#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 Stand Up for Science · U.S. National Institutes of Health · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · U.S. Department of Energy | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-24 | More Than a Dozen States Sue Over CDC Childhood Vaccine Recommendation Rollback 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 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin · Donald Trump · Inside Climate News · +2 | 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 Food and Drug Administration · Marty Makary · Vinay Prasad · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-13 | Federal Judge Blocks $600M Health Grant Cuts to Democratic States Manish Shah · Kwame Raoul · Phil Weiser · Keith Ellison · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-12 | Trust in Federal Health Agencies Plummets Under RFK Jr. Despite Restoration Promises 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 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-02 | RFK Jr. Announces $100 Million STREETS Initiative for Homelessness and Addiction Treatment Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration · Administration for Children and Families | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-29 | Trump Creates Great American Recovery Initiative for Addiction Crisis Donald Trump · White House · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Kathryn Burgum · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-13 | RFK Jr Reshapes CDC Vaccine Panel with Anti-Vaccine Appointees: 'I Was Not Anti-Vaccine. I Am Now.' Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Kimberly Biss · Adam Urato · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-05 | CDC Slashes Childhood Vaccine Schedule from 17 to 11 Diseases, Bypassing Advisory Committee 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 Donald Trump · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-05 | ACIP Chair Admits Vaccine Panel Members Feel Like "Puppets on a String," Exposing Political Manipulation Dr. Kirk Milhoan · Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Dr. Cody Meissner · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-05 | CDC Panel Ends Universal Hepatitis B Vaccination for Newborns After RFK Jr. Reconstitutes Committee Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices · American Academy of Pediatrics · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-05 | RFK Jr.'s Reconstituted CDC Panel Votes to Roll Back Newborn Hepatitis B Vaccine Recommendation 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 Dr. Vinay Prasad · FDA Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · FDA Commissioner Martin Makary · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-02 | FDA Cancer Drug Chief Dr. Richard Pazdur Resigns After Three Weeks Under Political Pressure Dr. Richard Pazdur · Marty Makary · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Food and Drug Administration · +8 | reported | |
| 2025-09-24 | ACA Enhanced Subsidies Set to Expire, Threatening 20M with 114% Premium Increases Donald Trump · U.S. Congress · Kaiser Family Foundation | reported | |
| 2025-09-18 | Analysis Reveals Proposed FY2026 Budget Would Cut CDC by 53%, Eliminate 61+ Programs Trust for America's Health (TFAH) · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Department of Health and Human Services · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-28 | RFK Jr. Fires CDC Director Susan Monarez After She Refuses to Approve Unscientific Vaccine Directives RFK Jr. · Susan Monarez · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Trump | reported | |
| 2025-07-02 | CDC Deactivates H5N1 Emergency Response Despite Ongoing Outbreak 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 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · CDC · HHS · Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-09 | RFK Jr. Fires All 17 Members of CDC Vaccine Advisory Committee 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) Jim O'Neill · Peter Thiel · Thiel Foundation · Thiel Capital · +6 | 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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Pan American Health Organization | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-28 | HHS Cancels $766 Million Moderna Contract for H5N1 Pandemic Flu Vaccines Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Moderna · BARDA | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-14 | EPA Rolls Back PFAS Drinking Water Protections, Delays Enforcement, Terminates Research Grants 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 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' Peter Marks · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · FDA · HHS | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-27 | US Virgin Islands Loses $3.3 Million in Federal Health Funding Amid National Public Health Cuts U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · US Virgin Islands Department of Health · Justa Encarnacion | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-25 | Senate Confirms Marty Makary as FDA Commissioner in 56-44 Vote, Architect of Deregulation Agenda Marty Makary · Donald Trump · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Jay Bhattacharya · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-12 | EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin Announces Historic Rollback of 31 Pollution Rules Lee Zeldin · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Donald Trump · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-20 | Study Finds 50% Spike in Pregnancy-Related Sepsis and Deaths in Texas After Abortion Ban Texas Department of Health · Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health · University of Texas | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | HHS Secretary RFK Jr. Confirmed with Ongoing Vaccine Litigation Referral Fees Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · childrens-health-defense · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · National Institutes of Health (NIH) · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-17 | RFK Jr. Absent from CDC Bird Flu Pandemic Preparedness Exercise During Transition 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 Louisiana Department of Health · 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 Gavin Newsom · California Department of Food and Agriculture · California Department of Public Health | confirmed | |
| 2024-12-13 | McKinsey Agrees to $650 Million Criminal Settlement for Role in 'Turbocharging' Opioid Sales for Purdue Pharma McKinsey & Company · U.S. Department of Justice · Purdue Pharma · Martin Elling · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2024-12-06 | USDA Issues Federal Order Requiring Mandatory Raw Milk Testing for H5N1 USDA · APHIS · 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 Washington State Department of Health · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Benton-Franklin Health District · USDA | confirmed | |
| 2024-03-25 | H5N1 Bird Flu First Detected in U.S. Dairy Cattle in Texas USDA · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Food and Drug Administration · Texas Department of Agriculture | confirmed | |
| 2021-09-01 | Joe Rogan Announces He Treated COVID with Unproven Ivermectin, Sparking Medical Misinformation Controversy Joe Rogan · Spotify · The Joe Rogan Experience · Food and Drug Administration · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2021-01-20 | Trump Environmental Rollbacks Cause 80,000 Excess Deaths Per Decade Donald Trump · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · Scott Pruitt · Andrew Wheeler · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2020-10-05 | COVID-Positive Trump Leaves Hospital for SUV Joyride, Endangering Secret Service in Sealed Vehicle Donald Trump · James Phillips · Sean Conley | confirmed | |
| 2020-10-02 | Trump Tests Positive for COVID-19, Hospitalized at Walter Reed with Experimental Treatments Donald Trump · Melania Trump · Sean Conley · Mike Pence · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2020-10-01 | Amazon Discloses 19,816 Workers Infected with COVID-19 After Months of Concealment Jeff Bezos · Amazon | confirmed | |
| 2020-09-26 | Rose Garden Amy Coney Barrett Ceremony Becomes White House COVID Superspreader Event Donald Trump · Amy Coney Barrett · Melania Trump · Mike Lee · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2020-07-04 | Trump Holds Mt. Rushmore Rally with 7,500 Packed, Maskless Attendees During Pandemic Surge Donald Trump · Kristi Noem · Kimberly Guilfoyle | confirmed | |
| 2020-04-23 | Trump Suggests Injecting Disinfectant and UV Light Inside Body as COVID Treatments Donald Trump · William Bryan | confirmed | |
| 2020-04-06 | HHS Inspector General Christi Grimm Reports Severe Hospital Shortages, Trump Attacks Her Credibility Christi Grimm · Donald Trump · Jason Weida · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | confirmed | |
| 2020-04-01 | CNP Coordinates National COVID-19 Anti-Lockdown Protest Movement Council for National Policy · CNP Action · Stephen Moore · Heritage Foundation · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2020-03-13 | Trump Declares National Emergency for COVID-19 After Weeks of Denialism and Delay Donald Trump · Alex Azar · Mike Pence | confirmed | |
| 2020-03-06 | Trump Wears "Keep America Great" Campaign Hat During CDC Visit, Makes False Testing Claims Donald Trump · Robert Redfield · Alex Azar · Mike Pence · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2020-02-28 | Trump Calls Coronavirus "Their New Hoax" at South Carolina Rally Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2017-10-26 | Trump Declares Opioid Public Health Emergency Without Requesting Any New Funding Donald Trump · Eric Hargan · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | confirmed | |
| 2016-03-15 | CDC Issues First Opioid Prescribing Guidelines, Twenty Years After OxyContin Launch 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 Drug Enforcement Administration · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Illicit Fentanyl Suppliers | confirmed | |
| 2015-10-16 | Flint Switches Back to Detroit Water After 18 Months—But Damage to Children Is Permanent Rick Snyder · Dayne Walling · Flint City Government | confirmed | |
| 2015-10-02 | Michigan Finally Confirms Lead Problem and Advises Filters—18 Months After Poisoning Began Michigan Department of Health and Human Services · Rick Snyder · Genesee County Health Department | confirmed | |
| 2015-09-24 | Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha Reveals Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Flint Children Mona Hanna-Attisha · Michigan Department of Health and Human Services | confirmed | |
| 2015-09-18 | EPA Exposes Volkswagen Dieselgate: 11 Million Cars with Emissions Defeat Devices Volkswagen Group · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · California Air Resources Board (CARB) · International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2015-04-01 | Oklahoma Corporation Commission Orders 347 Disposal Wells to Prove Non-Contact with Basement Rock After Earthquake Surge Oklahoma Corporation Commission · Oklahoma Geological Survey · Oil and Gas Industry Operators · Governor Mary Fallin · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2015-02-18 | LeeAnne Walters' Water Tests Show Lead at 104 ppb—Nearly 7 Times EPA Limit LeeAnne Walters · Marc Edwards · City of Flint · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | confirmed | |
| 2015-01-01 | West Virginia Suffers Highest Per-Capita Opioid Rate, 67 Pills Per Person Annually Purdue Pharma · Drug Wholesalers · McKesson · Cardinal Health · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2014-04-25 | Flint Switches to Corrosive River Water to Save Money, Poisoning Entire City Darnell Earley · Flint Department of Public Works · Michigan Department of Environmental Quality | confirmed | |
| 2012-09-01 | New England Compounding Center Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Kills 64, Sickens 798 - FDA and State Regulators Ignored Decade of Violations New England Compounding Center · Barry Cadden · Food and Drug Administration · Massachusetts Board of Pharmacy · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2010-04-05 | Purdue Reformulates OxyContin as "Abuse-Deterrent" After 14 Years, Drives Users to Heroin Purdue Pharma · Food and Drug Administration · Sackler Family | confirmed | |
| 2001-01-01 | Purdue Pharma Bonus System Incentivizes Sales Reps to Target Highest Opioid Prescribers Purdue Pharma · Sackler Family | confirmed | |
| 1996-01-01 | Purdue Pharma Launches Aggressive OxyContin Marketing Campaign Based on False Claims Purdue Pharma · Sackler Family · Richard Sackler | confirmed | |
| 1995-12-12 | FDA Approval of OxyContin Reveals Systemic Regulatory Capture by Purdue Pharma Curtis Wright IV · Purdue Pharma · Food and Drug Administration · Division of Anesthetic, Critical Care, and Addiction Drug Products · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1987-01-01 | AIDS Death Toll Reaches 25,000: Reagan Administration Inaction Continues Ronald Reagan · AIDS patients · LGBTQ community · Public health officials · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1986-10-22 | Koop Releases AIDS Report After Five-Year Delay: Public Health vs Politics 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 Rock Hudson · Ronald Reagan · Nancy Reagan · C. Everett Koop | confirmed | |
| 1984-12-03 | Bhopal Disaster Kills Thousands, Exposes Union Carbide Safety Negligence and Regulatory Failure Union Carbide Corporation · Warren Anderson · Indian government · U.S. chemical industry · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1982-04-22 | Berkeley Pit Mine Closes on Earth Day, Pumps Shut Off, Creating Toxic Lake Superfund Site Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) · Anaconda Copper Mining Company · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · Montana Department of Environmental Quality · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1981-06-05 | AIDS Epidemic Begins: Reagan Administration Maintains Years of Deadly Silence Ronald Reagan · Centers for Disease Control · C. Everett Koop · Larry Speakes | confirmed | |
| 1981-01-01 | Reagan Administration Muzzles Surgeon General Koop on AIDS for Five Years C. Everett Koop · Ronald Reagan · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | confirmed | |
| 1981-01-01 | Reagan Environmental Deregulation: Systematic Dismantling of Protections Ronald Reagan · Anne Gorsuch · James Watt · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1978-08-07 | Love Canal Disaster Exposes Decades of Corporate Toxic Dumping Cover-Up Hooker Chemical Company · Occidental Petroleum · Niagara Falls Board of Education · Lois Gibbs · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1976-01-01 | Tobacco Industry 'Operation Berkshire' and global coordination to resist smoking regulation British American Tobacco · Philip Morris · RJ Reynolds · Imperial Tobacco | confirmed | |
| 1973-09-03 | Bunker Hill Smelter Fire Leads to Worst Corporate Lead Poisoning in U.S. History Gulf Resources & Chemical Corp. · Bunker Hill Mining & Metallurgical Complex · Idaho Department of Health · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | confirmed | |
| 1970-12-31 | Clean Air Act of 1970 Creates EPA and National Air Quality Standards Despite Industry Opposition President Richard Nixon · Senator Edmund Muskie · American Petroleum Institute · National Coal Association · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1970-12-29 | Occupational Safety and Health Act Creates OSHA After Decades of Industry Opposition to Workplace Safety President 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 Senator Gaylord Nelson · Denis Hayes · Environmental Action · President Richard Nixon | confirmed | |
| 1963-12-17 | Clean Air Act of 1963 Establishes First Federal Air Pollution Control Despite Industry Opposition President John F. Kennedy · President 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 Senator Estes Kefauver · Representative Oren Harris · President John F. Kennedy · Frances Kelsey · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1962-09-27 | Rachel Carson Publishes Silent Spring, Chemical Industry Launches Coordinated Attack Campaign Rachel Carson · Monsanto · American Cyanamid · Velsicol Chemical Corporation · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1906-06-30 | Roosevelt Signs Pure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act Theodore Roosevelt · Harvey Washington Wiley · Upton Sinclair · U.S. Congress | confirmed | |
| 1906-02-26 | Upton Sinclair Publishes "The Jungle" Exposing Meatpacking Industry Horrors Upton Sinclair · Doubleday · Appeal to Reason | confirmed |