Michael Hiltzik

1 day ago | latimes.com | Michael Hiltzik

Here’s how one of the well-laid plans of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went blooey. Earlier this month, Kennedy dismantled the all-important Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and remade it into the spearhead for his anti-vaccination campaigns. The rejiggered committee met for the first time Wednesday.

2 days ago | latimes.com | Michael Hiltzik

A physician, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) had long enjoyed bipartisan respect for his record of supporting child vaccinations. Indeed, as a doctor in Baton Rouge, he had personally played a role in getting hepatitis-B and flu vaccines into local schools. But Cassidy’s reputation as a stalwart defender of public health crumbled on Feb. 4. That’s when he took to the Senate floor to announce that he would vote to confirm the noted anti-vaccine activist Robert F.

3 days ago | thederrick.com | Michael Hiltzik

You may have seen an eye-opening statement recently from the Trump White House crowing about its success in pushing up "blue-collar wage growth."The statement was headlined: "Blue-Collar Wage Growth Sees Largest Increase in Nearly 60 Years Under Trump." It purported to track real wages for hourly workers during Trump's first five months in office, and compared that figure to the first five months in office of Trump's predecessors.

3 days ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Michael Hiltzik

By Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times You may have seen an eye-opening statement recently from the Trump White House crowing about its success in pushing up "blue-collar wage growth."The statement was headlined: "Blue-Collar Wage Growth Sees Largest Increase in Nearly 60 Years Under Trump." It purported to track real wages for hourly workers during Trump's first five months in office, and compared that figure to the first five months in office of Trump's predecessors.

3 days ago | latimes.com | Michael Hiltzik

You may have seen an eye-opening statement recently from the Trump White House crowing about its success in pushing up “blue-collar wage growth.”The statement was headlined: “Blue-Collar Wage Growth Sees Largest Increase in Nearly 60 Years Under Trump.” It purported to track real wages for hourly workers during Trump’s first five months in office, and compared that figure to the first five months in office of Trump’s predecessors.