— A weekly roundup of healthcare investigations
by Rachael Robertson, Enterprise & Investigative Writer, MedPage Today
September 9, 2026
• 3 min read
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently hired Lt. Col. Theresa Long, MD, MPH, who has no training in vaccines or viruses, to investigate unsubstantiated claims about service members dying after being vaccinated against COVID. Long has a history of questioning the safety of COVID vaccines and parroting Kennedy's view that vaccines may cause autism. She's even testified that she knows of 28 service members who died as a result of the vaccines and many more who lost pregnancies. (New York Times)
