After meeting with President-Elect Trump today Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told reporters that “[Trump] asked me to chair a commission on vaccine safety and scientific integrity.” He also clarified that Trump had called the meeting and he felt that the discussion went “very well.” There have been a number of people who have taken meetings with […]
Tara Haelle
I am a freelance science journalist and photojournalist who specializes in reporting on vaccines, pediatric and maternal health, parenting, nutrition, obesity, mental health, medical research, environmental health and the social sciences. My work has appeared in Scientific American, the Washington Post, Politico, Slate, NOVA, Wired, Science and Pacific Standard, and I write regularly for HealthDay, Frontline Medical Communications and my science and health mom blog Red Wine & Apple Sauce. I was the health editor at Double X Science and am currently co-authoring an evidence-based parenting book due in late 2015.