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Elvis, the Polio Vaccine, and Us

Charles Idelson Medium
In October 1956 the ascending rock idol lent his considerable stardom to helping save lives by getting vaccinated against polio on the Ed Sullivan show. Today an anti-vax fanatic with a celebrity name is in line to be in charge of public health.

mRNA Technology: Four Decades in the Making

Jess Steier Unbiased Science
mRNA technology took 40 years to perfect. Here's the story, briefly. So if you’re sitting around the holiday table and someone tells you the mRNA technology is “too new” to trust, you now have the “receipts” to explain why that’s not accurate.

Make America Diseased Again?

Sarah Zhang The Atlantic
RFK, Jr.'s nomination normalizes and emboldens the anti-vaccine movement. The danger now is that diseases confined to the past become diseases of the future.

Now What for Public Health?

Katelyn Jetelina Your Local Epdemiologist
We need to be ready for a new world. RFK Jr. will have more influence, with his cast of characters who have a history of opposing evidence-based public health practice.

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Florida’s New COVID Booster Guidance Is Straight-Up Misinformation

Arthur Allen, Daniel Chang and Sam Whitehead KFF Health News
Ladapo’s vaccine statement “aligns with Project 2025.” Several critics of Ladapo’s bulletin said it read like a tryout for a job in a Trump administration advised by longtime anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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