Your Children Just Became FDA  Lab Rats

Your Children Just Became FDA Lab Rats

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Has President Trump Kept His Promises?

Promises made, promises kept? Few presidential candidates have ever been as explicit about what they planned to do in office as Donald Trump in 2024. Two years later, how have his pledges measures up? Andrew and Blake review the president's 20-point list from the 2024 campaign. T ...  Show more

Happy Birthday, Charlie: Vote Early

Today would be Charlie's 33rd birthday. Want to honor his legacy? Go out and vote early, just like he asked on his birthday two years ago. Former Bush press secretary Ari Fleischer talks about the incredibly challenging job of White House press secretary and how the president's n ...  Show more

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Kids and Covid
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The end of summer 2021 has been earmarked as the time by which most American adults will be vaccinated. But still remaining is the often-overlooked question of vaccinations for children, who make up around a quarter of the U.S. population.

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Child Covid Hospitalizations Surge Ahead Of Return To School
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As kids return to class, there is mass confusion and anxiety from coast to coast about whether schools are going to open. Meanwhile, the number of children being hospitalized for coronavirus has almost tripled in some states since the beginning of December. Further, the FDA annou ...  Show more