Unsigned HHS report commissioned by Trump promotes psychological treatment over gender-affirming care for trans youth.
Trump budget proposes 23% cut to domestic spending, 13% boost to defense, and elimination of dozens of social programs.
One day after HHS cut $1B in school mental health grants, agency mistakenly shares list of 150 child welfare research grants marked for termination.
Kennedy redirects $500 million in COVID funds to launch universal vaccine project with placebo testing mandate.
Trump administration ends $1 billion in school mental health grants, citing conflict with Biden-era priorities.
“Your Local Epidemiologist” Katelyn Jetelina offers webinar on influencing health policy this Friday.
FL legislature passes bill banning local water fluoridation and restricting plant-based foods from using milk or meat labels.
HHS chief Robert F. Kennedy Jr. urges parents to “do your own research” on vaccines, despite overseeing the nation’s vaccine safety.
Trump administration orders Penn to reverse Lia Thomas records and apologize or lose $175 million in federal funding.
Trump administration slows Covid vaccine approvals by requiring new trials and shifting FDA standards.
HHS reverses course, restores funding for landmark Women’s Health Initiative women’s-health study after backlash
DOJ cancels grants for gun-violence prevention, addiction programs, and victim advocacy under Trump directive.
NIH to launch autism registry and share private medical data for RFK Jr.’s study criticized as stigmatizing and unfounded.
House Oversight Chair James Comer refers former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for criminal charges over COVID nursing home cover-up.
Montana confirms first measles cases in 30+ years; health officials hope high vaccination rates will limit spread.
RFK Jr. suggests compensating families of people with severe autism, saying his comments apply to 25% and linking the condition to environmental toxins.
Trump administration to cut another $1 billion from Harvard health research funding after university rejects White House demands.
Trump replaces COVID data website with page blaming Fauci and China, deletes info on vaccines and treatment.
Trump officials fired 43 NIH science advisers—38 of them women or people of color—in a mass purge with no explanation.
Trump officials asked Medicare to help track undocumented immigrants using a health database tied to Social Security numbers.
Trump admin proposes 30% cut to health budgets, slashing HIV prevention, mental health care, and chronic disease programs.
Trump exempts nearly 70 coal plants from mercury and toxin pollution limits, including nation’s top polluter.
HHS officials told Congress they don’t know how many workers were fired under Trump’s mass layoff plan.
Musk’s DOGE hijacks computerized federal grant system, blocking agencies from posting $500B in awards.
RFK Jr. claims measles is plateauing as cases double last year’s total, top 700, and spread to six states with three dead.
RFK Jr. plans to tell CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water, echoing Utah ban and triggering EPA review.
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.
Tuesday’s HHS layoffs disrupted key safety hotlines for food, cosmetics, and infant health as RFK Jr. restructured agency.
