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The acting head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is calling on vaccine makers to create separate measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) shots, though public health experts saying there’s no scientific reason to do so.
“I call on v...
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- October 7, 2025
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Top vaccine advisers hand-selected by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted Thursday to limit the use of a combination shot that protects against measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox.
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- September 19, 2025
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Federal officials are raising concerns about whether a Virginia Boar’s Head deli meat plant, linked to last year’s deadly listeria outbreak, is ready to safely reopen.
In a letter sent Monday, Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut and nine other Democrats asked Boar’s Head officials to appear before...
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- September 18, 2025
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Five new members have been appointed to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) vaccine advisory committee, federal health officials announced.
The move comes just days before the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meets to review vaccines for COVID-19 and s...
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- September 16, 2025
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Federal health officials have withdrawn a government report warning that even small amounts of alcohol could raise the risk of cancer and other serious health problems.
The move has sparked tons of debate among researchers, advocacy groups and industry leaders just before ...
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- September 8, 2025
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The Trump administration aims to bar U.S. veterans from receiving abortions at Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals in cases of incest, rape or when the pregnancy puts their life at risk.
The move would revoke abortion access for vets and eligible family members expanded in 2022 under the Biden administration. The expansion included states that ban abortion.
At the time, VA...
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- August 5, 2025
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) top vaccine official is stepping down after just three months in a role that upset drug companies, patient groups and some political leaders.
Dr. Vinay Prasad will leave the agency to “spend more time with his family,” a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service...
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- July 31, 2025
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After months with an appointed caretaker, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finally has an official director.
Dr. Susan Monarez, who became the agency’s acting director in March after anti-vaccine skepticism tanked President Don...
Planned Parenthood clinics across the country will continue to receive Medicaid funding, at least for now.
On Monday, a federal judge blocked a new federal rule that could have shut many of them down.
The ruling, issued Monday by U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston...
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- July 29, 2025
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U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is considering removing all 16 members of an advisory group that helps decide which preventive services, like cancer screenings and HIV medications, s...
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- July 28, 2025
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President Donald Trump has been diagnosed with a vein condition that affects many older adults, the White House said.
Trump, 79, recently noticed some mild swelling in his lower legs. After a medical checkup, doctors found he has chronic venous insufficiency,...
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- July 18, 2025
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U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has removed two senior officials who were appointed by President Donald Trump.
Heather Flick Melanson, chief of staff, and Hannah Anderson, a top policy adviser, were both let go recently. The decision came as a surprise to several federal health offi...
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- July 17, 2025
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Thousands of health workers lost their jobs this week after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for the Trump administration to move forward with major staffing cuts.
On Monday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized 10,000 layoffs across federal h...
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- July 16, 2025
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U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. canceled a meeting of government health panel that helps guide what preventive care is covered by insurance, alarming doctors and other health officials.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) was set to meet Thursday, but members were told in an email Monday that t...
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- July 11, 2025
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Susan Monarez is one step closer to becoming the next director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate’s health committee voted 12-11 to move her nomination forward. The vote was along party lines, with all Democrats voting no, The Associated Press reported.
If confirmed by the full Senate,
A federal judge has stopped the Trump administration from implementing more layoffs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), saying the job cuts likely went against the law.
The decision came Tuesday from U.S. District Judge Melissa DuBose in response to a lawsuit filed by attorneys general from 19 states...
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- July 2, 2025
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On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court said it will not hear a case brought by a group once led by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that claimed Facebook censored its vaccine-related content.
The Children’s Health Defense sued Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram. It claimed the comp...
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- July 1, 2025
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From allowing states to ban gender-transition care and sales of flavored vapes to minors to rolling back the landmark Clean Air Act, the U.S. Supreme Court had a consequential term.
The Washington Post cites these as among the high court’s most consequential decisions of 2025:
Birthright citizenship: In a 6-3 ruling, with three liberal justices in dis...
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- June 27, 2025
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The United States will stop sending money to Gavi, a global group that helps vaccinate children in low-income countries, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday.
The decision was made public in a video shared at a Gavi summit in Brussels. In it, ...
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- June 27, 2025
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A presentation scheduled for a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccine meeting today claimed that a vaccine preservative could cause long-term brain effects — but the study it cited doesn’t appear to exist.
The slide, posted online Tuesday, cited a 2008 paper titled "Low-level neonatal thimerosal exposure: Long-term consequences in the brain," and was sai...
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- June 26, 2025
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has stopped canceling biomedical research grants after a federal judge said hundreds of those cuts were illegal.
This decision comes just days after U.S. District Judge William Young ordered the NIH to restore more than 900 canceled grants. The ruling stemmed from a Boston case, in which re...
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- June 26, 2025
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THC-infused gummies and vape pens will stay legal in Texas — at least for now.
Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed a bill on Sunday that would have banned the sale and use of THC consumables across the state, The Associated Press reported.
These products contain tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the chemical responsible for a marijuana high.
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- June 25, 2025
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A senior scientist at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has resigned, warning that changes in leadership may weaken the country’s vaccine program.
Dr. Fiona Havers, who led the CDC’s tracking of hospitalizations from COVID-19 and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus), stepped down this week.&n...
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- June 18, 2025
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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case next term involving a New Jersey nonprofit that runs anti-abortion pregnancy centers and is fighting a state investigation.
Days after ousting all 17 members of the panel that makes U.S. vaccine recommendations, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has begun remaking it.
On Wednesday, he named eight appointees, three of whom are critics of mRNA coronavirus vaccines, The Washington Post reported.
"All of these individuals ar...
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- June 12, 2025
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U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has removed all 17 members of the expert panel that makes U.S. vaccine recommendations.
Kennedy made the surprise announcement in an opinio...
A former White House physician says former President Joe Biden should have had a cognitive test during his 2024 physical, given his age and the demands of being president.
Dr. Jeffrey Kuhlman, who served as
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said this week that he may no longer allow government scientists to publish research in top medical journals.
Kennedy made the statement on a podcast called The Ultimate Human where he...
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- May 29, 2025
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The U.S. government has canceled a $600 million contract with Moderna to develop a vaccine for bird flu and other dangerous flu strains, raising concern among experts.
The deal, forged under the Biden administration, aimed to prepare for future flu pandemics by funding Moderna’s work on a fast-acting vaccine using mRNA technology, STAT News reported.
The top U.S. health agency will no longer recommend the COVID-19 vaccine for healthy children and pregnant women.
Tuesday's announcement by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. bypasses the typical vaccine recommendation process, which includes review by experts at the U.S. Centers for Disease...
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- May 28, 2025
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Former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy is urging lawmakers to take stronger steps to protect children from the potential dangers of social media.
In a recent interview on NBC News’ "Meet the Press," Murthy said Congress has failed to act on what he described as a growing crisis.
“Congress has not st...
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- May 27, 2025
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Dozens of staff at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) walked out of a recent town hall meeting after Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya suggested the agency may have helped fund research that caused the COVID-19 pandemic.
The pr...
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- May 27, 2025
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A new White House report says today’s children are the sickest generation in U.S. history when it comes to chronic disease, and it puts the blame on environmental toxins, poor nutrition and too much screen time.
Called the "MAHA Report: Making Our Children Healthy Again," the report was released Thursday by top Trump administration offi...
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- May 23, 2025
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China has promised to give $500 million to the World Health Organization (WHO) over the next five years, positioning itself to become the group’s top donor.
The pledge comes as the United States plans to leave the international organization, The Washington Post reported.
Chinese Vice Premier Liu Guozhong a...
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- May 22, 2025
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Some of the nation's top brain researchers are still facing layoffs, even after U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said no working scientists would be cut.
Last month, scientists at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) got layoff notices. NINDS is part of...
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- May 20, 2025
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Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, his office announced Sunday.
Doctors found the cancer after Biden reported urinary symptoms. Testing showed a small nodule on his prostate. ...
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- May 19, 2025
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A mother with stage 4 colon cancer faces an uncertain future after federal staff cuts delayed her experimental cancer treatment.
Natalie Phelps, 43, was accepted into an immunotherapy study at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). But her treatment has been delayed due to ...
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- May 15, 2025
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President Donald Trump has chosen Dr. Casey Means, a wellness influencer and health tech entrepreneur, to be his nominee for U.S. surgeon general.
The decision comes after Trump withdrew his previous nominee, Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, The Associated Press reported.
Trump announced the pick on social media, saying Means has "impec...
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- May 9, 2025
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A federal committee that helped set national rules for infection control in hospitals has been shut down, raising concerns from health experts.
The Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) was terminated March 31, though members weren't told until early May, according to several committee members.
The group worked with the U.S. Centers for Disease Con...
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- May 8, 2025
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has chosen Dr. Vinay Prasad, a professor at the University of California-San Francisco, to lead its Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.
The division oversees vaccines and biologic medicines, including gene therapies, CNN reported.
Prasad is a hematologist-oncologist, a spec...
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- May 7, 2025
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The official in charge of federal food and drug safety inspections will retire May 14.
Michael Rogers, associate commissioner for inspections and investigations at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), announced his decisio...
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- May 7, 2025
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The European Union is looking to capitalize on the Trump administration's dismantling of U.S. research programs to beef up its own.
A $565 million program unveiled Monday aims to make "Europe a magnet for researchers," Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, said.
"Unfortunately, we ...
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- May 7, 2025
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The Trump administration has canceled more than $800 million in research focused on LGBTQ health, cutting hundreds of studies on cancer, HIV and other diseases that affect sexual and gender minority groups.
Experts say the move could harm public health and reverse progress made in preventing...
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- May 6, 2025
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U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to change how vaccines are tested in the U.S., a decision that could impact how quickly and widely vaccines are made available.
The department said the new plan will promote transparency, but many health experts warn it could affect vaccine access an...
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- May 2, 2025
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U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is preparing to launch a multimillion-dollar public health campaign, according to documents reviewed by NBC News.
His "Take Back Your Health" campaign would last four years and could cost tens of millions of dollars. HHS has invited public relation...
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- April 30, 2025
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said it will not create a new autism registry, reversing an earlier announcement from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
"We are not creating an autism registry. The real-world data platform will link existing d...
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- April 29, 2025
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In a sudden about-face, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said it won't slash funding for the Women's Health Initiative, a major research project focused on preventing disease in older women.
The decision follows concerns about a move to end contracts supporting the whole study, which has tracked the health of tens of thousands of women since 1992.
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- April 28, 2025
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At least three medical journals have received letters from a top federal prosecutor questioning whether they mislead readers or allow political bias to influence what they decide to publish.
The letters were signed by Edward Martin Jr., a Republican activist who now serves as interim U.S. attorney in Washington, ...
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- April 23, 2025
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The Trump administration has replaced two major federal websites for COVID information with a new page that promotes the theory that the virus came from a lab in China.
Covid.gov and Covidtests.gov, which once helped people order COVID tests and find public health information, now redirect to a new page titled "Lab Leak." The page shows an image of President Donald Trump along with the wo...
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- April 22, 2025
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