Former CDC official says RFK Jr.’s response to measles outbreak “not based on science or reality”

While staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were racing to stop the worst measles outbreak since 2000 last year, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his allies sought backward-looking data on measles and its vaccine, a former top CDC official said.  In an interview with “Face the Nation … Read more

Attorneys for suspect in Los Angeles’ Palisades Fire seek his release based on new evidence

LOS ANGELES — Defense attorneys for the man accused of sparking the deadly Palisades Fire in Los Angeles will hold a news conference Thursday to call for his release from jail in light of new evidence they say shows he is not responsible for the blaze. Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, was charged in October with starting … Read more