Daily Headlines: Health Illinois signs law establishing state vaccine guidelines and expanding access for children as Pritzker calls federal changes “QAnon-inspired conspiracy theories.” December 4, 2025 View Details Trump rolls back Biden fuel economy standards requiring 50.4 mpg by 2031 months after GOP eliminated all penalties for noncompliance. December 4, 2025 View Details Twelve former FDA commissioners publish joint rebuke of vaccine memo in New England Journal of Medicine, saying claims “misrepresent both the science and the regulatory record.” December 4, 2025 View Details FDA’s top drug regulator retiring after three weeks, citing concerns that Commissioner Makary’s plans to speed approvals and exclude career scientists may be illegal. December 3, 2025 View Details USDA Secretary Rollins threatens to withhold funding from 21 states refusing SNAP data requests, says cuts start next week to “root out fraud” despite USDA data showing minimal abuse. December 3, 2025 View Details Kennedy promotes vaccine committee chair to HHS “chief science officer” role, replaces him with pediatric cardiologist who blames vaccines for causing heart disease. December 2, 2025 View Details White House physician reports “perfectly normal” cardiovascular and abdominal MRI results, one day after Trump claimed he had “no idea” what body part was scanned. December 2, 2025 View Details Trump promises to release “perfect” MRI results but claims he has “no idea” what part of his body was scanned during October physical, as White House refuses to explain why test was needed. December 1, 2025 View Details FDA vaccine director claims 10 children died from COVID shots in internal memo withholding ages, health conditions, and vaccine makers, released days before CDC panel meets. November 29, 2025 View Details 21 states sue USDA over guidance stripping SNAP benefits from refugees and asylum recipients, calling it unauthorized by Congress. November 27, 2025 View Details Louisiana surgeon general who ended state vaccine promotion and backed ivermectin for COVID installed as CDC’s No. 2, with no director nominated since Monarez firing in August. November 26, 2025 View Details Medicare will save $12 billion on 15 drugs through Biden-era negotiation program that Trump officials have sought to downplay, with Kennedy claiming Democrats lied about first-round results. November 26, 2025 View Details Congressional Republicans reject Trump’s health care plan before release, forcing White House to delay proposal after lawmakers learned framework from social media. November 25, 2025 View Details White House to propose two-year Obamacare subsidy extension with income caps at 700% of poverty level and minimum premium payments as credits expire next month. November 24, 2025 View Details DOGE quietly disbanded with eight months left on charter after Musk claimed $214 billion in savings while researchers estimate 600,000 deaths from USAID cuts alone. November 24, 2025 View Details Trump’s budget bill classifies chiropractic and theology as “professional degrees” eligible for $200,000 student loans but excludes nursing, nurse practitioners and physician assistants. November 22, 2025 View Details RFK Jr. says he personally ordered CDC to change website language on vaccines and autism, breaking pledge to Senate committee chairman who endorsed his confirmation. November 22, 2025 View Details North Dakota Supreme Court upholds abortion ban despite 3 of 5 justices finding it unconstitutional; state’s supermajority rule required 4 votes to strike law. November 22, 2025 View Details HHS appointees change CDC website to claim vaccine-autism link is unproven, overruling agency scientists after 40 studies of 5.6 million people found no link. November 21, 2025 View Details Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) indicted for stealing $5 million FEMA COVID vaccination overpayment, laundering it through multiple accounts to fund her 2021 congressional campaign. November 20, 2025 View Details Trump administration excludes South Africa from HIV prevention drug program despite country having world’s largest HIV-positive population, citing Trump’s false claims about White Afrikaner persecution. November 19, 2025 View Details South Dakota opens seventh prison death investigation since February as inmate dies from suspected overdose, two previous cases resulted in charges against alleged drug suppliers. November 18, 2025 View Details CDC links Texas measles outbreak with Utah and Arizona cases for first time, transmission through January would end U.S. elimination designation held for 25 years. November 18, 2025 View Details Trump administration cancelled 383 active clinical trials after March funding cuts, abandoning 74,000 participants mid-treatment without follow-up in what researchers call ethics violations. November 18, 2025 View Details Agriculture Secretary Rollins orders all 41 million SNAP recipients to reapply claiming 186,000 deceased beneficiaries in 29 red states despite existing 6-12 month state recertification requirements already in place. November 15, 2025 View Details Rubio instructs diplomats to reject visa applicants based on obesity and chronic diseases including cancer and diabetes, citing future public assistance costs under public charge rule. November 14, 2025 View Details Congress bans hemp-derived THC products over 0.4 milligrams per container in spending bill provision, threatening to eliminate $28 billion industry legalized in 2018. November 14, 2025 View Details NIH places employee on administrative leave her first day back from shutdown, five months after she organized public letter denouncing degradation of medical research under Trump, November 14, 2025 View Details SNAP benefits restoration varies by state after Trump administration reversed emergency funding pledge, leaving 42 million recipients with varying amounts. November 13, 2025 View Details HUD plan cuts permanent housing funds by two-thirds, threatening 170,000 disabled formerly homeless people with return to streets while shifting billions to work requirements and treatment mandates. November 13, 2025 View Details Trial begins for former NY governors’ aide accused of acting as Chinese agent who blocked Taiwan officials and accepted millions in COVID vendor kickbacks. November 13, 2025 View Details Appeals court hears arguments on law cutting Planned Parenthood Medicaid funds as 20 clinics close and Justice Department admits guidance on eligibility remains unfinalized. November 13, 2025 View Details Trump signs funding bill ending 43-day shutdown after Senate Democrats accept promised vote on health care subsidies instead of immediate extension. November 13, 2025 View Details FDA names Richard Pazdur to head drug regulation after predecessor resigned over conduct concerns and drugmaker lawsuit alleging personal vendetta. November 12, 2025 View Details Supreme Court extends block on full SNAP payments to 42 million Americans until midnight Thursday as House prepares Wednesday vote on Senate-passed bill to end shutdown. November 12, 2025 View Details Federal judge blocks USDA order demanding states claw back November SNAP benefits already distributed to millions after agency sent contradictory memos within 24 hours. November 11, 2025 View Details Trump administration asks Supreme Court again to block order requiring full SNAP payments, arguing federal judge’s ruling injects courts into shutdown negotiations after First Circuit rejected government’s stay request Sunday. November 11, 2025 View Details Senate passes bill ending 41-day shutdown as eight Democrats join Republicans in exchange for promised December vote on health care subsidies set to expire. November 11, 2025 View Details Trump administration demands states “undo” SNAP benefits already distributed to millions after Supreme Court stayed court orders, threatening penalties as states warn of catastrophic disruptions. November 10, 2025 View Details Senate advances deal to end 40-day shutdown without guaranteeing expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies will be extended by Dec. 31 deadline. November 10, 2025 View Details Trump proposes eliminating ACA insurance subsidies used by over 20 million Americans and sending payments directly to people one day after Republicans rejected Democrats’ shutdown deal. November 9, 2025 View Details Multiple people fall ill after suspicious package opened at Joint Base Andrews, evacuating two buildings before investigation finds no immediate threat. November 8, 2025 View Details California Supreme Court unanimously upholds law forbidding nursing home employees from misgendering LGBT residents, rejecting First Amendment challenge. November 8, 2025 View Details Senate Democrats propose one-year ACA subsidy extension to end shutdown, but Republicans reject offer as “political terrorism” and nonstarter. November 8, 2025 View Details Justice Jackson temporarily freezes full SNAP payment order to give appeals court time to rule on Trump administration emergency request during shutdown dispute. November 8, 2025 View Details Trump announces deals with Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to sell obesity drugs for as low as $149 monthly and expand limited Medicare coverage in exchange for tariff breaks and expedited federal drug reviews. November 7, 2025 View Details Nearly 5 million SNAP recipients will receive no food assistance in November under Agriculture Department plan that cuts benefits more deeply than needed to drain contingency fund. November 6, 2025 View Details Treasury secretary says food aid could restart by Wednesday, two days after court’s Monday deadline to authorize payments or face contempt. November 3, 2025 View Details FDA’s top drug regulator resigns after drugmaker sues him for bribery and defamation, as he claims retaliation for opposing fast-track approval process. November 3, 2025 View Details Shutdown blocks heating aid for 5.9 million households as winter begins, with states unable to cover costs without federal funding. November 3, 2025 View Details Trump refuses negotiations as 33-day shutdown continues, and courts block his attempt to cut food aid for 42 million people. November 3, 2025 View Details Federal judge orders Trump to pay states food stamp money by Wednesday after administration claimed no legal authority despite $5.25 billion available. November 2, 2025 View Details New York judge dismisses Texas Attorney General Paxton’s attempt to enforce $113,000 judgment against Ulster County doctor who prescribed abortion medication to Texas patient. November 1, 2025 View Details Maine Family Planning closes primary care practices in three rural towns after Trump administration bars Medicaid funding to nonprofits that provide abortion, cutting $1.9 million annually. November 1, 2025 View Details Ossoff investigation documents 80+ cases of medical neglect at ICE detention centers, with DHS employee reporting “ambulances have to come almost every day” at one site. November 1, 2025 View Details FDA restricts fluoride supplements for children under 3 and low-risk older children, citing gut microbiome concerns after MAHA Commission directive. November 1, 2025 View Details Casey Means misses surgeon general confirmation hearing due to labor, brother Calley departed White House month ago after special employee term expired without announcement. October 31, 2025 View Details Federal judge likely to order Trump administration to use emergency funds for November SNAP benefits during 30-day shutdown despite USDA objections. October 31, 2025 View Details Immigration judge grants $2,000 bond to father of teen with advanced cancer who was detained at Home Depot during daughter’s chemotherapy. October 31, 2025 View Details Federal judge rules FDA violated law by restricting mifepristone access without reasoned explanation, though restrictions remain during agency review. October 31, 2025 View Details Trump demands Senate eliminate 60-vote filibuster requirement to end 29-day shutdown without negotiating with Democrats. October 31, 2025 View Details Federal judge quashes DOJ subpoena to online trans health provider QueerDoc, ruling demand serves “improper purpose” of executing Trump’s orders to eliminate gender-affirming care rather than legitimate law enforcement investigation. October 30, 2025 View Details Louisiana Surgeon General banned health department from holding vaccine events after two infants died from whooping cough during outbreak. October 29, 2025 View Details Two USDA officials overseeing food aid programs leave for HHS during shutdown, leaving agency without permanent leader as SNAP benefits lapse Saturday. October 29, 2025 View Details More than two dozen Democratic attorneys general and governors sue USDA for suspending SNAP benefits after agency removed shutdown plan stating $6 billion in contingency funds could cover aid. October 29, 2025 View Details HHS fires biosecurity adviser Steven Hatfill for falsely claiming to be chief medical officer after he defended canceling mRNA vaccine research and called spike proteins “biologically toxic.” October 29, 2025 View Details CFPB issues guidance claiming federal law bars states from keeping medical debt off credit reports, threatening protections in over a dozen states covering 100 million Americans with healthcare debt. October 29, 2025 View Details Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Johnson & Johnson and Kenvue over Tylenol autism claims one month after RFK Jr. issued guidance discouraging pregnant women from taking acetaminophen despite lack of evidence. October 29, 2025 View Details Two Ohio Planned Parenthood affiliates request administrative hearings to challenge state Medicaid ban stemming from Trump’s July federal law barring payments for one year. October 28, 2025 View Details Health insurance premiums double for 225,000 Coloradans after Congress fails to extend tax credits during shutdown. October 28, 2025 View Details Trump reveals he received MRI at Walter Reed visit this month, calling results “perfect” but declining to explain why imaging was needed after diagnosis of leg vein disease. October 28, 2025 View Details Planned Parenthood Wisconsin resumes abortion services after one-month pause, relinquishing federal provider status to bypass Trump Medicaid ban on abortion facilities. October 28, 2025 View Details Federal judge blocks Trump from canceling up to $1 billion in student mental health grants, ruling Education Department’s identical explanations were “arbitrary and capricious.” October 28, 2025 View Details Trump administration refuses to use $5 billion in available funds to prevent Nov. 1 SNAP cutoff, saying money must be reserved for disasters as 1 in 8 Americans lose food aid. October 27, 2025 View Details Connecticut 50501 group releases comprehensive action guide for organized resistance to Trump administration, providing roadmap for defending democratic institutions during SNAP shutdown crisis. October 26, 2025 View Details California gives Planned Parenthood $140 million to offset Congress cutting Medicaid funding in July, helping keep 109 clinics open after five already closed and two more ended primary care for 13,000 patients. October 25, 2025 View Details Social Security announces 2.8% benefit increase averaging $56 per month for 75 million Americans as Medicare Part B premiums are projected to rise $21.50 monthly. October 25, 2025 View Details USDA says it can’t use contingency fund to pay November food stamp benefits for 42 million Americans, contradicting its September shutdown plan that said the fund was available during appropriations lapses. October 25, 2025 View Details Federal shutdown order ends SNAP benefits Nov. 1 for 450,000 New Mexicans by blocking client file submission, as food banks warn they provide about 10% the aid and cannot replace program. October 23, 2025 View Details California Gov. Newsom deploys National Guard to food banks and fast-tracks $80 million after federal government told state not to submit food benefit payment data, threatening 5.5 million CalFresh recipients three weeks into shutdown. October 23, 2025 View Details Thirteen vulnerable House Republicans urge Johnson to extend expiring enhanced ObamaCare subsidies after shutdown, warning constituents face premium spike. October 22, 2025 View Details FDA stops accepting new drug submissions during shutdown while continuing work on existing applications. October 22, 2025 View Details Senate Republicans refuse Democratic demands for health care funding at White House Rose Garden meeting with Trump during fourth week of shutdown. October 22, 2025 View Details Government shutdown forces CDC researchers to skip nation’s largest infectious disease conference, leaving no federal scientists at meeting as measles and whooping cough surge. October 21, 2025 View Details Republican budget failure will halt November food stamps for 42 million Americans, multiple states warn. October 21, 2025 View Details Pennsylvania requires health insurers to cover COVID-19 vaccines without cost-sharing through 2026 after CDC dropped universal recommendation following Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s committee purge. October 18, 2025 View Details Obamacare premiums rise 18% for 2026 as enhanced subsidies expire, with a 60-year-old Kentucky couple facing $23,700 more in annual costs and millions potentially losing coverage. October 18, 2025 View Details Trump announces deal with German drugmaker to slash IVF medication prices in exchange for relief from planned pharmaceutical tariffs and encourages employers to offer fertility benefits. October 17, 2025 View Details Trump administration targets Office of Population Affairs for mass layoffs, threatening $300 million Title X family planning program that provides contraception and health services to millions of low-income women. October 16, 2025 View Details 15 Democratic governors form public health alliance breaking with Trump administration and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after federal vaccine guidance changes alarmed medical experts. October 16, 2025 View Details Trump administration rushes Medicare Advantage provider directory to launch for open enrollment despite frequent errors and contradictory information that could mislead seniors about which doctors accept their insurance. October 16, 2025 View Details More than 1,000 Western Alaska residents sleep in schools without functioning toilets or water after Sunday storm damaged nearly every home in two villages. October 15, 2025 View Details Jersey City’s Heights University Hospital seeks $25 million in emergency state aid amid $60 million shortfall less than two years after CarePoint Health bankruptcy. October 12, 2025 View Details HHS rehires CDC staff mistakenly fired through “coding error” in reduction-in-force, including disease outbreak investigators and measles response team. October 12, 2025 View Details EPA directed scientists to research tracing abortion drug mifepristone in wastewater following Republican congressional letter, a method anti-abortion activists seek to restrict medication. October 11, 2025 View Details Trump announces deal with AstraZeneca to cut drug prices in exchange for three years of tariff relief. October 11, 2025 View Details Administration uses $300 million in tariff revenue to fund WIC during shutdown, despite Trump budget proposing cuts to program for low-income mothers and children. October 11, 2025 View Details CDC cancels October vaccine meeting scheduled one month after September session after Kennedy’s anti-vaccine committee rescinded flu and MMRV recommendations in unusual accelerated schedule. October 10, 2025 View Details South Carolina quarantines 150 unvaccinated students as measles spreads to 11 cases after state begins allowing online religious exemption forms, with Spartanburg County exemption rate reaching 8%. October 10, 2025 View Details Health Secretary Kennedy claims circumcised boys have double autism rates from Tylenol, contradicting medical groups that still recommend acetaminophen. October 10, 2025 View Details UN World Food Programme Executive Director Cindy McCain recovering from mild stroke in Arizona after treatment in Italy, with four to six week absence expected. October 10, 2025 View Details Trump reverses pledge to tariff all essential medicines, exempting generics that make up 90% of drugs dispensed after warnings of shortages and price increases. October 9, 2025 View Details Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway subpoenas Planned Parenthood patient abortion records to defend regulations that voters rejected when they approved Amendment 3 protecting reproductive rights. October 8, 2025 View Details Seattle paid Civic Hotel owners $2.7 million for empty shelter rooms after rejecting cheaper alternative, with Chief Deputy Mayor saying she wanted nonprofit leader “out of the homelessness business” despite superior placement rates. October 7, 2025 View Details CDC drops universal COVID vaccine recommendation, requiring physician consultation on risks and benefits, and splits MMRV shot after Trump administration replaced advisory committee with vaccine skeptics. October 7, 2025 View Details Trump demands Democrats reopen government before discussing health care, reversing earlier Monday openness to ACA subsidy deal as Democratic leaders deny any negotiations exist. October 7, 2025 View Details Trump administration plans Social Security disability rule eliminating age as eligibility factor or raising threshold to 60, potentially denying benefits to 750,000 older Americans. October 6, 2025 View Details Government shutdown forces cancellation of Walk to Defeat ALS on National Mall, costing research funding after organizers raised 60% of $525,000 goal and counting on event day to reach it. October 5, 2025 View Details Religious organizations, health care providers, unions and educators sue Trump administration over $100,000 H-1B visa fee, warning hospitals will lose medical staff and churches will lose pastors. October 5, 2025 View Details Lujan Grisham signs bills providing $30 million for food assistance and health insurance for tens of thousands facing federal cuts but holds vaccine bill after Republicans blocked emergency clause that would have given children immediate COVID vaccine access. October 4, 2025 View Details WIC program serving 6.8 million low-income mothers and young children faces funding collapse within a week after shutdown blocked quarterly allocation at start of fiscal year. October 3, 2025 View Details Kennedy fires Fauci’s successor as NIAID director three weeks after whistleblower complaint alleging cancellation of research grants, politicization of science, and administration hostility toward vaccines. October 3, 2025 View Details ICE refuses bond hearing for Michigan father with life-threatening leukemia who went 22 days without medication after arrest, citing Trump policy that bars hearings for immigrants who entered illegally. October 3, 2025 View Details FDA approves second generic mifepristone from company aiming to “normalize abortion” during Kennedy’s ongoing safety review of the drug used in two-thirds of U.S. abortions. October 3, 2025 View Details Maine Family Planning shuts down primary care for nearly 1,000 patients after Trump bill blocking Medicaid to abortion providers stripped $2 million despite Medicaid never covering abortion. October 2, 2025 View Details New Jersey community colleges launch statewide fundraising campaign as 39% of students report food insecurity and federal SNAP cuts threaten additional aid. October 1, 2025 View Details Education Department orders Fairfax County schools to investigate abortion claims after already withholding millions over transgender bathroom policy, threatening district with total loss of $167 million in federal funding. October 1, 2025 View Details Trump announces TrumpRx.gov website with Pfizer discounts that won’t apply to insured patients, threatening other drugmakers with tariffs unless they agree to similar deals by 2026 launch. October 1, 2025 View Details Federal government shuts down as Republicans refuse to negotiate health care funding Democrats say is required for 60-vote Senate passage. October 1, 2025 View Details House Democrats release district-by-district tool showing Medicaid, Medicare and ACA cuts’ local impact as they refuse to capitulate in shutdown negotiations over Republican healthcare changes. September 30, 2025 View Details Trump posts then deletes AI-generated video of himself promoting QAnon medical conspiracy after Fox News confirms fake segment never aired. September 29, 2025 View Details California now allows doctors to anonymously mail abortion pills to shield them from Texas lawsuits as FDA review threatens access. September 27, 2025 View Details Sixteen states sue HHS after agency threatens to strip $35 million in sex ed funding over lessons mentioning transgender students. September 27, 2025 View Details Michigan Rep. Haley Stevens files impeachment articles against RFK Jr. over cuts to cancer research and vaccine restrictions. September 26, 2025 View Details Trump imposes 100% tariff on branded drug imports and new levies on trucks and furniture starting Wednesday. September 26, 2025 View Details Portland State study finds Trump’s spending bill threatens $530 million in federal funding for Northwest tribes’ water, housing and climate programs. September 26, 2025 View Details Planned Parenthood halts Wisconsin abortion services after appeals court lifts injunction blocking Trump’s Medicaid funding ban. September 26, 2025 View Details The World Health Organization directly rebuts the Trump administration’s new warning on Tylenol and autism, affirming there is no consistent scientific link. September 25, 2025 View Details The Trump administration appoints Ben Carson to a senior USDA role to help lead its “Make America Healthy Again” agenda and shape SNAP policy. September 25, 2025 View Details The Pentagon quietly eases its mandatory flu shot rule for reservists, reflecting the administration’s broader skepticism of vaccine mandates. September 25, 2025 View Details In a letter to Rep. Jim Jordan, Alphabet said YouTube will restore channels banned for spreading pandemic-era COVID and election misinformation, blaming the original bans on pressure from the Biden administration. September 24, 2025 View Details A federal judge orders the Trump administration to restore over $500 million in UCLA health grants suspended over claims of antisemitism. September 23, 2025 View Details Trump promotes discredited links between vaccines and autism with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during an event announcing a new government study. September 23, 2025 View Details The Trump administration plans to link Tylenol use in pregnancy to autism, contradicting established guidance from the FDA and medical organizations. September 22, 2025 View Details Democratic leaders demanded a meeting with Trump 10 days before a government shutdown deadline, blaming him for a standoff over health care funding. September 21, 2025 View Details The Trump administration canceled the USDA’s annual hunger report two and a half months after signing legislation that cut food stamps for 3 million people. September 21, 2025 View Details California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed laws banning law enforcement from wearing face masks and accessing schools 12 days after the Supreme Court allowed roving immigration patrols. September 21, 2025 View Details The CDC backtracks on a remote work ban for disabled employees four days after a union called the new HHS policy a civil rights violation. September 20, 2025 View Details A CDC panel appointed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. votes to require a doctor’s consultation for COVID shots for most Americans. September 20, 2025 View Details RFK Jr.’s new CDC vaccine panel votes to withdraw the recommendation for a combined measles vaccine for young children one day after the ousted CDC director warned of political pressure. September 19, 2025 View Details The National Academy of Sciences refutes the scientific basis for the Trump administration’s proposal to revoke the 2009 climate endangerment finding. September 18, 2025 View Details Ousted CDC Director Susan Monarez tells a Senate committee that HHS Secretary Kennedy ordered her to fire scientists and pre-approve vaccine recommendations. September 18, 2025 View Details Democrats warn OPM is unprepared to run the new postal health benefits program due to staffing and funding shortfalls September 17, 2025 View Details House Republicans released a seven-week government funding bill, setting up a shutdown fight with Democrats over health care provisions September 17, 2025 View Details Health Secretary Kennedy continues his overhaul of the CDC vaccine panel, adding five new members days before a vote on COVID boosters. September 16, 2025 View Details Trump attacks the NFL’s new player safety rule for kickoffs, calling it ‘sissy football’ and ‘bad for America.’ September 16, 2025 View Details A federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s HUD from awarding housing grants under new rules targeting sanctuary jurisdictions and transgender-inclusive policies. September 14, 2025 View Details Tell your reps in DC to protect Obamacare credits and block Medicaid cuts — act now at resist.bot or text SIGN PDWCML to 50409” September 13, 2025 View Details Belgium says a USAID claim that it destroyed $10 million in contraceptives is false, confirming the supplies are still in a warehouse. September 13, 2025 View Details Trump officials will present unverified reports of 25 child deaths to a hand-picked CDC panel to justify new COVID vaccine limits. September 13, 2025 View Details HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. directs federal funds to a no-bid contract to research the disproven link between vaccines and autism. September 13, 2025 View Details The Trump EPA plans to eliminate the program that has tracked industrial greenhouse gases since 2009, citing $2.4 billion in business savings. September 13, 2025 View Details Public health advocates are urging a last-minute comment campaign after HHS Secretary RFK Jr. fired the entire CDC vaccine panel and its director. The public comment deadline is Saturday, Sept. 13; the People’s CDC provides a template for submission. September 12, 2025 View Details The Trump administration destroyed nearly $10 million in contraceptives for low-income countries based on the false claim they cause abortions. September 12, 2025 View Details A U.S. appeals court reversed a lower court’s order, allowing the Trump administration to block Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood. September 12, 2025 View Details A federal judge blocks a Trump administration rule cutting immigrant access to Head Start and health clinics in 20 states that challenged the policy. September 11, 2025 View Details Citing the Supreme Court’s Skrmetti decision, the 11th Circuit rules a Georgia county can deny gender-affirming surgery because the exclusion is based on diagnosis, not discrimination. September 11, 2025 View Details A revised White House health report from HHS Secretary Kennedy scrubs criticism of the food and chemical industries in favor of deregulation and more research. September 10, 2025 View Details Trump targets pharma companies with an enforcement action on social media ads, a step back from Kennedy’s vow to ban them from TV. September 10, 2025 View Details Ousted CDC Director Susan Monarez will testify to the Senate next week about her firing by HHS Secretary Kennedy over a vaccine dispute. September 10, 2025 View Details A federal judge blocks a Justice Dept. subpoena for transgender patient records, ruling it a bad-faith effort to harass Boston Children’s Hospital and intimidate patients. September 10, 2025 View Details Trump promotes a debunked vaccine-autism theory just days after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended his anti-vaccine stance to Congress. September 9, 2025 View Details Florida’s surgeon general says no study is needed for his plan to end all school vaccine mandates, a policy he previously likened to ‘slavery’. September 8, 2025 View Details Two months after employees accused leadership of undermining public health and scientific progress, the EPA suspends dozens and moves to fire others. September 7, 2025 View Details HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to link Tylenol to autism, contradicting FDA guidance and established medical science. September 6, 2025 View Details The Trump administration buried a federal study on alcohol and cancer after industry allies in Congress commissioned a competing report. September 6, 2025 View Details Trump publicly defends some vaccines nine days after firing his CDC director over conflicts with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. September 6, 2025 View Details On the same day RFK Jr. testified to Congress, Massachusetts bypassed the CDC to require insurers to cover state-recommended vaccines. September 5, 2025 View Details HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faces bipartisan calls for his resignation during a chaotic hearing on his CDC shake-up and vaccine policies. September 5, 2025 View Details More than 1,000 current and former HHS employees wrote to Congress demanding the resignation of Secretary Kennedy, accusing him of endangering the nation’s health. September 4, 2025 View Details The Texas Legislature has passed a bill that allows private citizens to sue individuals who assist others in obtaining abortion pills, a practice commonly known as “bounty hunting.” September 4, 2025 View Details HHS Secretary RFK Jr. adds seven new members to the CDC vaccine panel months after firing the entire original committee. September 4, 2025 View Details HHS will restore over 100 health webpages after settling a lawsuit with doctors over their removal as part of a ban on the word “gender.” September 4, 2025 View Details The governors of California, Oregon, and Washington formed a vaccine alliance days after HHS Secretary RFK Jr. fired the CDC director over a dispute on vaccine access. September 4, 2025 View Details Florida Gov. DeSantis and his surgeon general moved to end all vaccine mandates, targeting decades-old requirements for polio and measles in schools. September 4, 2025 View Details HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removes vaccine scientist and vocal critic Paul Offit from a key FDA advisory panel. September 3, 2025 View Details Senator Rand Paul attacks former CDC official Demetre Daskalakis’s ‘lifestyle’ days after he resigned to protest administration policy. September 3, 2025 View Details Trump stated he would consider reopening long-term psychiatric institutions, or “insane asylums,” to involuntarily confine mentally ill people and clear them from city streets. September 2, 2025 View Details Trump publicly demands drug companies prove the efficacy of his own Operation Warp Speed vaccines just days after his HHS secretary’s anti-vaccine actions roiled the CDC. September 2, 2025 View Details Nine former CDC directors accused HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of endangering public health days after he ousted the agency’s director for refusing to support his vaccine and personnel changes. September 2, 2025 View Details Robert Mueller’s family reveals he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease four years ago, following a House subpoena for his testimony on the Epstein case. September 1, 2025 View Details FDA’s top vaccine regulator Vinay Prasad demands the removal of a YouTube channel documenting his past criticisms of Covid vaccines. September 1, 2025 View Details HHS orders CDC employees back to the office 38 days after a deadly shooting and just days after firing the agency’s director. August 31, 2025 View Details A top CDC official revealed after resigning that HHS Secretary RFK Jr. has not received measles, COVID-19, and flu briefings from CDC staff. August 30, 2025 View Details Photo gallery shows CDC workers saluting and rallying in Atlanta as senior scientists are escorted out during White House push to remove director. August 29, 2025 View Details National Cancer Institute ends funding for pediatric brain cancer consortium after 26 years, shifting support to broader Children’s Oncology Group network. August 29, 2025 View Details CVS blocks Covid vaccines in 16 states until CDC panel meets, leaving access restricted while federal delays stall new recommendations. August 29, 2025 View Details HHS Secretary Kennedy attacked the CDC’s priorities one day after firing its director, mischaracterizing its list of medical advances to include abortion. August 29, 2025 View Details HHS Secretary Kennedy installed his own deputy as acting CDC director after his fired chief, Susan Monarez, refused to leave the agency. August 29, 2025 View Details HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pressures West Virginia to weaken its school vaccine mandate, citing civil rights laws to demand a religious exemption. August 28, 2025 View Details CDC confirms it cut its foodborne illness surveillance program in July, reducing the number of pathogens it tracks from eight to two. August 28, 2025 View Details FDA restricts fall COVID shots to high-risk groups, a major reversal of the previous universal recommendation for everyone 6 months and older. August 28, 2025 View Details White House fires CDC director after she refused to resign over ‘unscientific’ orders, prompting four other top officials to quit. August 28, 2025 View Details Judge upholds Trump law cutting Medicaid funding from Maine clinics that provide abortions, diverging from a Massachusetts ruling that restored Planned Parenthood support nationwide. August 26, 2025 View Details HHS moves to strip thousands of CDC, FDA and NIH employees of union rights after court clears Trump executive order restricting federal bargaining. August 23, 2025 View Details Alaska medical board advances rule to punish doctors providing gender-affirming care to minors as GOP board member resigns to run for governor. August 23, 2025 View Details Supreme Court allows Trump to cut $783 million in research grants Congress had appropriated under anti-DEI push. August 22, 2025 View Details Trump budget office withholds over half of PEPFAR’s $6 billion despite congressional appropriation, jeopardizing a program credited with saving millions of lives. August 22, 2025 View Details Trump administration cuts $12 million California health grant after state refused to drop transgender content from teen pregnancy program. August 22, 2025 View Details At least 600 CDC employees receive termination notices after court ruling, cutting violence prevention and other programs weeks after campus shooting. August 21, 2025 View Details Trump administration eliminates gender-affirming care coverage from federal employee health plans starting in 2026, with only narrow exceptions. August 21, 2025 View Details Federal judge orders Justice Dept to explain Trump administration subpoenas seeking trans minors’ patient records under dubious legal theories after Children’s Hospital warns of trauma. August 21, 2025 View Details American Academy of Pediatrics urges COVID vaccination for infants and toddlers, defying RFK Jr. and CDC rollback that dropped shots for healthy children. August 20, 2025 View Details Rubio defends halting medical visas for Gazans following inquiries from GOP congressmen, citing concerns about Hamas-linked organizations. August 18, 2025 View Details COVID infections climb in midsummer wave as FDA delays push updated vaccines to mid-September, leaving most Americans with risk factors uncertain about protection. August 17, 2025 View Details CBO warns Trump’s new tax law could trigger hundreds of billions in automatic cuts beginning in 2026, including up to $250B from Medicare, unless Congress intervenes. August 17, 2025 View Details Blumenthal urges RFK Jr. to fire Malone from CDC vaccine panel after violent posts linked to attack on agency. August 16, 2025 View Details Trump administration orders DC police to clear homeless encampments as city officials scramble to provide shelters and resources. August 16, 2025 View Details Federal judge orders stop to HHS sharing Medicaid enrollee data with DHS after AP exposé reveals daily access to 79 million records. August 15, 2025 View Details Costco will not sell abortion pill mifepristone at its pharmacies following pressure from anti-abortion groups and Republican attorneys general. August 15, 2025 View Details HHS revives long-dormant childhood vaccine safety task force led by NIH’s Jay Bhattacharya after push from RFK Jr. and anti-vaccine activists. August 15, 2025 View Details Maine Family Planning sues Trump administration to restore Medicaid funds lost after independent clinics were swept into national Planned Parenthood defunding policy. August 14, 2025 View Details VA inspector general finds severe healthcare staffing shortages rose 50% this fiscal year as department cuts nearly 30,000 jobs through attrition. August 13, 2025 View Details Trump’s former surgeon general warns decision to cut $500 million in mRNA vaccine research will cost lives, undercut public health trust. August 11, 2025 View Details Arizona senator Ruben Gallego rallies Iowa Democrats against Trump’s tax law, spotlighting Medicaid cuts and targeting Iowa GOP politicians ahead of 2026 August 10, 2025 View Details FDA reinstates Vinay Prasad as vaccine chief less than two weeks after White House ouster sparked by Laura Loomer campaign, bolstering Makary and RFK Jr. August 10, 2025 View Details OPM orders agencies to expunge federal workers’ COVID vaccine noncompliance and exemption records hours after a Texas court dismissed Feds for Medical Freedom’s mandate suit. August 10, 2025 View Details Gunman who distrusted Covid vaccines kills Atlanta police officer in CDC attack tied to growing hostility toward public health agencies. August 10, 2025 View Details DHS stalls $115 million in FEMA-approved Helene aid while Trump-era GOP slashed FEMA and branded it useless during 2024 Helene response. August 9, 2025 View Details Gunman believed to target CDC opens fire near Emory University Aug 8 killing DeKalb officer and triggering shelter-in-place as motive remains unclear. August 9, 2025 View Details Trump paused a Medicare crackdown on skin substitutes after MAGA Inc. received $5 million from Extremity Care owner Oliver Burckhardt. August 8, 2025 View Details Epidemiologist warns fall vaccine access threatened as federal rollout system remains stalled in August without clear guidance. August 7, 2025 View Details Trump threatens escalating pharmaceutical tariffs reaching 250% over 18 months while demanding companies cut U.S. drug prices by September. August 6, 2025 View Details Kennedy ends $500 million in BARDA contracts for future mRNA vaccines, gutting pandemic preparedness tools experts say are crucial for next crisis. August 6, 2025 View Details GAO finds Trump administration violated federal budget law by canceling 1,800 NIH grants and withholding $8 billion to target diversity programs. August 6, 2025 View Details Trump reverses Biden’s expansion of VA abortion services as Republicans claim 2022 policy violated 1992 congressional prohibition. August 5, 2025 View Details White House retreats from IVF insurance mandate despite Trump’s campaign pledge, claiming legal constraints but planning no congressional action. August 3, 2025 View Details Wisconsin confirms first measles cases of 2025 with nine in Oconto County after public health officials warned state’s low vaccination rates made it vulnerable. August 3, 2025 View Details Trump administration blocks up to $300 million in CDC funding for gun violence prevention and health programs despite congressional approval in escalating appropriations fight. August 2, 2025 View Details Trump order revives Presidential Fitness Test in schools, naming golfer Bryson DeChambeau to lead sports council as part of broader conservative sports agenda. August 1, 2025 View Details CDC says kindergarten vaccine exemptions hit record 4.1 percent for the 2024-25 school year; critics link measles surge to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. August 1, 2025 View Details CDC removes outside experts from vaccine advisory workgroups, consolidating control a month after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired the ACIP panel. August 1, 2025 View Details Trump touts pledges from Amazon, Apple, Google and OpenAI for a national patient data sharing system, raising privacy warnings about HIPAA gaps. July 31, 2025 View Details California leads 23 Democratic states suing Trump administration to permanently block Planned Parenthood funding cuts after federal judge temporarily halted them Monday. July 30, 2025 View Details FDA official Vinay Prasad resigns after less than three months following pressure from Trump allies who called him progressive saboteur. July 30, 2025 View Details Senate confirms Susan Monarez as first CDC director under 2023 law requiring confirmation as agency faces massive staffing cuts. July 30, 2025 View Details Sanders and Jayapal to headline free livestream Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET explaining Trump cuts to Medicaid and Medicare while organizing resistance. July 29, 2025 View Details Texas sues New York clerk for protecting local doctor from $100,000 fine over abortion pills prescribed to Texas patient. July 29, 2025 View Details Kennedy announces plan to overhaul Vaccine Injury Compensation Program he calls corrupt despite past financial stake in vaccine injury lawsuits. July 29, 2025 View Details Judge Indira Talwani orders continued Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood after ruling Trump’s targeted exclusion likely unconstitutional. July 29, 2025 View Details Trump pressures Netanyahu to allow more food aid into Gaza after seeing images he describes as ‘real starvation’ during Scotland meeting with Starmer. July 29, 2025 View Details Trump’s approval drops to 37% second-term low after signing tax cut bill that slashed Medicaid and nutrition programs, with independents falling 17 points. July 28, 2025 View Details Kennedy plans to oust the 16‑member Preventive Services Task Force, the panel that sets insurer coverage for cancer screenings and preventive care, but HHS denies it. July 26, 2025 View Details Trump order pushes forced hospitalization of homeless individuals, reversing housing‑first policy and favoring treatment over shelter. July 25, 2025 Trump administration asks Supreme Court to revive NIH grant cancellations after Massachusetts judge ruled hundreds were illegal and ordered their restoration. July 25, 2025 View Details US and Israel leave Gaza ceasefire talks, accusing Hamas of bad faith as child malnutrition and aid deaths escalate. July 25, 2025 View Details Trump EPA moves to reregister twice-banned pesticide less than a month after installing former soybean industry lobbyist Kyle Kunkler as pesticides chief. July 24, 2025 View Details State Dept. quietly plans to end AIDS program that saved 26 million lives despite Congress restoring funding during negotiations this month. July 24, 2025 View Details RFK Jr. approves removing thimerosal from flu vaccines despite no scientific evidence of harm after CDC committee heard in June from anti-vaccine group he founded. July 24, 2025 View Details Days after Trump claimed credit for the idea, Coca-Cola announced it will launch a new soda for the U.S. market that uses cane sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup. July 23, 2025 View Details The Trump Labor Department has proposed more than 60 rule changes that would weaken workplace safety oversight and eliminate minimum wage and overtime protections for millions of workers. July 23, 2025 View Details The EPA, led by Administrator Lee Zeldin and Jeffrey Clark, seeks to repeal the 2009 endangerment finding, eliminating the legal basis for all climate regulations. July 23, 2025 View Details A federal judge has partially blocked a Trump administration law to defund Planned Parenthood, shielding some clinics while the legal fight continues. July 22, 2025 View Details 21 Democratic AGs are suing to block a Trump rule cutting immigrant access to health, housing, and Head Start that the White House claims saves $40B. July 22, 2025 View Details CBO says Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” adds $3.3T to debt and leaves 11.8M uninsured, while the GOP uses an alternate baseline to claim savings. July 22, 2025 View Details VA abandons plan for 80,000 layoffs, but launches new mission review after forcing reorganization planners to sign non-disclosure agreements. July 22, 2025 View Details The FDA appointed former pharmaceutical executive George Tidmarsh, a recent critic of the agency’s leadership and industry ties, to direct its main drug review office. July 22, 2025 View Details The Trump administration is using a $1.5 million grant to pivot the 55-year-old Title X birth control program toward controversial, non-IVF infertility treatments favored by religious conservatives. July 21, 2025 View Details Trump diagnosed with benign chronic venous insufficiency after internet notices leg swelling. July 18, 2025 View Details ICE gains direct access to Medicaid data on 80 million Americans to locate immigrants for deportation. July 18, 2025 View Details FDA authorizes Juul e-cigarettes after Trump promised to save vaping industry during campaign. July 18, 2025 View Details Trump grants coal plants and chemical manufacturers two-year exemption from Biden-era pollution standards. July 18, 2025 View Details RFK Jr. fires HHS chief of staff Heather Flick and deputy Hannah Anderson in chaotic shakeup after improper termination process bypassed White House protocols. July 17, 2025 View Details CDC cuts to Texas emergency preparedness funding force cancellation of Rio Grande Valley’s 26-year-old free health clinic serving over 6,600 people annually. July 17, 2025 View Details The NIH fired its chief operating officer as officials investigate a $3.3 million sole-source contract that could have benefited his spouse. July 16, 2025 View Details HHS fired thousands of employees at the FDA, CDC, and NIH just days after a Supreme Court ruling allowed the workforce reduction plan to proceed. July 16, 2025 View Details The Veterans Affairs Dept is requiring senior executives to approve telework for disabled employees, a policy the AFGE union claims is designed to push those workers out. July 16, 2025 View Details Citing the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed West Virginia’s authority to restrict the abortion pill mifepristone beyond federal FDA regulations. July 16, 2025 View Details RFK Jr. falsely claims no Medicaid cuts in big beautiful bill despite law slashing $1 trillion through work requirements and state funding restrictions. July 15, 2025 View Details Bondi drops charges against Utah doctor accused of destroying Covid vaccines amid mounting MAGA pressure and calls for her resignation over Epstein files. July 13, 2025 View Details DOJ sues California claiming voter-approved animal welfare laws drive up egg prices nationwide despite avian flu being primary cause of increases. July 12, 2025 View Details AG Bondi issues subpoenas to 20 clinics providing trans care to minors while calling doctors who perform procedures part of “warped ideology.” July 12, 2025 View Details Trump’s sudden suspension of $4 billion HIV funding prompts UN warning of 4 million deaths by 2029 after program cuts. July 11, 2025 View Details Former White House doctor Kevin O’Connor pleads Fifth Amendment and declines to testify in House Oversight Committee probe of Biden’s mental fitness while president. July 10, 2025 View Details Ongoing protests as largest US public transgender youth clinic at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles closes July 22 after Trump threatens federal funding cuts. July 10, 2025 View Details Kennedy abruptly cancels preventive services task force meeting without explanation after Supreme Court ruling affirmed he can remove members and veto recommendations July 10, 2025 View Details US measles cases hit 1,288 in worst outbreak in 30 years with three deaths as state and federal leaders keep vaccination program funding stagnant despite falling immunization rates. July 10, 2025 View Details Trump announces 50% tariff on copper imports starting in August and plans 200% pharmaceutical tariff for later implementation as part of expanding trade pressure campaign. July 9, 2025 View Details Health Secretary RFK Jr. barred registered Democrats from serving as vaccine advisors and required Republican or independent registration for CDC committee, lawsuit alleges. July 9, 2025 View Details GSA directs agencies to eliminate 332 federal websites including CDC vaccine tracking site and State Dept’s Palestinian Affairs office following Trump administration streamlining order. July 8, 2025 View Details Trump administration abandons plan to rewrite Biden asbestos ban after public outcry including Hillary Clinton’s “Make Asbestos Great Again” criticism. July 8, 2025 View Details RFK Jr. promotes Medicaid/Medicare meal company as health solution despite offerings being ultraprocessed foods he routinely criticizes. July 8, 2025 View Details Judge temporarily blocks Planned Parenthood defunding in Trump megabill hours after lawsuit filed, marking first successful challenge to legislation. July 8, 2025 View Details Medical groups sue Health Dept and RFK Jr. for unlawful vaccine changes after cutting COVID recommendations and firing entire CDC advisory panel. July 8, 2025 View Details KY Governor Beshear calls Trump’s megabill “attack on rural America” as 35 state hospitals risk closure and 200,000 Kentuckians lose Medicaid coverage. July 7, 2025 View Details National Economic Council Director Hassett dismisses concerns over 12 million Americans losing Medicaid coverage, saying “best way to get insurance is to get a job.” July 7, 2025 View Details ICE releases 6-year-old Honduran boy with leukemia and family after month-long detention sparked public outcry and federal lawsuit. July 4, 2025 View Details Trump officially signs bill extending tax cuts for wealthy and cutting $1.2 trillion in Medicaid and food stamps at White House July 4 event. July 4, 2025 View Details Planned Parenthood vows to sue Trump administration over provision in megabill that blocks Medicaid funding for one year. July 4, 2025 View Details Missouri judge lifts state abortion ban with preliminary injunction allowing Planned Parenthood to resume services Monday. July 4, 2025 View Details House Republicans pass Trump’s multitrillion-dollar tax bill and here’s exactly how it changes your taxes, healthcare and benefits. July 4, 2025 View Details Federal judge issues 103-page ruling blasting “newly-minted war” against health research as systematic discrimination after finding officials illegally canceled grants based on race, gender and ideology. July 3, 2025 View Details Veterans Crisis Line workers forced to juggle multiple suicide prevention conversations simultaneously as understaffing overwhelms system designed to help more than a dozen veterans who die by suicide daily. July 3, 2025 View Details Wisconsin’s liberal-controlled Supreme Court strikes down 176-year-old abortion ban in 4-3 ruling as conservative justices accuse majority of “raw exercise of political power.” July 3, 2025 View Details Kennedy’s FDA vaccine chief overrules government scientists to restrict COVID shots despite staff conclusions that benefits outweigh rare side effects. July 3, 2025 View Details Twenty states sue Trump administration for allegedly sharing millions of Medicaid beneficiaries’ health data with ICE in violation of HIPAA and federal privacy laws. July 2, 2025 View Details RFK Jr.’s HHS cancels federal scientists’ access to Nature and other major journals while calling them “junk science” and “pharmaceutical propaganda.” July 2, 2025 View Details Rhode Island federal judge blocks Kennedy’s plan to lay off 10,000 HHS workers after he admitted rushing cuts to capitalize on “political momentum” rather than evaluating employees. July 2, 2025 View Details Democratic cities sue Trump administration over new Obamacare restrictions that the government estimates will cause up to 1.8 million Americans to lose health insurance. July 2, 2025 View Details Over 170 EPA employees publicly dissent against Trump administration environmental policies with support from 20 Nobel laureates who warn people will die. July 1, 2025 View Details CALL RIGHT NOW: CBS breaks down how Trump megabill cuts healthcare and food assistance for seniors, disabled and poor Americans while extending $4 trillion in tax cuts for wealthy as Senate voting begins Monday. June 30, 2025 View Details Trump urges Senate Republicans to overrule nonpartisan parliamentarian after she strikes down Medicaid cuts, dismissing her as “unelected Senate Staffer” who shouldn’t hurt GOP bill. June 30, 2025 View Details Senate parliamentarian strikes down several healthcare cuts in Trump’s megabill including Alaska Medicaid carveouts, nursing home staffing protections and drug price provisions, but approves anti-immigrant restrictions to help fund tax cuts. June 30, 2025 View Details GOP Sen. Thom Tillis announces retirement day after Trump threatens primary challenge over opposition to Medicaid cuts, saying independent-thinking lawmakers are becoming “endangered species.” June 30, 2025 View Details Senate Republicans postpone overnight voting on Trump’s $4 trillion package until Monday after Democrats force 16-hour reading of 940-page bill and threaten marathon amendment session. June 30, 2025 View Details Trump says he will meet with potential GOP primary challengers to oppose Tillis after North Carolina senator votes against “big, beautiful bill” over Medicaid cuts. June 29, 2025 View Details Every major Louisiana health system warns Speaker Johnson and Majority Leader Scalise that Senate GOP Medicaid cuts would cause “historic devastation” and slash $4 billion from the state. June 29, 2025 View Details Senate Republicans advance Trump’s tax cuts after midnight bill release that would strip health insurance from 11 million and food assistance from millions more while offering tax cuts to top earners. June 29, 2025 View Details Senate GOP rushes near-1,000-page domestic package to Saturday vote without Finance text, leaving Thune pressuring colleagues to approve a bill they still haven’t seen. June 28, 2025 View Details Supreme Court’s 6–3 ruling keeps ACA preventive-care coverage intact and confirms HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. can override the task force deciding which services insurers must cover. June 28, 2025 View Details Senate parliamentarian blocks $250 billion in Medicaid cuts from Trump’s signature bill, jeopardizing July 4th deadline and tax cut funding. June 27, 2025 View Details RFK Jr. and Oklahoma governor announce SNAP waiver to ban soda, candy, and baked goods purchases for poor families at health event. June 27, 2025 View Details RFK Jr.’s handpicked vaccine committee votes against flu vaccines containing thimerosal after his office removed CDC safety report from agency website. June 27, 2025 View Details Supreme Court eliminates Medicaid patients’ right to sue over provider restrictions, allowing South Carolina to defund Planned Parenthood in state facing healthcare deserts. June 27, 2025 View Details RFK Jr.’s vaccine-skeptic appointees cancel planned COVID-19 booster vote and question vaccine safety data in chaotic first CDC meeting. June 26, 2025 View Details RFK Jr. halts U.S. funding to global vaccine alliance Gavi, claiming group “ignores the science” on vaccine safety. June 26, 2025 View Details Vaccine panel loses one of eight new members day before first meeting after Kennedy fired all existing experts and appointed anti-vaccine advocates. June 25, 2025 View Details Sen. Cassidy calls for postponing vaccine advisory panel meeting, citing new members’ lack of relevant expertise after HHS head Kennedy broke confirmation promises. June 24, 2025 View Details Delaware Governor Matt Meyer signs executive order shielding gender-affirming care providers from investigations based solely on providing such treatment. June 22, 2025 View Details Trump administration forces out top FDA gene therapy reviewers who supported drug approvals that new RFK Jr. appointee opposed. June 22, 2025 View Details NIH office responsible for AIDS treatment guidelines plans to phase them out by next June without identifying replacement agency. June 22, 2025 View Details Internal emails obtained by The Washington Post Wednesday reveal NIH briefly lifted Columbia’s grant freeze before Trump officials reinstated it hours later, demanding extra approvals amid ongoing antisemitism funding dispute. June 20, 2025 View Details Texas federal judge Matthew Kacsmaryk voids Biden HHS rule shielding abortion and gender care records from prosecutors and says expanded HIPAA privacy exceeds agency authority. June 20, 2025 View Details California senators demand Trump officials stop using Medicaid data for deportations after administration gave CMS 54-minute deadline to share millions of enrollees’ immigration status. June 19, 2025 View Details Justice Dept. plans to cut two-thirds of inspectors monitoring gun dealers for illegal sales as part of Trump administration effort to “defang and downsize” ATF. June 19, 2025 View Details New data shows Medicare and Social Security stop paying full benefits in 8-9 years, earlier than projected, before accounting for Trump’s pending budget bill that would trigger additional Medicare cuts. June 19, 2025 View Details Trump administration ends Trevor Project’s specialized LGBTQ+ suicide prevention service through federal hotline, giving nonprofit 30 days notice to shut down program. June 19, 2025 View Details Brain-dead Georgia woman kept on life support for four months under state abortion law gives birth before family can end treatment. June 18, 2025 View Details All 17 fired vaccine advisors unite to blast RFK Jr.’s “destabilizing decisions” and “troubling disregard for scientific integrity” in JAMA editorial. June 18, 2025 View Details CDC announces at all-hands meeting it has reinstated one-third of employees fired in botched April reduction-in-force after lawsuit exposed “hopelessly error-ridden” data. June 18, 2025 View Details FDA offers expedited drug reviews to companies promoting vaguely-defined “national priorities,” giving officials unprecedented discretion over which pharmaceutical firms benefit. June 18, 2025 View Details Federal judge blocks Trump from unconstitutionally cutting congressionally-approved CDC funding to four Democratic cities. June 18, 2025 View Details Senate Republicans from both wings reject Finance Committee’s Medicaid cuts hours after rollout, threatening Trump’s July 4th deadline for “big, beautiful bill.” June 17, 2025 View Details White House denies Guardian report that VA hospitals are already refusing care to veterans based on marital status and political affiliation under January executive order. June 17, 2025 View Details EPA plans to reconsider ban on cancer-causing asbestos that kills 40,000 Americans annually and is banned in more than 50 countries. June 17, 2025 View Details Reagan-appointed federal judge rules Trump’s cancellation of $1 billion in NIH diversity research grants illegal, calling it “palpable” racial discrimination. June 17, 2025 View Details Senior CDC virus expert Fiona Havers resigns citing concerns data will no longer be used objectively after RFK Jr. purges vaccine advisory committee. June 17, 2025 View Details Kennedy advisers order federal health officials to hand over millions of Medicaid enrollees’ personal data to immigration authorities within 45 minutes despite privacy law concerns. June 14, 2025 View Details Kennedy attempts to reverse firing of 328 health workers after admitting cuts to coal miner and 9/11 responder health programs “should not have been made.” June 12, 2025 View Details RFK Jr. names eight vaccine advisory panel replacements including Robert Malone, dubbed “misinformation star” by New York Times, and multiple other COVID vaccine critics. June 12, 2025 View Details HHS official Calley Means attacks FDA and medical establishment as corrupt while running company that sells alternative health products through tax-free accounts. June 11, 2025 View Details LA lawmakers pass bill allowing lawsuits against out-of-state doctors who mail abortion pills after NY refuses to extradite physician charged with felony. June 11, 2025 View Details MT Supreme Court strikes down 2021 GOP abortion restrictions as unconstitutional as anti-abortion groups file same-day lawsuit challenging voter-approved constitutional amendment. June 11, 2025 View Details 92 NIH scientists sign public letter challenging Trump-appointed director Bhattacharya over $12 billion in terminated research grants, including studies that cut tuberculosis patients off treatment mid-course. June 10, 2025 View Details Kennedy fires entire CDC vaccine advisory committee for first time in 61-year history, cutting short 13 Biden appointees’ terms through 2028. June 10, 2025 View Details Anti-vaccine advocate David Geier, hired by RFK Jr. despite lacking medical license, now seeks access to CDC vaccine data he was twice barred from reviewing. June 8, 2025 View Details DOGE deployed error-ridden AI program using outdated models to identify Veterans Affairs contracts for potential cancellation despite major flaws. June 8, 2025 View Details VA employees rally on National Mall against Collins’ plan to cut 80,000 positions as return-to-office mandate creates workspace shortages forcing nurses to empty trash and some workers to work from cars in the parking lot. June 7, 2025 View Details EPA moves to end greenhouse gas reporting requirements for large polluters, risking reversal of 20% emissions decline achieved since Obama-era accountability rule took effect in 2010. June 7, 2025 View Details CDC shifts disease surveillance data to Peter Thiel’s Palantir system as Trump administration expands firm’s access to Americans’ health information across agencies. June 7, 2025 View Details Trump Bedminster calls health inspection “politically motivated attack” after receiving C rating for 18 violations including improper food handling and contamination risks. June 6, 2025 View Details CDC official overseeing COVID-19 vaccine recommendations resigns after RFK Jr. bypassed scientific committee to impose guidance excluding pregnant women from vaccination recommendations. June 5, 2025 View Details Federal judge blocks Trump’s order cutting transgender inmates’ hormone therapy after prison officials abruptly stopped treatment that could cause depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts when discontinued. June 4, 2025 View Details Trump administration revokes Biden-era guidance requiring hospitals to provide emergency abortions to stabilize patients, despite federal law mandating emergency rooms treat all medical emergencies. June 4, 2025 View Details Sen. Joni Ernst doubles down on “we all are going to die” Medicaid comment with sarcastic cemetery video apologizing for assuming constituents knew humans are mortal and recommending Jesus Christ. June 2, 2025 View Details Sen. Joni Ernst tells Iowa town hall “we all are going to die” when confronted about Medicaid cuts, later dismissing criticism as “hysteria coming from the left.” May 31, 2025 View Details Trump administration ends HIV vaccine funding weeks before potential approval of breakthrough prevention drug, with scientists warning cuts will set back research “a probable decade.” May 31, 2025 View Details CDC contradicts RFK Jr. by saying healthy children “may receive” COVID vaccine after Kennedy directed agency to stop recommending shots for kids without underlying conditions. May 31, 2025 View Details Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again report cited nonexistent studies while White House deflects questions about whether AI generated the fake research. May 30, 2025 View Details The Trump administration ended humanitarian parole for a 4-year-old patient at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, putting her lifesaving care at risk while officials consider her family’s deportation. May 29, 2025 View Details HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. proposed barring government scientists from publishing in top medical journals and creating in-house journals, claiming industry corruption. May 29, 2025 View Details HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. bypassed CDC and expert review to end federal COVID-19 vaccine recommendations for healthy pregnant women and children. May 29, 2025 View Details Trump administration canceled $766 million Moderna contract for H5N1 bird flu vaccine as company reported positive trial results. May 29, 2025 View Details Missouri Supreme Court halts abortions again by ordering district judge to reconsider ban despite voter approval. May 28, 2025 View Details RFK Jr. removes COVID vaccines from CDC recommended schedule for healthy children and pregnant women without advisory committee input. May 28, 2025 View Details U.S. and Argentina launch alternative to WHO after both countries withdraw from global health organization. May 28, 2025 View Details NIH staff staged walkout during director Jay Bhattacharya’s town hall last week over research cuts and his claims that NIH-funded research may have caused the Covid-19 pandemic. May 27, 2025 View Details EPA confirms it is drafting plan to eliminate all greenhouse gas limits on coal and natural gas power plants, claiming U.S. emissions don’t contribute significantly to climate change. May 25, 2025 View Details GOP agriculture chairs tell Kennedy’s health commission to “adhere to sound science” after report links widely-used pesticides to chronic disease, marking first Republican pushback against Trump’s health and human services secretary. May 24, 2025 View Details Trump funding freeze forces Planned Parenthood to close eight health clinics in Minnesota and Iowa, shuttering the state’s only Planned Parenthood abortion facility and laying off 66 employees. May 24, 2025 View Details Senate Republicans use controversial Congressional Review Act to overturn California’s ban on new gas-only car sales by 2035 despite warnings the move violates congressional rules and could worsen air pollution. May 23, 2025 View Details Trump claims autism “has to be artificially induced” while citing inflated statistics at MAHA event. May 23, 2025 View Details Kennedy’s MAHA commission report blames corporate influence and environmental toxins for childhood disease crisis. May 23, 2025 View Details House passes Trump’s $2.3 trillion tax cut and spending bill by one vote despite CBO projections that 8.6 million people would lose health coverage. May 23, 2025 View Details Trump-appointed federal judge strikes down EEOC regulations requiring employers to provide time off and accommodations for abortions. May 22, 2025 View Details RFK family foundation awards Maine Gov. Mills human rights prize for defying transgender policies of administration where RFK Jr. serves as HHS Secretary. May 20, 2025 View Details Trump falsely claims Biden has ‘Stage 9’ cancer and delayed diagnosis disclosure as part of White House cognitive decline coverup May 20, 2025 View Details Joe Biden diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer that has spread to his bones. May 19, 2025 View Details FDA grants Novavax COVID-19 vaccine full approval but restricts use to adults over 65 and higher-risk individuals, reflecting Trump administration’s vaccine skepticism. May 18, 2025 View Details FBI declares Palm Springs fertility clinic bombing an “intentional act of terrorism” that killed one person and injured four others. May 18, 2025 View Details Trump-appointed judge blocks Trump administration’s attempt to cut $11 billion in congressional public health funding despite HHS claims pandemic is over. May 17, 2025 View Details U.S. measles cases surge to 1,024 across 30 states as CDC reports 13% hospitalization rate despite disease being preventable with vaccination. May 17, 2025 View Details VA reinstates mandatory overtime for claims processors to address 200,000-claim backlog while simultaneously planning to cut 80,000 jobs. May 16, 2025 View Details DeSantis signs bill banning fluoride in Florida’s public water supplies, calling it “forced medication” despite health experts’ warnings. May 16, 2025 View Details Montana judge strikes down ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors as unconstitutional. May 15, 2025 View Details Kennedy claims he is protecting Head Start funding weeks after Trump budget sought to eliminate the program. May 15, 2025 View Details PA Gov Shapiro warns rural hospitals will close and hundreds of thousands of people would lose health insurance under GOP Medicaid cuts. May 15, 2025 View Details Trump’s surgeon general nominee promoted psychedelic therapy and credited mushrooms with helping her find love. May 15, 2025 View Details Kennedy tells Congress “people shouldn’t take medical advice from me” despite being the nation’s top health official. May 15, 2025 View Details EPA plans to weaken drinking water rules by rescinding PFAS limits. May 14, 2025 View Details NIOSH director and key teams reinstated ahead of RFK Jr.’s congressional hearing on HHS layoffs, but major worker safety programs remain shuttered. May 14, 2025 View Details IL Gov Pritzker blocks federal access to personal autism health data two days after Kennedy announces plan to probe condition’s causes. May 13, 2025 View Details House Republicans propose $900 billion Medicaid cuts requiring work for benefits and $35 copays per visit. May 12, 2025 View Details Trump revives previously court-blocked “most favored nation” drug pricing plan claiming 30-80% cuts despite unclear Medicare/Medicaid coverage scope. May 12, 2025 View Details North Dakota reports first measles cases since 2011, becoming 11th state in current U.S. outbreak. May 8, 2025 View Details FDA holds talks with OpenAI about using AI in drug evaluations, using cderGPT project. May 8, 2025 View Details HHS to launch autism data platform after backlash over registry plan. May 8, 2025 View Details Trump administration accused of defying court order by cutting NIH research grants. May 8, 2025 View Details Trump taps wellness influencer Dr. Casey Means for surgeon general after first nominee withdraws over credential scrutiny. May 8, 2025 View Details FDA names COVID policy critic Vinay Prasad to lead vaccines division after former chief quit amid RFK Jr. clashes. May 7, 2025 View Details Trump administration ends CDC infection control panel, halting updates to national hospital guidelines. May 7, 2025 View Details Trump officials and Pelosi press Jordan’s king to honor pledge to treat sick Gazan children. May 6, 2025 View Details Trump administration halts funding for ‘gain-of-function’ research that alters viruses. May 6, 2025 View Details Trump administration halts air-quality monitoring at all national parks, citing contract disputes. May 6, 2025 View Details Trump administration tells judge states have no standing to sue over mifepristone access. May 6, 2025 View Details 20 attorneys general sue to block 25% workforce cuts at HHS under Trump admin. May 6, 2025 View Details FEMA ends door-to-door disaster outreach as Trump administration shifts aid responsibilities to states. May 6, 2025 View Details Researcher who pushed hydroxychloroquine during pandemic returns to HHS in Trump administration. May 5, 2025 View Details More than 15,000 USDA employees have resigned in response to Trump administration offers, briefing reveals. May 4, 2025 View Details Trump administration settles lawsuit and restores Maine school meal funds after state refused to ban trans girls from girls’ sports. May 3, 2025 View Details Trump EPA dismantles science office, reshuffles 1,500 staff in major reorganization. May 3, 2025 View Details Trump budget slashes NIH, CDC, and chronic disease programs in sweeping cuts to public health and research. May 3, 2025 View Details RFK Jr. falsely claims measles vaccine contains fetal tissue and asks CDC for vitamin-based treatments. May 3, 2025 View Details Trump administration backs off plan to defund Head Start but cuts raise fears of backdoor elimination. May 3, 2025 View Details Unsigned HHS report commissioned by Trump promotes psychological treatment over gender-affirming care for trans youth. May 2, 2025 View Details Trump budget proposes 23% cut to domestic spending, 13% boost to defense, and elimination of dozens of social programs. May 2, 2025 View Details One day after HHS cut $1B in school mental health grants, agency mistakenly shares list of 150 child welfare research grants marked for termination. May 2, 2025 View Details Kennedy halts Ebola and deadly virus research at top federal lab. May 1, 2025 View Details Kennedy redirects $500 million in COVID funds to launch universal vaccine project with placebo testing mandate. May 1, 2025 View Details Trump administration ends $1 billion in school mental health grants, citing conflict with Biden-era priorities. May 1, 2025 View Details “Your Local Epidemiologist” Katelyn Jetelina offers webinar on influencing health policy this Friday. April 30, 2025 View Details FL legislature passes bill banning local water fluoridation and restricting plant-based foods from using milk or meat labels. April 30, 2025 View Details HHS chief Robert F. Kennedy Jr. urges parents to “do your own research” on vaccines, despite overseeing the nation’s vaccine safety. April 30, 2025 View Details Trump administration orders Penn to reverse Lia Thomas records and apologize or lose $175 million in federal funding. April 29, 2025 View Details Trump administration slows Covid vaccine approvals by requiring new trials and shifting FDA standards. April 29, 2025 View Details Pentagon hiring for sexual assault and suicide prevention stalled by Trump budget cuts April 29, 2025 View Details HHS reverses course, restores funding for landmark Women’s Health Initiative women’s-health study after backlash April 26, 2025 View Details USDA withdraws Biden-era proposal to cap salmonella in raw poultry products. April 26, 2025 View Details US health officials push to phase out artificial food dyes by 2026, but won’t require it yet. April 23, 2025 View Details DOJ cancels grants for gun-violence prevention, addiction programs, and victim advocacy under Trump directive. April 23, 2025 View Details NIH to launch autism registry and share private medical data for RFK Jr.’s study criticized as stigmatizing and unfounded. April 23, 2025 View Details Kansas reports 37 measles cases linked to Texas and NM outbreaks; governor urges vaccinations. April 23, 2025 View Details House Oversight Chair James Comer refers former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for criminal charges over COVID nursing home cover-up. April 22, 2025 View Details Montana confirms first measles cases in 30+ years; health officials hope high vaccination rates will limit spread. April 22, 2025 View Details RFK Jr. suggests compensating families of people with severe autism, saying his comments apply to 25% and linking the condition to environmental toxins. April 21, 2025 View Details Trump administration to cut another $1 billion from Harvard health research funding after university rejects White House demands. April 21, 2025 View Details Trump’s DOJ sends threats to medical journals, demanding answers over ‘partisan’ science. April 19, 2025 View Details Trump replaces COVID data website with page blaming Fauci and China, deletes info on vaccines and treatment. April 19, 2025 View Details Top NIH nutrition researcher retires early over censorship under RFK Jr.’s leadership at HHS. April 18, 2025 View Details Trump officials fired 43 NIH science advisers—38 of them women or people of color—in a mass purge with no explanation. April 17, 2025 View Details Trump officials asked Medicare to help track undocumented immigrants using a health database tied to Social Security numbers. April 17, 2025 View Details Trump admin proposes 30% cut to health budgets, slashing HIV prevention, mental health care, and chronic disease programs. April 17, 2025 View Details USDA changes position, backs Arkansas plan to ban soda and candy from food stamps. April 16, 2025 View Details Trump exempts nearly 70 coal plants from mercury and toxin pollution limits, including nation’s top polluter. April 16, 2025 View Details HHS systems at risk after DOGE-backed purge guts cybersecurity staff April 15, 2025 View Details Commerce Department opens national security probe into pharma imports, setting up potential tariffs. April 15, 2025 View Details CDC lays off entire cruise outbreak team as infected ship docks and norovirus spikes in Florida. April 13, 2025 View Details HHS officials told Congress they don’t know how many workers were fired under Trump’s mass layoff plan. April 13, 2025 View Details Trump budget would eliminate Head Start, ending preschool and child care for low-income families. April 13, 2025 View Details Miami-Dade mayor vetoes fluoride ban, defying RFK Jr. and Trump-aligned health officials. April 12, 2025 View Details FDA staff walk out as RFK Jr. accuses agency of being ‘sock puppets’ and claims Deep State is real. April 12, 2025 View Details Social Security slashes regional staff and moves all public updates to Musk-owned X posts. April 12, 2025 View Details Trump moves to cut Maine’s K-12 school funding over a handful of transgender athletes. April 12, 2025 View Details Musk’s DOGE hijacks computerized federal grant system, blocking agencies from posting $500B in awards. April 12, 2025 View Details RFK Jr. claims measles is plateauing as cases double last year’s total, top 700, and spread to six states with three dead. April 12, 2025 View Details Kennedy says HHS autism probe will identify cause by September, echoing debunked vaccine claims. April 11, 2025 View Details FDA reverses Trump’s telework ban after resignations and layoffs cripple drug approvals. April 10, 2025 View Details Oz pushes AI avatars to replace doctors and nurses in first Medicare town hall. April 9, 2025 View Details Trump threatens drug tariff as trade rep brags about ‘running up the score’ on Australia. April 9, 2025 View Details Texas measles outbreak hits 505 cases across 10 counties with 2 children dead. April 9, 2025 View Details Maine sues Trump admin for stopping school lunch funding, calls federal action “blatantly illegal” April 8, 2025 View Details RFK Jr. plans to tell CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water, echoing Utah ban and triggering EPA review. April 8, 2025 View Details Trump admin kills final U.S. food aid in Middle East after Musk ally overrides Rubio, UN warns cuts endanger refugees in Syria, Yemen, Jordan, and Lebanon. April 8, 2025 View Details Tuesday’s HHS layoffs disrupted key safety hotlines for food, cosmetics, and infant health as RFK Jr. restructured agency. April 7, 2025 View Details Peer-reviewed study last week shows NIH cancer breakthrough helping 1 in 4 patients, but Trump-era layoffs are delaying treatment rollout. April 7, 2025 View Details Kennedy attends Texas funeral for unvaccinated 8-year-old who died of measles, urges MMR vaccination as 642 U.S. cases span 22 states. April 7, 2025 View Details Rubio-led State Department fires U.S. aid workers while they conduct earthquake relief in Myanmar, where over 3,000 have died. April 6, 2025 View Details NIH plans new autism research as Trump and Kennedy revive vaccine skepticism. April 5, 2025 View Details Chemical lobby races through EPA’s ‘polluter portal’ as two trade groups ask Trump to exempt all toxic air polluters from Biden-era rules. April 5, 2025 View Details Kennedy says 20% of HHS layoffs were mistakes but claims he always planned to get some wrong. April 4, 2025 View Details Judge says she’ll temporarily block Trump’s $11B public health cuts, with full injunction hearing still ahead. April 4, 2025 View Details Senate confirms TV’s ‘Dr. Oz’ to lead Medicare and Medicaid, overseeing coverage for 160 million people, in party-line vote. April 4, 2025 View Details Measles outbreaks spread across five states as U.S. sees more cases in 3 months than in all of last year. April 4, 2025 View Details Top Trump FDA official pauses Novavax Covid-19 vaccine approval in rare intervention overriding staff scientists. April 3, 2025 View Details The day after firing 2,400 workers, Trump administration orders CDC to cut $2.9 billion in contracts, slashing 35 percent of outside spending. April 3, 2025 View Details Scientists and labor unions sue NIH over Trump-era purge of DEI, vaccine, and Covid research, citing $2.4 billion in canceled grants. April 3, 2025 View Details Acting Social Security chief faces resignation calls over rescinded order that made Maine the only state requiring in-person newborn registration at one of just eight federal offices. April 3, 2025 View Details Thousands fired at FDA, NIH, and CDC, HHS workers learn of layoffs when badges stop working or by email. April 2, 2025 View Details 23 states sue Trump administration for cutting $11 billion in public health funding tied to COVID, mental health, and addiction. April 2, 2025 View Details Trump admin withholds $27.5M in congressionally approved health funds from Planned Parenthood, citing DEI and care for undocumented patients. April 1, 2025 View Details Top FDA vaccine official who helped develop COVID shots resigns after refusing to echo RFK Jr.’s “misinformation and lies.” March 29, 2025 View Details Texas-led measles outbreak spreads to four states as U.S. cases top 500, driven by unvaccinated clusters. March 29, 2025 View Details Ohio health officials confirm 10 measles cases as the national total hits 378 in 18 states, with Kansas reporting 23 infections. March 27, 2025 View Details Federal prosecutors are investigating a GSK claim that Pfizer delayed announcing its COVID vaccine success in 2020 to avoid helping Trump before the election. March 27, 2025 View Details Trump administration plans to end U.S. funding for international child vaccines and cut global aid programs, despite warnings of 1.2 million child deaths without support. March 27, 2025 View Details Disgraced anti-vaccine activist who has falsely posed as physician is hired by Trump’s HHS to “prove” debunked autism link using CDC data. March 26, 2025 View Details Trump nominates GOP attorney with history of financial misconduct and anti-abortion crusades to oversee $1 trillion in health fraud investigations. March 26, 2025 View Details RFK Jr. pulls $11.4 billion in CDC COVID funding, declares the pandemic over as 8 senior officials exit and 92,000 Americans die in the past two years. March 26, 2025 View Details Trump administration told researchers to cut sexual orientation data from rural smoking study, prompting withdrawal from federally published health journal. March 23, 2025 View Details DHS shutters watchdog offices monitoring migrant kids, civil rights, detention conditions—calls them roadblocks to immigration enforcement. March 22, 2025 View Details Trump moves student loans to Small Business Administration and children’s special needs programs to HHS after ordering McMahon to close Education Department. March 22, 2025 View Details Trump administration considers drastic cuts to HIV prevention funding, CDC reorganization looms March 19, 2025 View Details Trump’s EPA moves to eliminate science research office, cut 1,000+ experts, critics call it illegal March 19, 2025 View Details HHS removes Surgeon General’s gun violence advisory, erasing public health crisis warning. March 18, 2025 View Details NIH removes Fauci from scientist mural despite his five-decade role leading HIV and COVID efforts. March 16, 2025 View Details Johns Hopkins Univ. has begun laying off more than 2,000 workers after the WH cut USAID funding for programs it administers. March 14, 2025 View Details The WH withdrew its CDC nominee, former FL Rep. and physician Dave Weldon, who supports the debunked claim that vaccines cause autism and other conditions. March 14, 2025 View Details The USDA canceled $1 billion in funding for schools and food banks to buy locally sourced food. March 12, 2025 View Details Federal Judge Amir Ali ordered the White House to provide a status report by Friday on unpaid invoices to relief groups for work done before Feb. 13. March 12, 2025 View Details The Trump administration is proposing to shorten the Affordable Care Act enrollment period and eliminate some subsidies that lower costs. March 11, 2025 View Details HHS Secretary Kennedy blamed a deadly measles outbreak on poor diet and overall health. March 11, 2025 View Details NIH will cancel or cut back grants studying vaccine hesitancy or how to increase acceptance. March 11, 2025 View Details Secretary of State Marco Rubio says 83% of USAID’s programs have been eliminated, with the State Department taking over the rest. March 11, 2025 View Details NIH’s National Cancer Institute must flag all communications and research containing up to 23 terms, including vaccines, fluoride, autism, and peanut allergies. March 11, 2025 View Details 80,000 HHS employees offered a $25K job buyout. March 9, 2025 View Details FEMA cancels National Fire Academy classes days before new training group set to begin. March 9, 2025 View Details NOAA ordered to cut another 1,000 workers, bringing total reductions to 20% of its workforce. March 9, 2025 View Details CDC to study potential vaccine-autism links despite no evidence of connection. March 8, 2025 View Details USDA eliminated two independent science committees advising on food safety issues. March 8, 2025 View Details Federal judge blocks Trump admin from cutting NIH funding. March 7, 2025 View Details Cong. Budget Office: GOP budget targets require Medicare or Medicaid cuts. March 7, 2025 View Details Leaked memo: Department of Veterans Affairs to fire 76K workers. March 7, 2025 View Details NOAA cancels lease for its main forecast center and a radar lab. March 5, 2025 View Details United Nations’ WFP closes Johannesburg hub after Trump aid cuts, shifts its hub 2,500 miles away to Nairobi. March 5, 2025 View Details Kennedy halts public comment on new health rules, ending 54-year policy. March 1, 2025 View Details After firing 1,000 FEMA employees, Trump saw over a dozen senior executives leave and has threatened to disband the disaster relief agency. February 28, 2025 View Details One day after Elon Musk told the Cabinet that USAID’s Ebola programs were restored, several organizations—including UNICEF, which had been working with the U.S. in Africa—were terminated. February 28, 2025 View Details Fired USAID employees and HIV advocates protested in the Capitol including a “die-in”. Police arrested 20 people. February 27, 2025 View Details Kennedy downplayed the SW measles outbreak, where one child is dead. He says 18 hospitalized are quarantined—hospitals contradict him. February 27, 2025 View Details Kennedy canceled the CDC conference to plan next season’s flu vaccine. February 27, 2025 View Details Trump slashes 90% of foreign aid contracts, $60 billion cut. February 27, 2025 View Details The first CDC vaccine safety meeting of the administration was postponed February 25, 2025 View Details Hundreds rallied at HHS for “Fund Don’t Freeze” protesting Musk’s DOGE and billions cut from public health funding February 25, 2025 View Details Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. issued guidance defining only two human sexes and barring trans women from women’s sports February 25, 2025 View Details NIH fires 1,000+ employees by email on Saturday-cuts hit medical device safety, ACA oversight February 24, 2025 View Details CDC, FDA ordered to add anti-trans language to restored websites February 24, 2025 View Details The CDC after a 3 week Trump-ordered pause reports vet caring for cattle were unknowingly infected with H5N1 February 24, 2025 View Details Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., named HHS Secretary despite vaccine denialism and conspiracy theories February 24, 2025 View Details The NIH announced that it would slash biomedical research grants to only cover 15% admin costs February 23, 2025 View Details Fed Health Websites Purge Online Data February 17, 2025 View Details
