The National Academy of Sciences refutes the scientific basis for the Trump administration’s proposal to revoke the 2009 climate endangerment finding.
Ousted CDC Director Susan Monarez tells a Senate committee that HHS Secretary Kennedy ordered her to fire scientists and pre-approve vaccine recommendations.
Democrats warn OPM is unprepared to run the new postal health benefits program due to staffing and funding shortfalls
House Republicans released a seven-week government funding bill, setting up a shutdown fight with Democrats over health care provisions
Health Secretary Kennedy continues his overhaul of the CDC vaccine panel, adding five new members days before a vote on COVID boosters.
Trump attacks the NFL’s new player safety rule for kickoffs, calling it ‘sissy football’ and ‘bad for America.’
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s HUD from awarding housing grants under new rules targeting sanctuary jurisdictions and transgender-inclusive policies.
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Belgium says a USAID claim that it destroyed $10 million in contraceptives is false, confirming the supplies are still in a warehouse.
Trump officials will present unverified reports of 25 child deaths to a hand-picked CDC panel to justify new COVID vaccine limits.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. directs federal funds to a no-bid contract to research the disproven link between vaccines and autism.
The Trump EPA plans to eliminate the program that has tracked industrial greenhouse gases since 2009, citing $2.4 billion in business savings.
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.
The Trump administration destroyed nearly $10 million in contraceptives for low-income countries based on the false claim they cause abortions.
A U.S. appeals court reversed a lower court’s order, allowing the Trump administration to block Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood.
A federal judge blocks a Trump administration rule cutting immigrant access to Head Start and health clinics in 20 states that challenged the policy.
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.
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.
Trump targets pharma companies with an enforcement action on social media ads, a step back from Kennedy’s vow to ban them from TV.
Ousted CDC Director Susan Monarez will testify to the Senate next week about her firing by HHS Secretary Kennedy over a vaccine dispute.
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.
Trump promotes a debunked vaccine-autism theory just days after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended his anti-vaccine stance to Congress.
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’.
Two months after employees accused leadership of undermining public health and scientific progress, the EPA suspends dozens and moves to fire others.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to link Tylenol to autism, contradicting FDA guidance and established medical science.
The Trump administration buried a federal study on alcohol and cancer after industry allies in Congress commissioned a competing report.
Trump publicly defends some vaccines nine days after firing his CDC director over conflicts with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
On the same day RFK Jr. testified to Congress, Massachusetts bypassed the CDC to require insurers to cover state-recommended vaccines.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faces bipartisan calls for his resignation during a chaotic hearing on his CDC shake-up and vaccine policies.
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.
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.”
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. adds seven new members to the CDC vaccine panel months after firing the entire original committee.
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.”
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.
Florida Gov. DeSantis and his surgeon general moved to end all vaccine mandates, targeting decades-old requirements for polio and measles in schools.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removes vaccine scientist and vocal critic Paul Offit from a key FDA advisory panel.
Senator Rand Paul attacks former CDC official Demetre Daskalakis’s ‘lifestyle’ days after he resigned to protest administration policy.
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.
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.
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.
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.
FDA’s top vaccine regulator Vinay Prasad demands the removal of a YouTube channel documenting his past criticisms of Covid vaccines.
HHS orders CDC employees back to the office 38 days after a deadly shooting and just days after firing the agency’s director.
A top CDC official revealed after resigning that HHS Secretary RFK Jr. has not received measles, COVID-19, and flu briefings from CDC staff.
Photo gallery shows CDC workers saluting and rallying in Atlanta as senior scientists are escorted out during White House push to remove director.
National Cancer Institute ends funding for pediatric brain cancer consortium after 26 years, shifting support to broader Children’s Oncology Group network.
CVS blocks Covid vaccines in 16 states until CDC panel meets, leaving access restricted while federal delays stall new recommendations.
HHS Secretary Kennedy attacked the CDC’s priorities one day after firing its director, mischaracterizing its list of medical advances to include abortion.
HHS Secretary Kennedy installed his own deputy as acting CDC director after his fired chief, Susan Monarez, refused to leave the agency.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pressures West Virginia to weaken its school vaccine mandate, citing civil rights laws to demand a religious exemption.
