RFK Jr.’s vaccine-skeptic appointees cancel planned COVID-19 booster vote and question vaccine safety data in chaotic first CDC meeting.
RFK Jr. halts U.S. funding to global vaccine alliance Gavi, claiming group “ignores the science” on vaccine safety.
Vaccine panel loses one of eight new members day before first meeting after Kennedy fired all existing experts and appointed anti-vaccine advocates.
Sen. Cassidy calls for postponing vaccine advisory panel meeting, citing new members’ lack of relevant expertise after HHS head Kennedy broke confirmation promises.
Delaware Governor Matt Meyer signs executive order shielding gender-affirming care providers from investigations based solely on providing such treatment.
Trump administration forces out top FDA gene therapy reviewers who supported drug approvals that new RFK Jr. appointee opposed.
NIH office responsible for AIDS treatment guidelines plans to phase them out by next June without identifying replacement agency.
Internal emails obtained by The Washington Post Wednesday reveal NIH briefly lifted Columbia’s grant freeze before Trump officials reinstated it hours later, demanding extra approvals amid ongoing antisemitism funding dispute.
Texas federal judge Matthew Kacsmaryk voids Biden HHS rule shielding abortion and gender care records from prosecutors and says expanded HIPAA privacy exceeds agency authority.
California senators demand Trump officials stop using Medicaid data for deportations after administration gave CMS 54-minute deadline to share millions of enrollees’ immigration status.
Justice Dept. plans to cut two-thirds of inspectors monitoring gun dealers for illegal sales as part of Trump administration effort to “defang and downsize” ATF.
New data shows Medicare and Social Security stop paying full benefits in 8-9 years, earlier than projected, before accounting for Trump’s pending budget bill that would trigger additional Medicare cuts.
Trump administration ends Trevor Project’s specialized LGBTQ+ suicide prevention service through federal hotline, giving nonprofit 30 days notice to shut down program.
Brain-dead Georgia woman kept on life support for four months under state abortion law gives birth before family can end treatment.
All 17 fired vaccine advisors unite to blast RFK Jr.’s “destabilizing decisions” and “troubling disregard for scientific integrity” in JAMA editorial.
CDC announces at all-hands meeting it has reinstated one-third of employees fired in botched April reduction-in-force after lawsuit exposed “hopelessly error-ridden” data.
FDA offers expedited drug reviews to companies promoting vaguely-defined “national priorities,” giving officials unprecedented discretion over which pharmaceutical firms benefit.
Federal judge blocks Trump from unconstitutionally cutting congressionally-approved CDC funding to four Democratic cities.
Senate Republicans from both wings reject Finance Committee’s Medicaid cuts hours after rollout, threatening Trump’s July 4th deadline for “big, beautiful bill.”
White House denies Guardian report that VA hospitals are already refusing care to veterans based on marital status and political affiliation under January executive order.
EPA plans to reconsider ban on cancer-causing asbestos that kills 40,000 Americans annually and is banned in more than 50 countries.
Reagan-appointed federal judge rules Trump’s cancellation of $1 billion in NIH diversity research grants illegal, calling it “palpable” racial discrimination.
Senior CDC virus expert Fiona Havers resigns citing concerns data will no longer be used objectively after RFK Jr. purges vaccine advisory committee.
Kennedy advisers order federal health officials to hand over millions of Medicaid enrollees’ personal data to immigration authorities within 45 minutes despite privacy law concerns.
Kennedy attempts to reverse firing of 328 health workers after admitting cuts to coal miner and 9/11 responder health programs “should not have been made.”
RFK Jr. names eight vaccine advisory panel replacements including Robert Malone, dubbed “misinformation star” by New York Times, and multiple other COVID vaccine critics.
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.
