Editorial Cartoons

Dangerous Statements by RFK Jr

Dave Whamond Sep 25, 2025 Dig deeper

Editorial Cartoons

Tylenol Headache

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Health & Wellness

RFK Jr. Shuts Down Research To Find the Environmental Causes of Autism

Sharon Lerner / ProPublica Aug 20, 2025 Despite a vow to identify the causes of autism, the HHS secretary helps roll back protections chemicals linked to the condition. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

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RFK Jr Health Advisors

Dave Granlund Apr 28, 2025 Dig deeper

Science

National Cancer Institute Now Needs Special Approval To Publish on Certain Topics

Annie Waldman, Lisa Song / ProPublica Mar 11, 2025 Vaccines. Fluoride. Autism. Communications involving these and 20 other “controversial” or “sensitive” topics will get extra scrutiny under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Health & Wellness

EPA Proposal Could Multiply Acephate In Tomatoes and Celery

Sharon Lerner / ProPublica Apr 29, 2024 The EPA is relying on industry-backed tests to relax regulations on acephate, which has been linked to neurodevelopmental disorders. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Global Voices

Young, Autistic and Locked Away

Katharine Quarmby / Truthdig Dec 10, 2018 Despite promises of reform, Britain is institutionalizing growing numbers of young adults with autism and learning disabilities. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

This Prominent Anti-Vaxxer Has a Chilling New Crusade

David Armstrong / ProPublica Nov 27, 2018 Dr. David Ayoub is once again challenging mainstream science, this time as an expert witness for accused child abusers. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

Florida Investigated School Shooting Suspect After Self-Harm

JASON DEAREN, ALLEN BREED and TAMARA LUSH / The Associated Press Feb 17, 2018 He “has fresh cuts on both his arms. Mr. Cruz stated he plans to go out and buy a gun,” the child welfare agency abuse hotline was told in 2016. But he was deemed safe and "stable." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Charity Calls Premature Autism Deaths a ‘Hidden Crisis’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 20, 2016 Certain groups among the autistic tend to die 30 years earlier than their peers in the general population, and a charity is calling on Britain's National Health Service to find out why. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Story of Autism

By Ann Bauer Feb 12, 2016 From midcentury institutions where children deemed feebleminded were committed to live in dark corners covered with their own excrement, to the millennial vaccine mania that corrupted autism research and set health policy back years, a new book paints the story of autism in sweeping, cinematic bursts. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Scientists Create Monkeys With Autism Gene

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 27, 2016 Researchers in China have engineered monkeys to develop symptoms associated with autism in the hope that scientists can find a treatment for the condition in humans. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )