The selections suggest the Trump administration may be trying to move the United States Preventive Services Task Force in a direction that serves its political ideology.
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THE FRIEND LIST
RFK Jr. tells skeptics they have a friend at the White House, hands them seats on his panel.
“He tells the cranks they've got a friend in the White House the same week a coroner's posting a measles death to Facebook because nobody built him a better system. That's not an oversight, that's the org chart working exactly as designed — the CDC doesn't even have to say no to Pennsylvania, it just has to keep not saying yes while its boss is out stacking the panel with his people. A six-week-old is dead and the guy in charge of counting that is busy deciding who gets a seat at the table.”
“the flack”
The receipts
The US declared measles eliminated in 2000; the last two years carry more cases than the rest of the century combined The Hill / CDC measles data, July 2026
Pennsylvania's growing measles outbreakClick in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story Pennsylvania sees third measles-associated death A coroner in Pennsylvania reported another death tied to the state’s worsening measles outbreak. © Sean Rayford, Getty Images The Jefferson County coroner in a release initially posted to Facebook said a…
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took the first step toward implementing regulations or health warnings for cellphones, wifi, and other technologies based on fringe concerns that electromagnetic radiation could cause health problems.
Two of the last three years carry more measles cases than the rest of the century combined -- the worst count since 1991 The Hill / CDC measles data, July 2026
Pennsylvania asks CDC for emergency assistance amid RFK Jr. clash over measlesPennsylvania's health department has started the process of requesting emergency assistance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to help control a deadly and rapidly spreading measles outbreak, according to a letter sent to CDC from state officials. But the request for that assistance, known as Epi-Aid, comes on the…
The US declared measles eliminated in 2000; the last two years carry more cases than the rest of the century combined - the worst count since 1991 The Hill / CDC measles data, July 2026
RFK Jr. Assures Vaccine Skeptics They Have a ‘Friend at the White House’The health secretary spoke at a conference featuring misinformation about vaccines, including a claim that the success of the polio vaccines was a “fraud.”
· ‘How Many More People Need to Die?’ Calls for RFK Jr. to Resign Grow After Two Measles Deaths from the morgue, 25 Aug 2026
· Lancaster County infant confirmed to have died from measles in Pennsylvania from the morgue, 4 Sep 2026
· CDC, Pennsylvania clash over measles deaths from the morgue, 1 Sep 2026
· Meta reaches $17B settlement. And, nuclear regulator to abandon radiation safety rule from the morgue, 27 Aug 2026
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