Tag: HHS
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Wolves in White Coats: What Hospitals Did
by James Lyons-Weiler, PhD, Popular Rationalism, ©2026 (Sep. 1, 2026) — HHS says hospitals and clinics turned distressed minors into recurring customers, secured payment through questionable coding, and expanded under federal and professional protection. On August 13, 2026, the Department of Health and Human Services released Wolves in White Coats: How Doctors and Hospitals Pushed and…
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The Emergency That Will Not Die: Do Not Relent
HHS Begins Cutting the COVID EUA Knot. The PREP Act Liability Wall Still Stands. Tell Your Legislators: Tear Down This Wall. by James Lyons-Weiler, PhD, Popular Rationalism, ©2026 (Jul. 3, 2026) — HHS announced today that Secretary Kennedy signed determinations terminating the COVID-19 EUA declarations for drugs and biological products and for medical devices, because HHS determined that…
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VITAMIN D DOSING POLICY AND YOUR HEALTH: Summary Recap and Full Video
by James Lyons-Weiler, PhD, Popular Rationalism, ©2026 (May 22, 2026) — Yesterday, a joint IPAK/Grassroots Health event was held at which an expert panel discusses the facts of Vitamin D underdosing, deficiency, your health & and errant HHS policies. We ask of you, dear reader, that you send this to your doctor, your Senator, your medical…
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How the U.S. HHS Came to Underdose Its Population with Vitamin D: Policy and Health Implications
by James Lyons-Weiler, PhD, Popular Rationalism, ©2026 (May 20, 2026) — Public health failures do not always begin with corruption. Sometimes they begin with a spreadsheet. For more than a decade, the United States has operated under vitamin D intake recommendations that many researchers now believe substantially underestimate the intake required for much of the…
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FDA Commissioner Resigns
by Sharon Rondeau (May 12, 2026) — On Friday, The Wall Street Journal, as reported by Children’s Health Defense (CHD), said President Trump was displeased with FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary and had “signed off on a plan to fire” him. As of this writing, FDA’s website boasts, “We’ve done a lot in the first…
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Dr. Erica Schwartz and the Only Question That Matters: Will Trump’s CDC Pick Break Regulatory Capture, or Rebuild It?
by James Lyons-Weiler, PhD, Popular Rationalism, ©2026 (Apr. 20, 2026) — The press keeps asking the wrong question about Erica Schwartz. Is she conventional? Is she confirmable? Is she a stabilizing choice after institutional chaos? Those questions are trivial. The real question is whether the next CDC director will preserve the old machinery of regulatory…
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Judge Scuttles ACIP Meetings, Appointments, Vaccine Schedule
by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 16, 2026) — At the request of several medical organizations seeking an injunction on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) scheduled meeting on Wednesday and Thursday of this week in a lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Children’s Health Defense (CHD), founded by current HHS Secretary Robert…
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HHS Signals MAHA Inquiry on Baby Formula Is Next in Queue
by James Lyons-Weiler, PhD, Popular Rationalism, ©2026 (Feb. 20, 2026) — From the moment the Human Foods Program was reorganized and the MAHA framework articulated its structural objectives, infant formula stood out as the inevitable next front. The regulatory lag was measurable. The contaminant discourse was already active. The nutrient standards were anchored in 1998-era…
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Why The HHS’s New Food Pyramid Makes So Much Sense
by James Lyons-Weiler, PhD, Popular Rationalism, ©2026 (Jan. 9, 2026) — The 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans represent more than an update. They mark a rare epistemic correction. Instead of doubling down on nutrient-avoidance ideology or industry-tied formulations, the new pyramid reframes meals around real food, satiety, and metabolic leverage. This shift prioritizes protein, intact…
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“Popular Rationalism” Founder Speaks on Changes to Recommended Childhood Vaccine Schedule
by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 6, 2026) — On Tuesday afternoon, scientist, copious writer, founder of the Substack “Popular Rationalism” and the IPAK-EDU online school James Lyons-Weiler, PhD launched an inaugural X “Spaces” broadcast to discuss current issues of the day. The live presentation concluded at 3:55 p.m. EST, but the recording is here: https://x.com/i/spaces/1yNxabBeEonKj?s=20 Tuesday’s…
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United States Announces Revolutionary Reform in Autism Research and Treatment
by James Lyons-Weiler, PhD, Popular Rationalism, ©2025 (Sep. 22, 2025) — The federal government just signaled a serious course correction on autism. In a joint appearance that felt less like a press conference and more like a policy pivot, President Donald J. Trump stood alongside HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya,…
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Moderna Canceled: How the U.S. Government Stopped Gambling
by James Lyons-Weiler, PhD, Popular Rationalism, ©2025 (May 29, 2025) — On May 28, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officially terminated its $700 million partnership with Moderna to develop and stockpile a vaccine for the H5N1 avian influenza virus. The termination included both the $590 million awarded in January 2025…
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The Agencies That Betrayed Public Trust
by James Lyons-Weiler, PhD, Popular Rationalism, reposted with permission (Feb. 8, 2025) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the entire Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have demonstrated a shocking dereliction of duty in their handling of the COVID-19 vaccination program. These agencies…
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The First 14: What RFK Jr. and New HHS/NIH/FDA/CDC Leadership Should Do RIGHT AWAY
by James Lyons-Weiler, PhD, Popular Rationalism, reposted with permission (Jan. 31, 2025) — When installed at NIH, CDC and FDA, the objective scientists and administrators that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has said he would bring in will do the following: 1. Show the world that influenza has been overcounted due to diagnostic substitution with “influenza…
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HHS Has Local Employees. HHS Messaging to Local Health Departments will be Updated. The Entire Nation Will Be Transformed and Reoriented to Make America Healthy Again.
by James Lyons-Weiler, PhD, Popular Rationalism, ©2024 (Nov. 15, 2024) — There are federal employees paid at the local level in public health, though their employment structures vary depending on their roles and the programs they support. This arrangement typically occurs through federal assignments, cooperative agreements, or partnerships with state and local governments. Key Examples…
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Trump Nominates RFK Jr. for HHS Secretary
by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 14, 2024) — At 4:12 p.m. EST, President-Elect Donald J. Trump announced his choice of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., 70, for Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). “I am thrilled to announce Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as The United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS),”…
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FDA Rubber Stamps Experimental NOVAVAX 2024-2025 COVID-19 Vaccine with Zero Clinical Data
by James Lyons-Weiler, PhD, Popular Rationalism, ©2024 (Aug. 31, 2024) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently authorized an updated version of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine under Emergency Use Authorization (EUA). This decision has raised significant concerns due to the absence of new clinical trial data supporting the updated vaccine’s safety and efficacy.…
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HHS Abdicates on Pediatric Dose Limit in Vaccines, Defers instead to the Peer-Reviewed Literature. That’s Now IPAK.
by James Lyons-Weiler, PhD, Popular Rationalism, ©2024 (Apr. 8, 2024) — “For the 850 mcg dose FDA claims is safe using the wrong types of aluminum, the wrong type of mammal, the wrong route of exposure, and a single cherry-picked, misinterpreted study, a person would have to weigh 374 pounds to avoid exceeding the FDA’s…
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The World Needs a Balanced View of Vaccine Policy and Litigation, Not Pro-Vaccine Zealotry
by James Lyons-Weiler and Diana Lutfi, Popular Rationalism, ©2023 (Dec. 1, 2023) — Manufacturers, distributors, shops, hospitals, and medical providers are not able to evade liability for harms resulting from their products. Pharmaceutical companies are also liable for harm from their drugs. The legal process ultimately encourages these products to be safer – often with…
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“Doc Tracy” Embarks on his Mission
by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 4, 2022) – On March 31, the first in a planned video series titled, “Doc Tracy” was released by “Frontline Films,” a division of America’s Frontline Doctors (AFLDS). AFLDS describes itself as “America’s Premier Civil Liberties Organization” “Fighting for Your Medical Freedom.” Since the summer of 2020, the organization’s members have…