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The Man Holding MAHA Together

April 5, 2026

Collage of a black-and-white photo of a person holding a poster that says "Eat Real Food" and pictures a line drawing of a steak, combined with a photo of Tony Lyons against a red background

MAHA Has Been Given an Impossible Task

March 30, 2026

Mehmet Oz speaks onstage at CPAC 2026

RFK Jr. Is Losing His Grip on the CDC

March 25, 2026

A color photo of RFK Jr. in a suit, in a wood-paneled room, surrounded by other people in suits and lit dramatically by a camera flash

The Meme-Washing of RFK Jr.

Nicholas Florko

March 24, 2026

An illustration of Robert F. Kennnedy Jr.'s face inside of a "like" emoji

A New Level of Vaccine Purgatory

Katherine J. Wu

March 18, 2026

A syringe pulling a vaccine from a vial

I Remember a World Without Vaccines

April 2026 Issue

magazine open to article on RFK Jr.

Florida Is Trying to Ignore Measles Until It Can’t

Katherine J. Wu

March 13, 2026

Florida has measles

Gullible, Cynical America

March 9, 2026

A photo collage in purple and yellow depicting a cow, RFK Jr., a hand holding a vial, and other images

Jay Bhattacharya Might Get His COVID Capstone

Katherine J. Wu

March 5, 2026

Jay Bhattacharya

The Trump Administration Is Trying to Have Its Vaccine Policy Both Ways

March 5, 2026

Dark blue-toned photo of a man in a lab coat wearing a stethoscope and holding a clipboard in front of a bookshelf

Well, That Didn’t Sound Like Casey Means

February 25, 2026

Casey Means seated at a desk during her confirmation hearing before the Senate HELP committee

‘I Genuinely Am Upset That Your Kids Are Vaccinated’

February 24, 2026

Del Bigtree speaks at a demonstration against mandatory vaccinations and protesting SB 5841, in Olympia, Washington, U.S. February 20, 2019.

The Deaths Doctors Never Thought They’d See in the U.S.

Katherine J. Wu

February 24, 2026

A black map of the US against a red background with scattered dots in columns breaking it up

Scientists Figured Out the Problem With Johnson & Johnson’s COVID Vaccine

February 11, 2026

A person being vaccinated

How America Got So Sick

Vann R. Newkirk II

March 2026 Issue

image of gray stone caduceus-like symbol with snake entwined around staff shattered into pieces

The Only Thing That Will Turn Measles Back

Katherine J. Wu

February 5, 2026

A blue map of the US teeters on the point of a vaccine's needle, against a red background

Polio Was That Bad

January 28, 2026

Collage of a vial of inactivated polio vaccine, boxes of inactivated polio vaccine, and a pair of gloved hands sticking a syringe into a vial

The Best Flu Drug Americans Aren’t Taking

January 12, 2026

Xofluza pill surrounded by other pills

The Flu Really Is That Bad

Katherine J. Wu

January 10, 2026

a child ails in bed

RFK Jr.’s Next Move Is What Anti-Vaxxers Have Been Waiting For

January 6, 2026

Cutout black-and-white image of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over a green rectangle.

Rotavirus Could Come Roaring Back—Very Soon

Katherine J. Wu

January 5, 2026

Collage of a photo of vaccine vials and a photo of Paul Offit

Measles’ Most Deceptive Trait

Katherine J. Wu

December 18, 2025

Signs point the way to measles testing in the parking lot of the Seminole Hospital District, across from Wigwam Stadium, on February 27, 2025, in Seminole, Texas.

The Most Feared Person at the NIH Is a Vaccine Researcher Plucked From Obscurity

Katherine J. Wu

December 17, 2025

Yes, Some Children May Have Died From COVID Shots

December 8, 2025

Photo of someone holding a small child who has just received an injection

The Vaccine Guardrails Are Gone

December 5, 2025

Robert Malone speaks at the December 4 meeting of the CDC's advisory committee on immunization practices.

Do Childhood Vaccines Cause Tornadoes?

November 21, 2025

a black and white photograph of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaking into a microphone

The CDC’s Website Is Anti-Vaccine Now

November 20, 2025

Photograph of a person in a white lab coat holding a tray of syringes on blue paper

RFK Jr.’s Miasma Theory of Health Is Spreading

Katherine J. Wu

November 19, 2025

a woman sneezing

In Defense of ‘Groupthink’

David Merritt Johns

November 2, 2025

Animation of Robert F. Kennedy's face inside a thought bubble that connects off-screen in many different directions

Pediatricians Can’t Bear These Costs

Katherine J. Wu

October 3, 2025

a pediatricians office

When Child Death Was Everywhere

Elizabeth Bruenig

September 24, 2025

Archival photographs of an influenza ward, an iron lung, and a certificate of protection against smallpox.

Trump Tells Pregnant Women to ‘Fight Like Hell’ Not to Take Tylenol

September 22, 2025

Jay Bhattacharya, Marty Makary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump, and Mehmet Oz stand behind a podium in the Roosevelt Room of the White House

Kennedy’s Handpicked Vaccine Committee Is a Mess

Tom Bartlett and Katherine J. Wu

September 18, 2025

RFK Jr. expounds into a microphone while seated, against a backdrop of wood paneling and golden curtains

How RFK Jr. Could Eliminate Vaccines Without Banning Them

Katherine J. Wu

September 18, 2025

the american flag lowers down the needle of a vaccine

The Preventable Return of Deadly Diseases

September 17, 2025

What It’s Like to Work Inside a Broken CDC

September 17, 2025

Illustration of a worker at a desk trapped inside a bell jar