Once hailed as a triumph of public health, water fluoridation is now under intense attack in the US.

The COVID-19 vaccine won't be recommended to pregnant people or healthy children in the US anymore. Doctors weigh in.

Many agree that the original course of vaccination offered significant protection against serious illness in children. Data from the C.D.C. shows that two or more doses of Covid vaccines were 40 percent effective at preventing emergency room visits and hospitalizations among children under the age of 5.

That kind of recommendation, known as shared decision-making, still means health insurers must pay for the vaccinations, according to the CDC. However, experts say vaccination rates tend to be lower when health authorities use that language and doctors are less emphatic with patients about getting shots.

The health secretary said the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association and The Lancet are in bed with pharma.