NEWSROOM Search Type - Any -NewsOpinionPress Release Topics - Any -ClimateDisability JusticeHealth Care & InsuranceInfectious DiseaseInstitutional DefenseInternationalSexual & Reproductive HealthSocial HealthWhopper of the Week Opinion Oct 22, 2026 Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. Has a Plan to Fake “Proofs” of Vaccine Harm Kennedy has for years rejected the evidence supporting vaccine efficacy and vaccine safety. Now, he is looking for “better evidence about potential vaccine-related injuries” and openly trying to manufacture data that could justify the vaccine policy changes he wants to make. This is his plan for how to do that. Opinion Oct 15, 2026 Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. Wants You to See A Chatbot Not Your Doctor At the 2026 MAHA Summit, RFK Jr said HHS wants patients to use AI to free them from medical tyranny and suggested that not using AI in clinical care could be malpractice. Opinion Oct 07, 2026 Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr.'s Measly Messaging On Measles Secretary Kennedy is unwilling to deliver the clear, simple message that measles is a serious disease that can be safely avoided with two doses of the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine. Opinion Sep 30, 2026 Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. Doesn't Care if Your Dinner Makes You Sick RFK Jr. prematurely declared the cyclosporiasis outbreak under control in July 2026. The outbreak was not over before mid September. The lack of clear and truthful communication from HHS Secretary created public confusion and helped to spread misinformation about the outbreak. Opinion Sep 09, 2026 Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. is Turning Head Start Into a Dead End RFK Jr. is deregulating and downsizing the sixty year old Head Start program, despite its impressive record of improving the long-term health and well-being of children and their families. Opinion Sep 03, 2026 Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. Wants Us to Believe a Baby Died “With” Measles, Not “Of” Measles Secretary of Health Kennedy accused Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro of fabricating measles deaths for political gain, then tampered with how the CDC logs infectious disease cases and deaths reported by states. Opinion Aug 27, 2026 Whopper of the Week: Kennedy Fails on Ultra-Processed Foods RFK Jr listed "Winning the War on Ultra-Processed Foods" as one of his successes but so far there are no plans to regulate the food industry. Opinion Aug 19, 2026 Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. Silences Preventive Health Experts and Harms Primary Care RFK Jr. has undermined the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which is charged with recommending preventive health services, and then tried to justify his actions by accusing it of negligence. Silencing USPSTF hurts primary care and American patients. Opinion Aug 12, 2026 Whopper of the Week: The Executive Order on Vaccines is Not Gold Standard Science The new Executive Order on vaccines is not supported by any scientific evidence demonstrating that the current childhood immunization schedule is unsafe or that its proposed changes would improve children's health. Opinion Aug 05, 2026 Whopper of the Week: Yes, RFK Jr., Your Cuts Did Weaken the Cyclospora Response The United States is struggling to contain the largest Cyclospora outbreak in US history but RFK Jr. claims the outbreak is under control and unrelated to cuts made to the US food safety surveillance system. Opinion Jul 29, 2026 Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. Claims We’ll Lead Medical Discovery – and Cuts Research This week's Whopper is about RFK Jr.'s complicity in dismantling scientific agencies and his recent whoppers that “America will lead the next generation of medical discovery." Opinion Jul 22, 2026 Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. Risks Making Americans Smokers Again This week's Whopper is about RFK Jr.'s abysmal record on tobacco products and smoking cessation. RFK Jr. publicly promotes nicotine products while destroying government funding for cessation programs to help people who smoke quit smoking and making it easier to market flavored vapes and nicotine pouches that hook people on nicotine. Pagination Previous page Previous Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 … Next page Next
Opinion Oct 22, 2026 Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. Has a Plan to Fake “Proofs” of Vaccine Harm Kennedy has for years rejected the evidence supporting vaccine efficacy and vaccine safety. Now, he is looking for “better evidence about potential vaccine-related injuries” and openly trying to manufacture data that could justify the vaccine policy changes he wants to make. This is his plan for how to do that.
Opinion Oct 15, 2026 Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. Wants You to See A Chatbot Not Your Doctor At the 2026 MAHA Summit, RFK Jr said HHS wants patients to use AI to free them from medical tyranny and suggested that not using AI in clinical care could be malpractice.
Opinion Oct 07, 2026 Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr.'s Measly Messaging On Measles Secretary Kennedy is unwilling to deliver the clear, simple message that measles is a serious disease that can be safely avoided with two doses of the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine.
Opinion Sep 30, 2026 Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. Doesn't Care if Your Dinner Makes You Sick RFK Jr. prematurely declared the cyclosporiasis outbreak under control in July 2026. The outbreak was not over before mid September. The lack of clear and truthful communication from HHS Secretary created public confusion and helped to spread misinformation about the outbreak.
Opinion Sep 09, 2026 Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. is Turning Head Start Into a Dead End RFK Jr. is deregulating and downsizing the sixty year old Head Start program, despite its impressive record of improving the long-term health and well-being of children and their families.
Opinion Sep 03, 2026 Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. Wants Us to Believe a Baby Died “With” Measles, Not “Of” Measles Secretary of Health Kennedy accused Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro of fabricating measles deaths for political gain, then tampered with how the CDC logs infectious disease cases and deaths reported by states.
Opinion Aug 27, 2026 Whopper of the Week: Kennedy Fails on Ultra-Processed Foods RFK Jr listed "Winning the War on Ultra-Processed Foods" as one of his successes but so far there are no plans to regulate the food industry.
Opinion Aug 19, 2026 Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. Silences Preventive Health Experts and Harms Primary Care RFK Jr. has undermined the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which is charged with recommending preventive health services, and then tried to justify his actions by accusing it of negligence. Silencing USPSTF hurts primary care and American patients.
Opinion Aug 12, 2026 Whopper of the Week: The Executive Order on Vaccines is Not Gold Standard Science The new Executive Order on vaccines is not supported by any scientific evidence demonstrating that the current childhood immunization schedule is unsafe or that its proposed changes would improve children's health.
Opinion Aug 05, 2026 Whopper of the Week: Yes, RFK Jr., Your Cuts Did Weaken the Cyclospora Response The United States is struggling to contain the largest Cyclospora outbreak in US history but RFK Jr. claims the outbreak is under control and unrelated to cuts made to the US food safety surveillance system.
Opinion Jul 29, 2026 Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. Claims We’ll Lead Medical Discovery – and Cuts Research This week's Whopper is about RFK Jr.'s complicity in dismantling scientific agencies and his recent whoppers that “America will lead the next generation of medical discovery."
Opinion Jul 22, 2026 Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. Risks Making Americans Smokers Again This week's Whopper is about RFK Jr.'s abysmal record on tobacco products and smoking cessation. RFK Jr. publicly promotes nicotine products while destroying government funding for cessation programs to help people who smoke quit smoking and making it easier to market flavored vapes and nicotine pouches that hook people on nicotine.