Court orders the CDC and FDA to restore deleted web pages related to gender identity

US District Judge John D. Bates has ordered (PDF) the Center for Disease Control and Food and Drug Administration to restore the web pages and resources they had previously removed to comply with Pres [...]

Anti-vaccine advocate RFK Jr. fires entire CDC panel of vaccine advisors

CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has been wiped out. [...]

RFK Jr. posted fishing pics as CDC reeled from shooting linked to vaccine disinfo

Anti-vaccine activist RFK Jr. has vilified COVID-19 vaccines and the CDC. [...]

RFK Jr. rewrites CDC panel's charter, opening door to anti-vaccine quacks

ACIP's charter now full of anti-vaccine terms and welcomes fringe groups to CDC. [...]

Anti-vaccine RFK Jr. creates vaccine panel of anti-vaccine group’s dreams

With new vaccine panel, fears rise RFK Jr. will upend childhood shots. [...]

Under anti-vaccine RFK Jr., CDC slashes childhood vaccine schedule

The changes are modeled after a small country with universal health care. [...]

Stalking victim sues OpenAI claiming ChatGPT fueled her ex-partner’s delusions

ChatGPT told a man with delusional beliefs he had the highest level of mental health, then helped him forge clinical reports to stalk and humiliate his ex-girlfriend. She's now suing OpenAI and s [...]

OpenAI's drive to make ChatGPT more agreeable left it validating user delusions at scale

A New York Times investigation shows how OpenAI pushed ChatGPT toward higher engagement, creating overly agreeable models that reinforced users' delusions and, in several cases, had tragic outcom [...]

As RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine ways turn toxic to GOP, CDC director is hard to find

Wednesday was the deadline to nominate a new director. [...]