Trump threatens escalating pharmaceutical tariffs reaching 250% over 18 months while demanding companies cut U.S. drug prices by September.
Kennedy ends $500 million in BARDA contracts for future mRNA vaccines, gutting pandemic preparedness tools experts say are crucial for next crisis.
GAO finds Trump administration violated federal budget law by canceling 1,800 NIH grants and withholding $8 billion to target diversity programs.
Trump reverses Biden’s expansion of VA abortion services as Republicans claim 2022 policy violated 1992 congressional prohibition.
White House retreats from IVF insurance mandate despite Trump’s campaign pledge, claiming legal constraints but planning no congressional action.
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.
Trump administration blocks up to $300 million in CDC funding for gun violence prevention and health programs despite congressional approval in escalating appropriations fight.
Trump order revives Presidential Fitness Test in schools, naming golfer Bryson DeChambeau to lead sports council as part of broader conservative sports agenda.
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.
CDC removes outside experts from vaccine advisory workgroups, consolidating control a month after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired the ACIP panel.
