Gov. Gavin Newsom expounds on public health Get those
public health
cranks
out of California!

March 9, 2026 -- In today's KFF Health News, Newsom Picks a Dogfight With Trump and RFK Jr. on Public Health we see:

Paul Offit, an outspoken critic of Kennedy and a vaccine expert who formerly served on the Food and Drug Administration's vaccine advisory committee but was removed under Trump in 2025: "Public health has been turned on its head. We have an anti-vaccine activist and science denialist as the head of U.S. Health and Human Services. It's dangerous."

These anti-science cranks crave power at any cost, even our health.

Governor Newsom is doing what he can to stop the insanity at our State's border. In recent days, he has:

  • Joined California to a global outbreak response network coordinated by the World Health Organization.
  • Made it a priority "to protect public health and provide communities with guidance rooted in science and evidence, not politics and conspiracies" (per spokesperson Marissa Saldivar).
  • Sought to protect federal funding for fighting HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, preventing chronic diseases, and boosting public health preparedness and communicable disease response including measles.
  • Approved $300M for the State Department of Health.
  • Authorized the State to issue its own immunization guidance.

Thank you, Governor Newsom, for working to keep us safe.