One of the soldiers who has died in Iraq since the "official combat" ended was Marine Lance Cpl. Gregory MacDonald. Fred Thys of member station WBUR in Boston visited with MacDonald's father.
Susan Monarez, the ousted director of the CDC, testified on Capitol Hill Wednesday that the health secretary pressured her to rubber stamp vaccine policies without reviewing scientific evidence.
NPR speaks with Debra Houry, the CDC's former chief medical officer, about her decision to leave her post and her concerns over Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine decisions.