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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services testifies during his Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

RFK Jr. could cause vaccine makers to flee U.S. market

Patricia Callahan
A dose of measles vaccine is seen at the Miami Children's Hospital in Miami, Florida. (Photo illustration by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

The CDC buried a measles forecast that stressed the need for vaccinations

Patricia Callahan
Miniature people standing on a pile of coins (Getty Images)

The Great Inheritors: How three families shielded their fortunes from taxes for generations

Patricia Callahan, James Bandler, Justin Elliott, Doris Burke, Jeff Ernsthausen
Miniature people standing on a pile of coins (Getty Images)

More than half of America’s 100 richest people exploit special trusts to avoid estate taxes

Jeff Ernsthausen, James Bandler, Justin Elliott, Patricia Callahan
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How Peter Thiel turned a retirement account for the middle class Into a $5B tax-free piggy bank

Justin Elliott, Patricia Callahan, James Bandler
Donald Trump | CDC Headquarters (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Inside the fall of the CDC

James Bandler, Patricia Callahan, Sebastian Rotella, Kirsten Berg
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally | COVID-19 patient attached to a ventilator (Getty Images/Salon)

White House paid up to $500 million too much for ventilators: Congressional investigators

Patricia Callahan, Sebastian Rotella
Donald Trump | World Health Organization sign (Salon/Getty Images)

Inside the Trump administration’s decision to leave the World Health Organization

Sebastian Rotella, James Bandler, Patricia Callahan