RFK Jr.’s Misleading Line on the Chickenpox Vaccine
Speaking before Congress, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. misleadingly claimed that Europe doesn’t vaccinate children against chickenpox because a study shows that when you do, “you get shingles in older people.” While that is a theoretical concern, studies have not borne that out -- and parts of Europe do vaccinate kids.
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Trump’s South Africa ‘Genocide’ Spin
Asked by a reporter why he was welcoming white South Africans to the U.S. as refugees, President Donald Trump said there was "a genocide that's taking place" against white farmers in the country. Experts say the president is misapplying that term.
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Democrats Exaggerate Estimated Impact of GOP Bill on Uninsured
A preliminary Congressional Budget Office analysis said that a Republican legislative proposal that makes changes to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act would leave "at least 8.6 million" people without health insurance by 2034. But many Democrats have exaggerated the figure, claiming that 13.7 million would lose their insurance under the proposal.
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Q&A on Trump’s Prescription Drug Pricing Executive Order
In signing an executive order aimed at reducing U.S. drug prices, President Donald Trump said some prices would be cut in half or more "almost immediately." But the order is light on details of how the plan would be implemented.
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Unwrapping Qatar’s $400 Million Winged Gift to Trump
President Donald Trump announced that the Persian Gulf emirate of Qatar was giving the United States a Boeing 747-8 jet to replace the aging Air Force One aircrafts used by the president. But the proposed gift has raised a maelstrom of legal questions from Democrats, who say the gift would need the approval of Congress.
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