A scientifically-debunked theory that there’s a link between childhood vaccines and autism got new life when Democratic scion Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — a proponent of the theory — told reporters that President-elect Donald Trump asked him to head a new autism commission. (The New Yorker)

John Reynolds was the newsletters editor for the Tribune from 2013 to 2017. Prior to that, he was a reporter for Quorum Report, a non-partisan online political newsletter focusing on the ins and outs under...