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Sep 28, 2026On Brand: Top Trump Health Officials Tap Accused Rapist Russell Brand to Moderate MAHA Summit PanelTomorrow, during the MAHA Summit that quickly devolved into a cesspool of corporate corruption benefiting RFK Jr to the ire of MAHA activists, Russell Brand – “who’s…
Sep 28, 2026Bombshell NYT Report Finds Trump CDC In Critical ConditionSee must read NYT story below; Reaction from Protect Our Care president Brad Woodhouse: “The grim state of affairs at the Trump CDC should terrify everyone. There’s a bright line…
Sep 3, 2026Investigation Time: Hegseth Secretly Raiding NIH Disease Research Money to Fund Defense Department ActivitiesIn a stunning abuse of taxpayer money at the expense of public health, the Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee has discovered Pete Hegseth’s Defense Department…
Sep 2, 2026Report: Refusals of Life-Saving Vitamin K Shot for Newborns Surged After Trump-RFK Jr Child Vaccine Schedule DowngradeSee Reuters story below; reaction from Protect Our Care president Brad Woodhouse: “For decades, the Vitamin K shot safely kept babies from suffering deadly brain bleeds without a whiff of…
Aug 25, 2026IN THE NEWS: “Completely Preventable” Two Dead in PA After RFK Jr. Told Lancaster County That the Cure for Measles is ‘Chicken Soup and Vitamin A’After touting dangerous, anti-vax conspiracy theories, Donald Trump and RFK Jr. have fueled the worst measles crisis in decades, resulting in the tragic deaths of two Pennsylvanians. This news marks…
Aug 6, 2026RFK Jr. Now Under Two Senate Investigations Over Industry Quid Pro Quos, Conflicts of Interest At Expense of Public HealthThis week, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) launched an investigation into the Trump-RFK Jr-HHS’s recent industry-friendly actions on dangerous flavored vapes and kratom products linked to thousands of…
Jul 23, 2026Trump Nominee Held Up Over Anti-Vax Record Should WithdrawCiting a lack of “sufficient support”, today Senate HELP Committee chairman Bill Cassidy indefinitely delayed a committee vote on Sean Kaufman’s nomination for Assistant Secretary for Preparedness…
May 28, 2026Unprecedented Trump Policy: Leave Americans Behind to Die of EbolaBacklash from doctors and career diplomats is mounting from the Trump administration’s reported plan to throw long-standing precedent out the window and send American public health officers…
May 20, 2026Too Little, Way Too Late: Administration’s 11th Hour Ebola Clinics Offer Band-Aid After Trump’s USAID Cuts Killed Surveillance & Let Virus Spread Undetected ‘For Weeks’Today, the Trump State Department is patting itself on the back for kicking in some money to a United Nations fund for “up to” 50 treatment clinics…
May 20, 2026Disposable Political Pawns: Trump, RFK Jr. Sell Out MAHA Yet Again By Scrapping Limits on ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking WaterThis week, Health Secretary RFK Jr and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin delivered the Trump administration’s latest finger in the eye of the MAHA movement they claim to…
May 19, 2026SHOT/CHASER: RFK Jr. on Ebola, hantavirus: ‘Yeah, we’re working on it’ (with 80% fewer officials)While the World Health Organization now warns the deadly Ebola outbreak in central Africa “could last months”, Trump’s health secretary who who gutted public health infrastructure and fired 10,000 HHS…
May 18, 2026Ill-Prepared, Less Safe: Trump Gutted USAID and Exited WHO, Now Administration Behind The Curve On Ebola Global Health EmergencyOn Saturday, the World Health Organization declared the spread of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda a ‘global health emergency’ with now…
May 15, 2026A Vacant and Dysfunctional Trump HHS At The Worst Time: Public Health Project NewsletterIt officially happened, and the circumstances behind it were every bit as swampy and insidious as expected. FDA Commissioner Marty Makary was shoved out the door this week on the…
May 14, 2026Media Roundup: The Dangerous Leadership Void at Trump’s Health DepartmentProtect Our Care isn’t alone. Alarm is rightly growing over the grave vacuum of leadership and expertise at the Trump Health Department that’s left the nation ill-prepared to deal with…
May 13, 2026ICYMI: NYT: ‘With a Friend in Trump, the Tobacco Industry Secures a Lucrative Win’See NYT piece below; as Protect Our Care has repeatedly noted, Donald Trump’s fury at FDA head Makary was motivated by gross political opportunism and fat checks from the big…
May 13, 2026No Permanent FDA, CDC Heads or Surgeon General Is Unprecedented and UntenableNo Wonder Voters Don’t Trust Trump or RFK Jr. to Handle a Public Health Crisis Washington D.C. – With Donald Trump forcing out FDA Commissioner Marty Makary for unscrupulous reasons,…
May 11, 2026Must Read: NYT: ‘Kennedy Is Driving a Vast Inquiry Into Vaccines, Despite His Public Silence’See story below; reaction from Kayla Hancock, Director of Protect Our Care’s Public Health Project: “Let’s not kid ourselves about what’s really motivating this. RFK Jr. is wasting taxpayer resources…
May 8, 2026Never Ending Trump HHS/FDA Chaos & Controversy Getting Real Old, Real Scary: Public Health Project NewsletterThe Trump-RFK Jr. FDA had an especially rough week, which is really saying something for the perpetually troubled agency marred by mass layoffs, staff revolt, and ridiculous politicization against life-saving…
May 8, 2026Unhinged RFK Jr. Says Child Deaths Acceptable In Service to His Anti-Vax AgendaDuring an event in Ohio last night, Trump health secretary RFK Jr. was confronted by a local longtime family physician over his baseless and dangerous move to…
May 8, 2026Hantavirus Outbreak Puts In Focus Trump-RFK Jr.’s Reckless Attacks on Health Crisis Preparedness“It should be fine, we hope,” says Trump, inspiring little confidence Washington D.C. – During his first term, Donald Trump threw a comprehensive pandemic preparedness playbook in the trash and…
May 7, 2026Trump-RFK Jr. FDA Remains a Total Sh*tshow, Which Should Worry EveryoneYet more chaos and disarray within the Trump FDA have come to light. STAT News reports that drug manufacturer Sanofi is now asking the agency to pull…
May 5, 2026In Cynical Search of Youth Votes, Trump Browbeats FDA Head to Fast-track Flavored Vapes Despite Harms to KidsIn the face of record-high disapproval ratings, Donald Trump’s political acts of desperation are sinking to new lows. The WSJ reports Donald Trump berated FDA Commissioner Marty…
Apr 30, 2026Casey Means’ Exit As Surgeon General Nominee a Reflection of Trump and RFK Jr.’s Poor Judgment, Dangerous ViewsWith Donald Trump’s unceremonious announcement that Casey Means has been replaced as his nominee for Surgeon General, Kayla Hancock, Director of Protect Our Care’s Public Health Project,…
Apr 21, 2026Here We Go Again: RFK Jr. Already Refuses to Follow CDC Director Nominee’s Vaccine RecommendationsDuring his Energy & Commerce health subcommittee testimony today, Trump Health Secretary RFK Jr. dispelled any notion that the Trump administration has abandoned its highly dangerous, hugely…
Apr 20, 2026Five Unanswered Questions for RFK Jr. Ahead of Final Four HearingsAs Trump Health Secretary RFK Jr. resumes testimony before four additional Congressional committees this week after three combative and lie-packed performances at the hearings last week, Protect…
Apr 17, 2026RFK Jr. Leans on Lies to Muddle Through Latest Congressional HearingThroughout his third of seven back-to-back Congressional hearings, Trump Health Secretary RFK Jr. continued his strategy of making stuff up and playing Jedi mind tricks when questioned…
Apr 16, 2026Video Receipts: RFK Jr. Falsely Denies Saying Black Children on ADHD Medication Should Be “Re-Parented”, The Tape Says OtherwiseTrump Health Secretary RFK Jr. has never been a stickler for the truth even when presented with overwhelming evidence that runs counter to his frequent wild, unsubstantiated,…
Apr 16, 2026As RFK Jr. Finally Faces Congress, Doctors Caucus Members & Public Health Advocates Spotlight the Failing Trump-Kennedy Report Card on Public HealthWatch ‘Fire RFK Jr.’ Event Recording Here Washington D.C. – As Trump health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. begins a gauntlet of seven Congressional appearances after dodging all committees for…
Apr 10, 2026As Hearings Loom, RFK Jr. Pads Anti-Vax Record: Public Health Project NewsletterAfter avoiding Congressional hearings for 7 months while public health threats like measles have flourished, Trump Health Secretary RFK Jr. is finally set to face the music at a gauntlet…
Apr 8, 2026Pot. Kettle. Black. Top Vaccine Misinformer RFK Jr. Launches Podcast On ‘Lies’ That Have Made Americans SickTrump Health Secretary RFK Jr. is rolling out yet another taxpayer-funded effort to promote his own brand: a podcast that ironically promises to expose ‘lies’ that have…

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