Kennedy has had a long track record of making misleading or outright false statements about important health issues, particularly on vaccination.
A CDC employee spoke with Gizmodo about the "unprecedented" changes.
The communications pause could be an early sign of things to come under a renewed Trump White House.
Reproductiverights.gov appears to have been taken offline.
From bird flu to polio, the U.S. leaving the WHO would weaken global public health in ways big and small.
There is a real but nuanced scientific debate ongoing about the risks and benefits of fluoridation.
Less than half of Americans know alcohol can cause cancer, prompting the U.S. surgeon general to push for clearer warning labels and public health reforms.
The horrific Guinea worm once infected millions of people a year. Thanks to Jimmy Carter and others, the leg-infesting parasite is now on the brink of eradication.
We asked a health law expert about what to expect in the coming years: "It is critical that people exercise good judgment in the sources of their information to protect themselves."
