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Actor and farmer Rachel Ward.

‘Free radical’: Filmmaker farmer Rachel Ward on vaccines, RFK Jr and her new paddock-to-plate project

The actor-director, big fan of RFK Jr and his vaccine stance, has embarked on a new project after discovering the benefits of cow poo for the environment.

  • Peter FitzSimons

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Patchy regulation in the freebirthing sector has put lives at risk

There is a role for doulas in supporting women during pregnancy and childbirth, but clarity on the limits of that role is essential.

  • The Age's View
President Trump and Robert F. Kennedy at a Make America Healthy Again event in May.

How Trump’s antivaxxers helped trigger Aussie giant’s $50b implosion

The deadliest US flu season in decades was expected to immunise CSL’s vaccine business from a growing anti-vaxxer sentiment. That’s not how it has played out.

  • Colin Kruger
Dr Rebekah Hoffman at her practice in Sydney.

‘This is not the record we want to be breaking’: Anti-vax ideology helping flu surge, GPs say

Record flu numbers across the country have raised alarm among doctors as data shows vaccination rates for vulnerable populations are in steep decline.

  • Angus Delaney
Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr at the White House in May.

To keep MAHA happy, Trump must do the impossible: keep quiet

On vaccines, the president has a right to be proud. But the Make America Healthy Again movement, and its ringleader RFK Jr., don’t want to hear it.

  • Maureen Dowd
Tens of thousands of Australians are still catching the disease each day.

Teachers, business owners granted COVID vaccine appeal

A group of educators and small business owners will be granted their day in court to fight the “unlawful” COVID-era vaccination mandate.

  • Savannah Meacham
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US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr: having an anti-vaxxer in charge of America’s health system can’t be healthy for a company that wants to grow its vaccine business.

The Kennedy curse is hitting Australia’s vaccine giant

Having a renowned anti-vaxxer in charge of America’s health system can’t be healthy for a company that wants to grow its vaccine business.

  • Elizabeth Knight
A dctor injecting a young child with a vaccination

Anti-vax parents share tips online on how to flout no jab, no play childcare laws

Experts have raised the alarm about anti-vaccine networks sharing tactics for skirting Victoria’s no jab, no play laws, while immunisation rates among children continue to decline.

  • Nicole Precel and Henrietta Cook
The Australian Open is in full flight.

The Australian Open now has too many elephants in the room to count

Can we separate the athlete from their actions? Should we?

  • Kate Halfpenny
Pete Evans and Robert F. Kennedy Jnr in Los Angeles in 2020.

Former celebrity chef Pete Evans to publish cookbook with RFK Jr

The book will be published by Kennedy’s Children’s Health Defence, an organisation known as one of the country’s largest anti-vaccine groups.

  • Nick Ralston

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