Dr. Michael Baker is an infectious disease epidemiologist at the University of Otago in Wellington, New Zealand. He has served on the New Zealand Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 Technical Advisory Group.
Autism and vaccines: The history and politics of the Kennedy-Trump attack on public health
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy has sparked widespread outrage with disparaging remarks about autism and plans to set up a national registry of the autistic.
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Whooping cough cases surging towards 70-year high in US
The anti-science policies of Trump and Robert F. Kennedy are aiding the spread of long-suppressed childhood diseases.
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White House replaces government COVID website with one promoting the Wuhan Lab Leak conspiracy
On Friday, April 18, the Trump White House replaced the COVID.gov site with a web page promoting the lie that the COVID pandemic was the product of nefarious activities conducted by China with the assistance of US scientists.
Benjamin Mateus•
Trump’s $40 billion Health and Human Services cuts: A prescription for social devastation
The Trump-Kennedy program to slash HHS funding threatens global health, scientific progress, and the lives of millions of workers and children.
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