on July 29.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 16, 2025
Draft of Trump¡¯s health blueprint avoids industry crackdown
The draft was dated Aug. 11, but could still see changes before it¡¯s finalized, according to people familiar with the discussions.
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.¡¯s decision to cancel funding for mRNA vaccine development dismantles an important public health tool and could weaken America¡¯s ability to respond to future pandemics.
COMMENTARY
Aug 8, 2025
RFK Jr.¡¯s mRNA decision may be his worst yet
U.S. Health Secretary RFK Jr.¡¯s decision to cancel funding for mRNA vaccine development dismantles a public health tool and could weaken the ability to respond to future pandemics.
Senate Republicans must undo their reckless confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary, whose anti-vaccine crusade is fueling a deadly measles outbreak and putting more Americans at risk.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 25, 2025
RFK Jr. is making America sick again. Republicans need a cure.
Kennedy, who has no training in medicine or health, has long been the nation¡¯s foremost peddler of junk science and the crackpot conspiracy theories that flow from it.
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before a Senate Committee on Appropriations hearing on the Department of Health and Human Services budget in Washington on May 20.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 12, 2025
Kennedy replaces fired U.S. CDC vaccine panel members
His appointments include several who have advocated against vaccines.
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., testifies before a Senate Committee in Washington, on May 14.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 11, 2025
Kennedy¡¯s firing of CDC panel undermines vaccine confidence, experts say
The firing of the vaccine committee comes weeks before a public meeting in which advisers were to vote on the 2025-26 COVID-19 vaccine boosters.
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at a news conference about the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention¡¯s latest autism survey in Washington on April 16.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 10, 2025
Kennedy dismisses all 17 members of U.S. CDC vaccine panel
All sitting members were appointed under former President Joe Biden¡¯s administration.
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New ¡®Katsu Curry Index¡¯ aims to show how weak the yen really is
A CoCo Ichibanya curry house in Tokyo.
Putin visits disputed Etorofu island off Hokkaido, sparking protest from Tokyo
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the Yasny fish processing factory on Etorofu island, one of four islands in the contested chain known as the Kuril Islands in Russia and the Northern Territories in Japan, on Thursday.
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How U.S. bombing survey in Japan shed light on civilian sentiments of WWII
Residents are seen walking beside rubble in the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, in this undated photo taken soon after the end of World War II.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Takaichi needs Aso on her side to solidify position in LDP
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a Liberal Democratic Party meeting alongside LDP Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki (left) and LDP Vice President Taro Aso in Tokyo earlier this month
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.

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