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Children's Health Defense
U.S. anti-vaccine / medical-skepticism advocacy
Children's Health Defense is a nonprofit advocacy and media organization built around opposition to vaccines and mainstream public-health policy, founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. It is funded mainly through donations, including some routed through donor-advised funds that mask individual contributors, rather than by a corporate parent. With Kennedy now serving as U.S. Health Secretary in the Trump administration, CHD's coverage is currently closely aligned with and supportive of administration health policy, including RFK Jr.'s own initiatives.
Owned byIndependent 501(c)(3) nonprofit; not owned by any media company. Founded and chaired for years by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who stepped down as chairman in 2024 during his presidential run; Mary Holland (a longtime CHD attorney and board member) leads the organization as CEO/president.
LeaningU.S. anti-vaccine / medical-skepticism advocacy
On the administrationbroadly supportive
9average bias score across 2 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun