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cidrap.umn.edu > public-health > scotus-rejects-emergency-appeal-religious-exemption-vaccines-thorny-first-amendment

As SCOTUS rejects emergency appeal for religious exemption to vaccines, thorny First Amendment issues persist

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (934+ words) Empty chamber of the Supreme Court of the United States. Credit: Phil Roeder / Flickr A mother in New York State who claims to oppose vaccines because of her Catholic faith lost an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court of the…...

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cidrap.umn.edu > public-health > senate-confirms-erica-schwartz-cdc-director

Senate confirms Erica Schwartz as CDC director

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (697+ words) HHS / Wikimedia Commons The US Senate today voted to confirm Erica Schwarz, MD, MPH, JD, as the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The vote was 51 to 44 in favor of confirming Schwartz, who spent 24 years in the…...

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cidrap.umn.edu > public-health > nominees-lead-cdc-pandemic-preparedness-office-move-forward-senate-committee-vote

Nominees to lead CDC, pandemic preparedness office move forward in Senate committee vote

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (783+ words) The Senate health committee today approved President Donald Trump’s nominees to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR). The approval of Erica Schwartz, MD, MPH, JD, to lead the…...

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cidrap.umn.edu > biosecurity-issues > cassidy-clears-way-cdc-nominee-pumps-brakes-health-security-pick

Cassidy clears the way for CDC nominee, but pumps brakes on health security pick

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (649+ words) President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has secured key support from a senator who has been highly critical of the administration's approach to public health. Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican, intends to…...

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cidrap.umn.edu > anti-science > covid-fueled-surge-state-vaccine-legislation-research-suggests

COVID fueled surge in state vaccine legislation, research suggests

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (688+ words) Sono Creative / iStock The number of vaccine-related bills introduced in US state legislatures spiked after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, with Republican lawmakers sponsoring most of the legislation aimed at weakening vaccine requirements or expanding exemptions, according to a…...

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cidrap.umn.edu > public-health > senate-committee-grills-cdc-director-nominee-erica-schwartz

Senate committee grills CDC director nominee Erica Schwartz

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1470+ words) Nearly one year after the firing of the last confirmed director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), senators on Capitol Hill grilled President Donald Trump’s new nominee about how she would respond to pressure from the administration, particularly…...

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cidrap.umn.edu > public-health > kff-poll-shows-41-us-adults-back-maha-agenda

KFF poll shows 41% of US adults back MAHA agenda

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (480+ words) Four in ten US adults polled in a new KFF survey said they support the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement, but an even wider swath of the American public is concerned about the regulation of chemical additives in foods…...

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cidrap.umn.edu > childhood-vaccines > state-us-vaccine-policy-apr-28-2026

The State of US Vaccine Policy — Apr 28, 2026

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (546+ words) Welcome to our biweekly series in partnership with CIDRAP at the University of Minnesota. (Transparently, I [Izzy] only made it through about three hours before I needed to reset with a dog walk. To those of you who watched all…...

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cidrap.umn.edu > childhood-vaccines > commentary-rfk-jr-s-mercurial-congressional-testimony-again-showcases-ideology

COMMENTARY: RFK Jr’s mercurial congressional testimony again showcases ideology over vaccine science

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (761+ words) Kennedy’s previous activism against mercury emissions was well-founded. Coal-fired power plants are a major, human-caused source of mercury emissions. Released mercury deposits into water and soil, where microbes convert part of it into methylmercury, the form that bioaccumulates in fish…...

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cidrap.umn.edu > public-health > new-poll-shows-support-maha-highly-vulnerable

New poll shows support for MAHA is ‘highly vulnerable’

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (598+ words) Gage Skidmore / Flickr cc A new poll from a progressive polling firm shows support for the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement is narrow and highly vulnerable, and that support drops significantly when voters learn about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s…...