Latest Articles Health care consolidation and rising costs happen, but Obamacare is not the key culprit By Julie Appleby • December 11, 2025 RFK Jr. wants to delay the hepatitis B vaccine. Here’s what parents need to know. By Jackie Fortiér • December 2, 2025 Breast cancer and birth control: New study shows how science can be distorted By Céline Gounder • November 24, 2025 What to know about the CDC’s baseless new guidance on autism By Arthur Allen • November 21, 2025 FTC has long said products must back up health claims. A MAHA lawsuit would upend that. By Arthur Allen • August 25, 2025 Immigrant children detained in ‘unsafe and unsanitary’ sites as Trump team seeks to end protections By Sandy West • July 31, 2025 How the Trump-backed policy bill rolls back Obamacare By Julie Appleby • June 5, 2025 Misinformation about fentanyl exposure threatens to undermine overdose response By Henry Larweh • April 10, 2025 Trump froze out Project 2025 in his campaign. Now its blueprint is his health care playbook. By Stephanie Armour • February 24, 2025 Ask PolitiFact: If Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is confirmed as HHS secretary, could he ban vaccines? By Madison Czopek • November 20, 2024 Harris, once Biden’s voice on abortion, would take an outspoken approach to health By Julie Appleby • July 21, 2024 ¿Cómo el fin del Obamacare afectaría la protección de enfermedades preexistentes? By Jacob Gardenswartz • June 20, 2024 Why COVID-19 patients who could most benefit from Paxlovid still aren’t getting it By Arthur Allen • March 11, 2024 United Facts of America: Looking at the profit motive driving anti-vaccine misinformation By Madison Czopek • November 7, 2023 What happens to health programs if the federal government shuts down? By Julie Rovner • September 28, 2023 Why the CDC has recommended new COVID-19 boosters for all By Arthur Allen • September 13, 2023 Few firm beliefs and low trust: Americans not sure what’s true in age of health misinformation By Darius Tahir • August 25, 2023 How health incidents like Bronny James’ cardiac arrest fuel COVID-19 vaccine misinformation By Madison Czopek • July 31, 2023 Everything old is new again? The latest round of health policy proposals reprises existing ideas By Julie Appleby • July 25, 2023 FDA head Robert Califf battles misinformation — sometimes with fuzzy facts By Darius Tahir • July 24, 2023
Health care consolidation and rising costs happen, but Obamacare is not the key culprit By Julie Appleby • December 11, 2025 RFK Jr. wants to delay the hepatitis B vaccine. Here’s what parents need to know. By Jackie Fortiér • December 2, 2025 Breast cancer and birth control: New study shows how science can be distorted By Céline Gounder • November 24, 2025 What to know about the CDC’s baseless new guidance on autism By Arthur Allen • November 21, 2025 FTC has long said products must back up health claims. A MAHA lawsuit would upend that. By Arthur Allen • August 25, 2025 Immigrant children detained in ‘unsafe and unsanitary’ sites as Trump team seeks to end protections By Sandy West • July 31, 2025 How the Trump-backed policy bill rolls back Obamacare By Julie Appleby • June 5, 2025 Misinformation about fentanyl exposure threatens to undermine overdose response By Henry Larweh • April 10, 2025 Trump froze out Project 2025 in his campaign. Now its blueprint is his health care playbook. By Stephanie Armour • February 24, 2025 Ask PolitiFact: If Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is confirmed as HHS secretary, could he ban vaccines? By Madison Czopek • November 20, 2024 Harris, once Biden’s voice on abortion, would take an outspoken approach to health By Julie Appleby • July 21, 2024 ¿Cómo el fin del Obamacare afectaría la protección de enfermedades preexistentes? By Jacob Gardenswartz • June 20, 2024 Why COVID-19 patients who could most benefit from Paxlovid still aren’t getting it By Arthur Allen • March 11, 2024 United Facts of America: Looking at the profit motive driving anti-vaccine misinformation By Madison Czopek • November 7, 2023 What happens to health programs if the federal government shuts down? By Julie Rovner • September 28, 2023 Why the CDC has recommended new COVID-19 boosters for all By Arthur Allen • September 13, 2023 Few firm beliefs and low trust: Americans not sure what’s true in age of health misinformation By Darius Tahir • August 25, 2023 How health incidents like Bronny James’ cardiac arrest fuel COVID-19 vaccine misinformation By Madison Czopek • July 31, 2023 Everything old is new again? The latest round of health policy proposals reprises existing ideas By Julie Appleby • July 25, 2023 FDA head Robert Califf battles misinformation — sometimes with fuzzy facts By Darius Tahir • July 24, 2023
