Larry Porter reports for the WSWS from the American Axle picket lines in Detroit as the strike extends into its second month.
COVID excess deaths “saved” $300 billion in Social Security payments
A new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research estimated that in the first three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, there were 1.75 million excess deaths, which saved the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program approximately $290 billion in benefits not paid out.
Kennedy openly targets childhood vaccine schedule as Texas measles outbreak approaches 100 patients
The deepening measles outbreak is a direct result of decades of anti-vaccine disinformation peddled by Kennedy and his fascistic co-conspirators.
Pediatric flu deaths jump to 68, with 11 children dying in the last reported week alone amid media blackout
All indicators point to the likelihood that the ongoing 2024-2025 flu season will surpass recent years’ figures for both pediatric and adult flu deaths in the United States.
Amid measles outbreak in Texas and the rising danger of H5N1 bird flu
Trump and Kennedy fire 5,200 HHS workers and gut the Epidemic Intelligence Service
Kennedy, a vicious opponent of vaccines and public health more broadly, is rapidly fulfilling his campaign promise to “give infectious disease a break for about eight years.”