#Public-Health
Events indexed under #Public-Health — 89 entries in the record.
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-07 | Stand Up for Science Holds Nationwide 'Rally to Take Back Science' at 46+ Locations
3 src U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-24 | More Than a Dozen States Sue Over CDC Childhood Vaccine Recommendation Rollback
3 src Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-21 | Independent Analysis Projects 58,000 Additional Deaths and $4.7 Trillion in Costs from EPA Endangerment Repeal
4 src U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin · Donald Trump · Fossil Fuel Industry | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-18 | FDA Commissioner Makary and Deputy Prasad Announce End of Two-Trial Drug Approval Standard in NEJM — Most Significant FDA Safety Change Since 1962
7 src Food and Drug Administration · Marty Makary · Vinay Prasad · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-13 | Federal Judge Blocks $600M Health Grant Cuts to Democratic States
3 src Keith Ellison · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-12 | Trust in Federal Health Agencies Plummets Under RFK Jr. Despite Restoration Promises
2 src Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-08 | EPA Advances Rollback of Four PFAS Drinking Water Standards
3 src U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-02 | RFK Jr. Announces $100 Million STREETS Initiative for Homelessness and Addiction Treatment
2 src Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-29 | Trump Creates Great American Recovery Initiative for Addiction Crisis
3 src Donald Trump · White House · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-13 | RFK Jr Reshapes CDC Vaccine Panel with Anti-Vaccine Appointees: 'I Was Not Anti-Vaccine. I Am Now.'
2 src Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-05 | CDC Slashes Childhood Vaccine Schedule from 17 to 11 Diseases, Bypassing Advisory Committee
3 src Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Jim O'Neill · Donald Trump · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-06 | Trump Issues Memo Ordering Comprehensive Review of Childhood Vaccine Schedule, Elevating Political Control Over Medical Science
6 src Donald Trump · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-05 | ACIP Chair Admits Vaccine Panel Members Feel Like "Puppets on a String," Exposing Political Manipulation
7 src Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · American Academy of Pediatrics · American Medical Association | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-05 | CDC Panel Ends Universal Hepatitis B Vaccination for Newborns After RFK Jr. Reconstitutes Committee
6 src Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices · American Academy of Pediatrics · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-05 | RFK Jr.'s Reconstituted CDC Panel Votes to Roll Back Newborn Hepatitis B Vaccine Recommendation
5 src Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-04 | FDA Vaccine Chief Vinay Prasad Circulates Unsubstantiated Memo Claiming COVID Vaccines Killed At Least Ten Children
7 src Vinay Prasad · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-02 | FDA Cancer Drug Chief Dr. Richard Pazdur Resigns After Three Weeks Under Political Pressure
5 src Marty Makary · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Food and Drug Administration · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · +2 | reported | |
| 2025-09-24 | ACA Enhanced Subsidies Set to Expire, Threatening 20M with 114% Premium Increases
2 src Donald Trump · U.S. Congress | reported | |
| 2025-09-18 | Analysis Reveals Proposed FY2026 Budget Would Cut CDC by 53%, Eliminate 61+ Programs
5 src Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Department of Health and Human Services · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Office of Management and Budget | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-28 | RFK Jr. Fires CDC Director Susan Monarez After She Refuses to Approve Unscientific Vaccine Directives
3 src Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Trump | reported | |
| 2025-07-02 | CDC Deactivates H5N1 Emergency Response Despite Ongoing Outbreak
3 src Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-09 | RFK Jr. Fires All 17 ACIP Members, Wholesale Replacement of Vaccine Advisory Committee
5 src Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices · American Medical Association | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-09 | RFK Jr. Fires All 17 Members of CDC Vaccine Advisory Committee
3 src Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-05 | Thiel Foundation CEO Jim O'Neill Confirmed as HHS Deputy Secretary (52-43)
6 src Jim O'Neill · Peter Thiel · Thiel Capital · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-30 | US Measles Crisis Reaches 1,088 Cases with First Deaths Since 2015 — Elimination Status at Risk for First Time Since 2000
8 src Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-28 | HHS Cancels $766 Million Moderna Contract for H5N1 Pandemic Flu Vaccines
3 src Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-14 | EPA Rolls Back PFAS Drinking Water Protections, Delays Enforcement, Terminates Research Grants
5 src EPA · Lee Zeldin · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-01 | HHS Lays Off 10,000 Federal Health Workers at NIH, FDA, and CDC in RFK Jr. Restructuring
5 src U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · National Institutes of Health (NIH) · Food and Drug Administration · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-28 | Peter Marks Forced Out as FDA Vaccine Chief, Accuses RFK Jr. of 'Misinformation and Lies'
4 src Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-27 | US Virgin Islands Loses $3.3 Million in Federal Health Funding Amid National Public Health Cuts
2 src U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-25 | Senate Confirms Marty Makary as FDA Commissioner in 56-44 Vote, Architect of Deregulation Agenda
4 src Marty Makary · Donald Trump · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Dick Durbin · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-12 | EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin Announces Historic Rollback of 31 Pollution Rules
5 src Lee Zeldin · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-20 | Study Finds 50% Spike in Pregnancy-Related Sepsis and Deaths in Texas After Abortion Ban 3 src | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | HHS Secretary RFK Jr. Confirmed with Ongoing Vaccine Litigation Referral Fees
6 src Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · National Institutes of Health (NIH) · Merck · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-17 | RFK Jr. Absent from CDC Bird Flu Pandemic Preparedness Exercise During Transition
2 src Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-06 | First U.S. H5N1 Bird Flu Death Reported in Louisiana Patient
3 src Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Food and Drug Administration | confirmed | |
| 2024-12-18 | California Governor Newsom Declares State of Emergency Over H5N1 Bird Flu Outbreak
3 src Gavin Newsom | confirmed | |
| 2024-12-13 | McKinsey Agrees to $650 Million Criminal Settlement for Role in 'Turbocharging' Opioid Sales for Purdue Pharma
3 src McKinsey & Company · U.S. Department of Justice · Purdue Pharma · Food and Drug Administration | confirmed | |
| 2024-12-06 | USDA Issues Federal Order Requiring Mandatory Raw Milk Testing for H5N1
3 src USDA · Food and Drug Administration · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | confirmed | |
| 2024-10-20 | Eight Washington State Poultry Workers Infected with H5N1 During Depopulation Operations
3 src Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · USDA | confirmed | |
| 2024-03-25 | H5N1 Bird Flu First Detected in U.S. Dairy Cattle in Texas
3 src USDA · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Food and Drug Administration | confirmed | |
| 2021-09-01 | Joe Rogan Announces He Treated COVID with Unproven Ivermectin, Sparking Medical Misinformation Controversy
4 src Joe Rogan · Spotify · The Joe Rogan Experience · Food and Drug Administration | confirmed | |
| 2021-01-20 | Trump Environmental Rollbacks Cause 80,000 Excess Deaths Per Decade
3 src Donald Trump · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · Scott Pruitt · Andrew Wheeler · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2020-10-05 | COVID-Positive Trump Leaves Hospital for SUV Joyride, Endangering Secret Service in Sealed Vehicle
3 src Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2020-10-02 | Trump Tests Positive for COVID-19, Hospitalized at Walter Reed with Experimental Treatments
3 src Donald Trump · Melania Trump · Mike Pence · Hope Hicks | confirmed | |
| 2020-10-01 | Amazon Discloses 19,816 Workers Infected with COVID-19 After Months of Concealment
3 src Jeff Bezos · Amazon | confirmed | |
| 2020-09-26 | Rose Garden Amy Coney Barrett Ceremony Becomes White House COVID Superspreader Event
3 src Donald Trump · Amy Coney Barrett · Melania Trump · Mike Lee · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2020-07-04 | Trump Holds Mt. Rushmore Rally with 7,500 Packed, Maskless Attendees During Pandemic Surge
3 src Donald Trump · Kristi Noem | confirmed | |
| 2020-04-23 | Trump Suggests Injecting Disinfectant and UV Light Inside Body as COVID Treatments
3 src Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2020-04-06 | HHS Inspector General Christi Grimm Reports Severe Hospital Shortages, Trump Attacks Her Credibility
4 src Christi Grimm · Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | confirmed | |
| 2020-04-01 | CNP Coordinates National COVID-19 Anti-Lockdown Protest Movement
2 src Council for National Policy · CNP Action · Stephen Moore · Heritage Foundation · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2020-03-13 | Trump Declares National Emergency for COVID-19 After Weeks of Denialism and Delay
3 src Donald Trump · Alex Azar · Mike Pence | confirmed | |
| 2020-03-06 | Trump Wears "Keep America Great" Campaign Hat During CDC Visit, Makes False Testing Claims
3 src Donald Trump · Alex Azar · Mike Pence | confirmed | |
| 2020-02-28 | Trump Calls Coronavirus "Their New Hoax" at South Carolina Rally
3 src Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2017-10-26 | Trump Declares Opioid Public Health Emergency Without Requesting Any New Funding
3 src Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | confirmed | |
| 2016-03-15 | CDC Issues First Opioid Prescribing Guidelines, Twenty Years After OxyContin Launch
3 src Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | confirmed | |
| 2016-01-01 | Illicit Fentanyl Overtakes Prescription Opioids as Leading Cause of Overdose Deaths
3 src Drug Enforcement Administration · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | confirmed | |
| 2015-10-16 | Flint Switches Back to Detroit Water After 18 Months—But Damage to Children Is Permanent
3 src Rick Snyder · Flint City Government | confirmed | |
| 2015-10-02 | Michigan Finally Confirms Lead Problem and Advises Filters—18 Months After Poisoning Began
3 src Rick Snyder | confirmed | |
| 2015-09-24 | Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha Reveals Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Flint Children 3 src | confirmed | |
| 2015-09-18 | EPA Exposes Volkswagen Dieselgate: 11 Million Cars with Emissions Defeat Devices
4 src Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2015-04-01 | Oklahoma Corporation Commission Orders 347 Disposal Wells to Prove Non-Contact with Basement Rock After Earthquake Surge 4 src | confirmed | |
| 2015-02-18 | LeeAnne Walters' Water Tests Show Lead at 104 ppb—Nearly 7 Times EPA Limit
3 src Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | confirmed | |
| 2015-01-01 | West Virginia Suffers Highest Per-Capita Opioid Rate, 67 Pills Per Person Annually
3 src Purdue Pharma | confirmed | |
| 2014-04-25 | Flint Switches to Corrosive River Water to Save Money, Poisoning Entire City
4 src Darnell Earley | confirmed | |
| 2012-09-01 | New England Compounding Center Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Kills 64, Sickens 798 - FDA and State Regulators Ignored Decade of Violations
4 src Food and Drug Administration · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Congress | confirmed | |
| 2010-04-05 | Purdue Reformulates OxyContin as "Abuse-Deterrent" After 14 Years, Drives Users to Heroin
3 src Purdue Pharma · Food and Drug Administration · Sackler Family | confirmed | |
| 2001-01-01 | Purdue Pharma Bonus System Incentivizes Sales Reps to Target Highest Opioid Prescribers
3 src Purdue Pharma · Sackler Family | confirmed | |
| 1996-01-01 | Purdue Pharma Launches Aggressive OxyContin Marketing Campaign Based on False Claims
4 src Purdue Pharma · Sackler Family · Richard Sackler | confirmed | |
| 1995-12-12 | FDA Approval of OxyContin Reveals Systemic Regulatory Capture by Purdue Pharma
3 src Purdue Pharma · Food and Drug Administration · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 1987-01-01 | AIDS Death Toll Reaches 25,000: Reagan Administration Inaction Continues
3 src Ronald Reagan | confirmed | |
| 1986-10-22 | Koop Releases AIDS Report After Five-Year Delay: Public Health vs Politics
3 src C. Everett Koop · Ronald Reagan · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | confirmed | |
| 1985-10-02 | Rock Hudson Dies of AIDS: Reagan Forced to Finally Acknowledge Crisis
4 src Ronald Reagan · Nancy Reagan · C. Everett Koop | confirmed | |
| 1984-12-03 | Bhopal Disaster Kills Thousands, Exposes Union Carbide Safety Negligence and Regulatory Failure
3 src Chemical Manufacturers Association | confirmed | |
| 1982-04-22 | Berkeley Pit Mine Closes on Earth Day, Pumps Shut Off, Creating Toxic Lake Superfund Site
3 src Anaconda Copper Mining Company · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | confirmed | |
| 1981-06-05 | AIDS Epidemic Begins: Reagan Administration Maintains Years of Deadly Silence
4 src Ronald Reagan · C. Everett Koop | confirmed | |
| 1981-01-01 | Reagan Administration Muzzles Surgeon General Koop on AIDS for Five Years
4 src C. Everett Koop · Ronald Reagan · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | confirmed | |
| 1981-01-01 | Reagan Environmental Deregulation: Systematic Dismantling of Protections
3 src Ronald Reagan · James Watt · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Department of Interior | confirmed | |
| 1978-08-07 | Love Canal Disaster Exposes Decades of Corporate Toxic Dumping Cover-Up
3 src Jimmy Carter | confirmed | |
| 1976-01-01 | Tobacco Industry 'Operation Berkshire' and global coordination to resist smoking regulation 3 src | confirmed | |
| 1973-09-03 | Bunker Hill Smelter Fire Leads to Worst Corporate Lead Poisoning in U.S. History
4 src U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | confirmed | |
| 1970-12-31 | Clean Air Act of 1970 Creates EPA and National Air Quality Standards Despite Industry Opposition
3 src Richard Nixon · Edmund Muskie · American Petroleum Institute · National Coal Association · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1970-12-29 | Occupational Safety and Health Act Creates OSHA After Decades of Industry Opposition to Workplace Safety
3 src Richard Nixon · U.S. Congress · AFL-CIO · National Association of Manufacturers · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1970-04-22 | First Earth Day Mobilizes 20 Million Americans, Launches Modern Environmental Movement
3 src Richard Nixon | confirmed | |
| 1963-12-17 | Clean Air Act of 1963 Establishes First Federal Air Pollution Control Despite Industry Opposition
5 src John F. Kennedy · Lyndon B. Johnson · U.S. Congress · American Petroleum Institute · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1962-10-10 | Thalidomide Scandal Drives Kefauver-Harris Amendment Strengthening FDA Drug Safety Requirements
3 src Estes Kefauver · John F. Kennedy · Food and Drug Administration | confirmed | |
| 1962-09-27 | Rachel Carson Publishes Silent Spring, Chemical Industry Launches Coordinated Attack Campaign
3 src Monsanto | confirmed | |
| 1906-06-30 | Roosevelt Signs Pure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act
3 src Theodore Roosevelt · U.S. Congress | confirmed | |
| 1906-02-26 | Upton Sinclair Publishes "The Jungle" Exposing Meatpacking Industry Horrors 3 src | confirmed |