Brandy Zadrozny
Brandy Zadrozny is a senior enterprise reporter for MS NOW. She was a previously a senior enterprise reporter for NBC News, based in New York.
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RFK Jr.’s CDC panel rolls back hepatitis B vaccine schedule, defying doctors and experts
The CDC’s vaccine advisory panel, stocked with anti-vaccine activists and loyalists to RFK Jr., voted on Friday to stop recommending a birth dose of vaccine.
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Meet the Covid contrarian who now oversees your child’s vaccine schedule
Dr. Kirk Milhoan is a pediatric cardiologist and church pastor who has falsely stated that Covid vaccines cause cancer, miscarriage and widespread heart disease.
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Disgraced doctor who falsely tied the MMR vaccine to autism takes his victory lap
The idea of Andrew Wakefield as a persecuted truth-teller is one of the movement’s longest-running fictions.
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Epstein emails land with a thud for conspiracy theorists who have fueled the scandal
Far-right conspiracy theorists and influencers are a big reason the Epstein scandal hasn’t died. But the newly released emails about Trump haven’t impressed them.
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Why the conspiratorial right rallied around a flock of ostriches
The anti-vaccine, anti-government crusade to save “the miracle cure birds” is over — and the fringe activists lost.
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There’s no question where Cheryl Hines stands on vaccines now
The actress finally steps out as first lady of the anti-vaccine movement.
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Meet the anti-vaccine activist who could lead the response to the next pandemic
Former firefighter John Knox’s ties to RFK Jr. have landed him atop the agency that helped bring Covid-19 under control. People in the know are worried.
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Kat Abughazaleh indicted over protests outside Chicago-area ICE facility
The progressive Democratic congressional candidate’s videos of confrontations with federal agents have fueled right-wing calls for her arrest.
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‘CDC is over’: RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre
Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.
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The meme-ification of political violence
It’s less ideology than the internet — what the media and Trump don’t understand about the current wave of shootings.