Erica Schwiegershausen

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Editor at The Cut

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Did J.D. Vance Meet With Pope Francis Before His Death?

3 days ago | thecut.com | Erica Schwiegershausen

Photo: Vatican Pool/Getty Images On Monday, the Vatican announced that Pope Francis had died at the age of 88. While the cause of death has not been confirmed, the news comes weeks after the pope was hospitalized with a life-threatening respiratory infection. However, it has not escaped anyone’s notice that the pope’s final hours included a meeting with J.D. Vance. Vance — who was baptized as a Catholic in 2019 — has spent the past week visiting Rome with his family.
What Has RFK Jr. Said About Autism and Vaccines?

1 week ago | thecut.com | Erica Schwiegershausen

Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images Last week, Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promised that, despite recently laying off hundreds of scientists, his department would determine the “cause” of autism by September. This claim was met with immediate pushback from researchers who have been studying autism for decades, who say that not only is this timeline completely unrealistic, but the notion that there’s a single root cause of autism is wildly misleading.
What Has RFK Jr. Said About Autism and Vaccines?

1 week ago | autism.einnews.com | Erica Schwiegershausen

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Anti-Vaxxers Aren’t Happy RFK Jr. Promoted the MMR Vaccine

2 weeks ago | thecut.com | Erica Schwiegershausen

Photo: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images As measles cases continue to spread in West Texas, health officials in the state confirmed this weekend that an 8-year-old girl had died from the virus — the second unvaccinated child to die from measles complications this year. Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attended her funeral on Sunday, calling it “a heartbreaking day” in a post on X.
Apple Martin Says Life at Vanderbilt Is ‘A Little Tense’

3 weeks ago | thecut.com | Erica Schwiegershausen

Photo: David Fisher/Shutterstock Two months into Trump’s second term, many college campuses have become hotbeds of political strife. So how is Apple Martin — Gwyneth Paltrow’s daughter, a recent debutante, and a junior at Vanderbilt University — holding up? Interview Magazine, where Martin was previously an intern, wants to know.
Kylie Kelce’s New Baby Already Made Her Podcast Debut

3 weeks ago | thecut.com | Erica Schwiegershausen

Photo: Mike Coppola/Getty Images for SiriusXM Kylie and Jason Kelce’s fourth daughter has arrived. “Whoop, there she is!” Kylie captioned an Instagram carousel announcing the birth of Finnley “Finn” Anne Kelce. Following her Instagram rollout, Baby Finn already has a packed podcasting schedule. She made her New Heights debut on Wednesday, popping on camera to meet her Uncle Travis. “Finn, you just look adorable, I don’t even have anything to say to you,” Travis said.
What RKF Jr. Has Said About Baby-Formula Testing

3 weeks ago | thecut.com | Erica Schwiegershausen

Photo: vchal/Getty Images Last week, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Operation Stork Speed, a new effort from the FDA intended to improve the safety of infant formula. “If there’s one food that must be safe beyond any doubt, it’s infant formula,” he said in a video promoting the initiative, which he says will include a comprehensive nutrient review — the first since 1998 — and increased testing for heavy metals and other contaminants.
Does Gwyneth Paltrow Drink Raw Milk? What She’s Said.

1 month ago | thecut.com | Erica Schwiegershausen

Photo: Dominic Lipinski/Getty Images Last spring, Gwyneth Paltrow said on The Skinny Confidential podcast that she drinks raw cream in her coffee every morning. In the interview, she shouted out Raw Farm — the same farm that, months later, recalled all of its raw — a.k.a. unpasteurized — whole milk and cream after California health officials found multiple samples were contaminated with bird flu.
What Teddi Mellencamp Has Said About Her Cancer Battle

1 month ago | thecut.com | Erica Schwiegershausen

Last month, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum Teddi Mellencamp revealed that she was undergoing surgery after doctors discovered multiple tumors in her brain. “For the last several weeks I’ve been dealing with severe and debilitating headaches,” she wrote on Instagram. “After a CT scan and MRI, doctors found multiple tumors on my brain, which they believe have been growing for at least 6 months.” The 43-year-old first shared that she’d been diagnosed with stage-two melanoma in 2022.
The CDC Will Reexamine Debunked Vaccine Conspiracy Theory

1 month ago | thecut.com | Erica Schwiegershausen

Since taking office, the Trump administration has announced major cuts to funding for medical research, throwing studies aimed at finding treatments for cancer, diabetes, and other diseases into limbo. One thing the government apparently still does have funding for? Investigating Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s favorite conspiracy theory.