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Sen. Cassidy: “If you’re pro-life, you should be pro-vaccine”

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., offered a blunt assessment Sunday of President Donald Trump‘s new childhood vaccine policy: It could mean more shots, more doctor’s visits, higher costs and more sick children. “If it wasn’t so potentially tragic, you would break…

August 16, 2026 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Anthony Fauci’s Senate hearing proves we’re still living in 2020

Six years ago, Match.com released an ad in which the devil met his true love: 2020. The couple spent their courtship sharing fun Covid-era activities, like stealing toilet paper, enjoying empty cinemas and stadiums, and taking selfies in front of…

August 14, 2026 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

The gospel of science denial, from Galileo to RFK Jr.

The most notorious press conference Donald Trump ever held was the one in which he told a scientist in attendance to look into the possibility of using household disinfectant inside the human body to kill the Covid-19 virus. He had…

August 14, 2026 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Rising US life expectancy isn’t what it seems

There’s some good news for American lifespans: In July, preliminary CDC data suggested that life expectancy in the U.S. is on track to reach a record high while death rates hit a historic low.  According to the report, there were…

August 11, 2026 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Fauci is an easy scapegoat for pandemic revisionists 

Dr. Anthony Fauci is under congressional scrutiny following an appearance before a Senate committee last week, in which the former National Institutes of Health immunologist was grilled by elected officials over his response to the COVID-19 pandemic. On Thursday, the…

August 6, 2026 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

SpaceX’s rocket trashes the moon

A version of this essay first appeared in Crash Course, Salon’s free morning newsletter. Sign up for early access to articles like this, plus more of Salon’s bold journalism on how policies, movements and culture wars affect real people. The moon has…

August 6, 2026 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Trump admin withholds Medicaid funds in latest example of weaponizing real and imagined fraud

The Trump administration announced on July 21, 2026, that it’s withholding US$867 million in federal healthcare funding for California and $200 million for Minnesota – a total of more than $1 billion. Federal officials said the two states had failed…

August 5, 2026 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Spokane wildfires are a warning to the rest of the world

If you need any proof that climate change is not some far off problem for future generations — it’s our disastrous present — look no further than the unfolding wildfire crisis gripping the globe. In Spokane County, Washington alone, three…

August 4, 2026 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

“My job is to find out the truth”: Dana Bash grills RFK Jr. over vaccines

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeatedly clashed with CNN’s Dana Bash on Sunday’s “State of the Union” over vaccines, COVID-19, autism research and the nation’s growing measles outbreak, with the veteran anchor challenging the health secretary’s…

August 2, 2026 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Is ChatGPT Health the new WebMD?

For a few days around Christmas, Holly Jespersen, a 50-year-old living in New York, did not feel great. It felt like a cold was coming on, but she wasn’t sure if she should go to the doctor or not. “When…

July 30, 2026 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0