HHS official Calley Means attacks FDA and medical establishment as corrupt while running company that sells alternative health products through tax-free accounts.
LA lawmakers pass bill allowing lawsuits against out-of-state doctors who mail abortion pills after NY refuses to extradite physician charged with felony.
MT Supreme Court strikes down 2021 GOP abortion restrictions as unconstitutional as anti-abortion groups file same-day lawsuit challenging voter-approved constitutional amendment.
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.
Kennedy fires entire CDC vaccine advisory committee for first time in 61-year history, cutting short 13 Biden appointees’ terms through 2028. Type / to choose a block
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.
DOGE deployed error-ridden AI program using outdated models to identify Veterans Affairs contracts for potential cancellation despite major flaws.
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.
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.
CDC shifts disease surveillance data to Peter Thiel’s Palantir system as Trump administration expands firm’s access to Americans’ health information across agencies.
Trump Bedminster calls health inspection “politically motivated attack” after receiving C rating for 18 violations including improper food handling and contamination risks.
CDC official overseeing COVID-19 vaccine recommendations resigns after RFK Jr. bypassed scientific committee to impose guidance excluding pregnant women from vaccination recommendations.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.”
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.
Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again report cited nonexistent studies while White House deflects questions about whether AI generated the fake research.
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.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. proposed barring government scientists from publishing in top medical journals and creating in-house journals, claiming industry corruption.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. bypassed CDC and expert review to end federal COVID-19 vaccine recommendations for healthy pregnant women and children.
Trump administration canceled $766 million Moderna contract for H5N1 bird flu vaccine as company reported positive trial results.
Missouri Supreme Court halts abortions again by ordering district judge to reconsider ban despite voter approval.
RFK Jr. removes COVID vaccines from CDC recommended schedule for healthy children and pregnant women without advisory committee input.
U.S. and Argentina launch alternative to WHO after both countries withdraw from global health organization.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Kennedy’s MAHA commission report blames corporate influence and environmental toxins for childhood disease crisis.
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.
Trump-appointed federal judge strikes down EEOC regulations requiring employers to provide time off and accommodations for abortions.
RFK family foundation awards Maine Gov. Mills human rights prize for defying transgender policies of administration where RFK Jr. serves as HHS Secretary.
Trump falsely claims Biden has ‘Stage 9’ cancer and delayed diagnosis disclosure as part of White House cognitive decline coverup
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.
FBI declares Palm Springs fertility clinic bombing an “intentional act of terrorism” that killed one person and injured four others.
Trump-appointed judge blocks Trump administration’s attempt to cut $11 billion in congressional public health funding despite HHS claims pandemic is over.
U.S. measles cases surge to 1,024 across 30 states as CDC reports 13% hospitalization rate despite disease being preventable with vaccination.
VA reinstates mandatory overtime for claims processors to address 200,000-claim backlog while simultaneously planning to cut 80,000 jobs.
DeSantis signs bill banning fluoride in Florida’s public water supplies, calling it “forced medication” despite health experts’ warnings.
Kennedy claims he is protecting Head Start funding weeks after Trump budget sought to eliminate the program.
PA Gov Shapiro warns rural hospitals will close and hundreds of thousands of people would lose health insurance under GOP Medicaid cuts.
Trump’s surgeon general nominee promoted psychedelic therapy and credited mushrooms with helping her find love.
Kennedy tells Congress “people shouldn’t take medical advice from me” despite being the nation’s top health official.
