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Understanding the Roots of Vaccine Hesitancy Among Parents

While outright vaccine refusal remains rare, many parents delay or selectively choose vaccines for their children, influenced by personal judgment and cultural values around health responsibility.

By Nadia Hassan • September 30, 2025 3 MIN READ

Understanding the Roots of Vaccine Hesitancy Among Parents

This woman was a high school student living about 64 kilometers from Fukushima when the nuclear meltdown occurred in 2011. Years later, she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer.

A Mother's Fight for Accountability Amid the Fentanyl Crisis

After losing her son to a fentanyl overdose, Serena Fallon embarks on a determined pursuit of justice, confronting the challenges of holding drug dealers accountable in the deadliest year of the synthetic opioid epidemic.

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Senator Sanders Demands Resignation of Health Secretary Kennedy Over Public Health Concerns

Senator Bernie Sanders calls for the immediate resignation of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., citing dangerous policies that threaten public health and undermine vaccine science.

3 MIN

Threats Loom Over Hard-Won Gains in Combating the Opioid Crisis

After years of rising overdose fatalities, recent declines in opioid deaths offer hope, but new Medicaid cuts risk reversing these vital improvements.

3 MIN

Mothers Mobilize to Challenge the Influence of MAHA Movement

As Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement gains influence among health policymakers, particularly through its vocal group of mothers, critics call for concerned parents to reclaim the moral high ground to protect children’s health and counter controversial policies.

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