Trump announces deal with AstraZeneca to cut drug prices in exchange for three years of tariff relief.
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.
CDC cancels October vaccine meeting scheduled one month after September session after Kennedy’s anti-vaccine committee rescinded flu and MMRV recommendations in unusual accelerated schedule.
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%.
Health Secretary Kennedy claims circumcised boys have double autism rates from Tylenol, contradicting medical groups that still recommend acetaminophen.
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.
Trump reverses pledge to tariff all essential medicines, exempting generics that make up 90% of drugs dispensed after warnings of shortages and price increases.
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.
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.
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.
