Federal Judge Blocks Kennedy’s Vaccine Reforms
On 16 March, federal judge Brian Murphy blocked the U.S. government from making sweeping changes to the US childhood immunization schedule, “in a blow to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s agenda,” as the BBC expressed it. The BBC calls them respected medical groups, which they are not, as illustrated by the hepatitis B vaccine […]
They Acknowledge the Byproducts. Where Are the Data?
Pursuant to the order issued on March 16 in American Academy of Pediatrics et al. v. Kennedy et al., No. 1:25-cv-11916 (D. Mass.), the ACIP meeting previously scheduled for March 18-19 has been stayed until further notice. In light of this notice, I want to outline what should have been addressed at this meeting and […]
How to Build a Post-WHO Global Health Architecture
The United States’ withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) is more than a diplomatic rupture. It creates a unique opening to rethink how global health cooperation should actually work. The real question is not whether countries should cooperate. They must. Humans matter. Health brings economic stability. Pathogens cross borders. Data sharing matters. Standards matter. […]
Closing the Deal: The Misinforming of the G20 on Pandemics
The G20’s High Level Independent Panel (HLIP) on pandemic preparedness convened through 2025 to provide a report entitled Closing the Deal: Financing our Security Against Pandemic Threats to the November G20 Leaders’ Summit in South Africa. The report was as a follow-up to the HLIP’s 2022 report on A Global Deal for our Pandemic Age […]
What’s Really Going On in South Carolina’s Measles Outbreak?
As of early February 2026, South Carolina remains the center of the largest measles outbreak in the U.S. in over 30 years. With 920 confirmed cases and over 90% reportedly occurring in “unvaccinated” individuals, headlines suggest a crisis of vaccine refusal. But beneath the headlines lies a more complex picture—one shaped by data classification, eligibility […]
United States Out of the World Health Organization
One of the first things President Trump did on the first day of his second term in office was sign an Executive Order giving notice that the United States would withdraw from membership in the World Health Organization (WHO). The move, which came just hours after his inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025, had been expected.1 […]