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Where is bi former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema now?

Not in a place that will win her friends among progressives.

What public health experts want you to know about the severe mpox strain appearing in the U.S.

Unlike the version of the virus that spread around the world in 2022, this one has had more severe outcomes.

Texas's anti-LGBTQ+ attorney general sues Tylenol company over autism claims

This lawsuit comes a month after RFK Jr.'s updated guidance discouraging pregnant women from taking acetaminophen, citing it as a possible cause of autism.

Donald Trump will not be running for a third term in 2028, and it has nothing to do with law or politics

Opinion: The bluster about a third term is more of a Trump-created distraction that seeks to promote strength in the face of the creeping inevitability of aging, writes John Casey.

22 times Donald Trump has dumped a number 2 on America

Opinion: The real sludge is not the one coming from Trump’s hideous AI plane, it’s the excrement that sits in the White House, trying to clog up democracy, writes John Casey.

Is Cheryl Hines being publicly forced to curb her enthusiasm for RFK Jr.?

Opinion: She needs to ditch her brain-wormed husband, take the money, her integrity, and a one-way flight to a country with functioning health care, writes John Casey.

Tig Notaro reveals why she’s no longer friends with Cheryl Hines

The comedian explained what really happened in a new interview.

Trump’s shutdown layoffs eliminate entire federal health agencies that served LGBTQ+ people, teens, & women

“Without these people in place, it’s unlikely that a lot of these programs will be able to continue even after the government reopens," former HHS Deputy Assistant Secretary Adrian Shanker told The Advocate.

No one likes a hothead and a jerk, especially one who is the director of the FBI

Opinion: With an offensive temperament, a pathetic demeanor, and dangerous narcissism, Kash Patel's noisy emptiness at the FBI’s helm puts America in peril, writes John Casey.

Robert 'Froggy' Kennedy Jr.  ribbits lies, conspiracy theories, and gibberish, garbling our public health

Opinion: Throughout his bizarre life, and especially at Thursday's Senate Finance Committee hearing, Kennedy has proved that he is the proverbial "Toad of Toad Hall," writes John Casey.

Dr. Michael Osterholm warns of the 'next big one' amid vaccine chaos and increasing attacks on public health

“Are we going to base what we do for the health of our population on science, or are we going to go with magic smoke and mirrors?” says Dr. Osterholm

Homophobe Rand Paul says gay CDC official's 'lifestyle' made him unfit to be in government

The U.S. senator from Kentucky made the comment about Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who resigned over the Trump administration's anti-science policies.

RFK Jr.’s damage to the CDC is ‘past the point of no return,’ Dr. Demetre Daskalakis warns

“The CDC you knew is over,” the infectious diseases doctor told The Advocate. “Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.”

Mike Johnson, RFK Jr. attack trans people in wake of Minneapolis school shooting

They are doing so even though the overwhelming majority of mass shooters are cisgender men.

Health officials and experts praise CDC’s Demetre Daskalakis for standing up in blistering resignation

One HHS official called him a "public health martial artist."

Out CDC vaccine chief resigns, saying ‘enough is enough’ with Trump and RFK Jr.

Dr. Demetre Daskalakis is one of the most respected LGBTQ+ public health officials in the U.S.

Messenger RNA could be the key to an HIV vaccine — but RFK Jr.'s cuts pose a threat

The notorious anti-vaxxer RFK Jr. recently canceled $500 million in federal grants for mRNA vaccine research.

In an era of Lindsey, Paul Dans, and Nancy Mace, James Taylor would not be going to Carolina in his mind

Opinion: The statewide races in South Carolina are about who is the biggest liar, Trump derriere smoocher, racist, and bigot, writes John Casey.

Court blocks termination of LGBTQ-related NIH health research grants

A federal court in Maryland found the termination discriminatory and unconstitutional.

RFK Jr. mulls firing ‘critical’ panel that determines no-cost preventive care services insurers must cover

It comes weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. Preventive Service Task Force, which requires coverage for diabetes, cancer, and mental health screenings as well as access to HIV prevention, or PrEP, was properly appointed.

Court blocks Trump admin's anti-LGBTQ+ restrictions on grants for domestic violence and homeless shelters

The order comes in a lawsuit brought by a nationwide coalition of groups serving survivors of domestic and sexual violence, LGBTQ+ youth, and people experiencing homelessness.