Gregg Gonsalves

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Nation public health correspondent Gregg Gonsalves is the codirector of the Global Health Justice Partnership and an associate professor of epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health.

President Donald Trump, left, and Jayanta Bhattacharya, director of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, on Monday, September 22, 2025.

The Scientists Groveling to Trump Are Kidding Themselves The Scientists Groveling to Trump Are Kidding Themselves

The government has pulled back from massive cuts to the NIH, but it’s still destroying scientific research. So why are some groups appeasing the president?

Feb 19, 2026 / Gregg Gonsalves

Protesters at a memorial to Alex Pretti on January 27, 2026, in Minneapolis.

Healthcare Workers Must Continue Alex Pretti’s Fight Healthcare Workers Must Continue Alex Pretti’s Fight

Pretti was one of us. We have to carry on his struggle.

Jan 29, 2026 / Gregg Gonsalves

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a policy announcement event at the US Department of Health and Human Services on January 8, 2026.

Trump’s Death Eaters Are Coming for Our Kids Trump’s Death Eaters Are Coming for Our Kids

After taking countless lives around the world, RFK Jr. and his ghoulish compatriots want American children to suffer too.

Jan 15, 2026 / Gregg Gonsalves

Mary Bassett, commissioner of the New York State Department of Health, speaks during a health department press briefing on August 22, 2022 in New York City.

Harvard’s Ouster of Mary Bassett Is a Revolting Act of Cowardice Harvard’s Ouster of Mary Bassett Is a Revolting Act of Cowardice

The public health icon was brutally removed from her job for one reason: her opposition to genocide in Gaza.

Jan 8, 2026 / Gregg Gonsalves

Students, researchers and demonstrators rally during a Kill the Cuts protest against the Trump administration's funding cuts on research, health, and higher education at the University of California–Los Angeles on April 8, 2025.

The Public Health Heroes of 2025 The Public Health Heroes of 2025

The Trump administration wants to destroy our health infrastructure. These warriors aren't letting that happen without a fight.

Dec 19, 2025 / Gregg Gonsalves

Demonstrators outside the Center for Disease Control (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday, December 4, 2025.

Public Health Needs a New Motto: No Apologies, No Surrender Public Health Needs a New Motto: No Apologies, No Surrender

It's time we stopped flinching at the assaults of the far right—and started fighting back.

Dec 9, 2025 / Gregg Gonsalves

Participants demonstrate against US President Donald Trump’s administration, including against ICE, entrepreneur Elon Musk, and US Health Secretary Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. outside the US embassy as they attend the global “No Kings” protest in front of the Brandenburg Gate on October 18, 2025, in Berlin, Germany.

Public Health Was a Place for Warriors Once. It Needs to Be Again. Public Health Was a Place for Warriors Once. It Needs to Be Again.

It's time for us to reconnect with the radical, system-changing spirit that was once at the heart of our field.

Nov 6, 2025 / Gregg Gonsalves

John Roberts speaks to the Georgetown Law School graduating class of 2025, in Washington, DC,May 12, 2025.

John Roberts Is a Threat to the Health of Every American John Roberts Is a Threat to the Health of Every American

The Supreme Court chief is complicit in the destruction of the federal government’s public health infrastructure.

Oct 30, 2025 / Gregg Gonsalves

Donald Trump Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Monday, September 22, 2025.

Trump and RFK Are Presiding Over a Massacre of the Innocents Trump and RFK Are Presiding Over a Massacre of the Innocents

The president’s dangerous misinformation about Tylenol is only the latest threat this government poses to infant and maternal mortality.

Sep 25, 2025 / Gregg Gonsalves

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., US secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, August 26, 2025.

RFK Jr., American Psycho RFK Jr., American Psycho

He needs to go. Now.

Sep 4, 2025 / Gregg Gonsalves

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