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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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.
News Analysis
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.
News Analysis
There’s no question where Cheryl Hines stands on vaccines now
The actress finally steps out as first lady of the anti-vaccine movement.
MS NOW
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.
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He helped build the anti-vaccine movement. RFK Jr. just hired him.
Neither a physician nor a scientist, new CDC senior adviser Mark Blaxill claims without evidence that every child who takes vaccines is in some way injured.
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Golden statue of Trump and Epstein broken in premature removal from National Mall
The statue, “Best Friends Forever,” was erected in honor of Friendship Month, according to the group behind the artwork.
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Trump, without new evidence, tries to link Tylenol and autism
A 2024 study in JAMA, in which researchers analyzed data from 2.5 million children in Sweden, found no association between prenatal acetaminophen use and autism.