CDC deploys disease detectives to South Carolina’s largest measles outbreak in 30 years, 22 weeks in, as the agency operates with 25% fewer staff.
Federal science workforce lost nearly 95,000 employees in 15 months as Trump cut Fish and Wildlife science contracts 100% and CDC contracts 79%.
Leaked database shows National Park Service flagged hundreds of exhibits on slavery, civil rights and climate change under Trump order banning content that “disparages” Americans.
NASA cancels Boeing’s multibillion-dollar rocket stage and restructures Artemis to attempt up to two lunar landings in 2028, citing China competition.
Trump bans all federal agencies from using Anthropic and Pentagon designates company a supply chain risk to national security, then signs identical safety terms with OpenAI hours later.
FDA plans quarterly bonuses for staff who complete drug reviews ahead of schedule as agency works to hire 1,000 scientists after exodus under RFK Jr.
Fifteen states sue HHS and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over revised childhood vaccine schedule that cut recommended immunizations from 17 diseases to 11 without scientific review.
Def. Secretary Hegseth gives Anthropic until Friday to drop AI safeguards or face Defense Production Act order, declaring Pentagon won’t let any company “dictate” operational terms.
NIST restricts foreign scientists’ lab access and cancels hiring plans, threatening the agency that sets U.S. standards for cybersecurity, semiconductors and AI with roughly 800 international researchers annually.
NASA’s Artemis II moon rocket requires rollback to its assembly building after a helium pressurization failure, pushing the first crewed lunar mission since 1972 from March into April.
South Carolina hospitals are not required to report measles hospitalizations, leaving doctors unable to tell patients how severe the outbreak is as cases approach 1,000.
EPA rolls back mercury and toxic emission limits on coal plants nationwide, returning to weaker Obama-era standards the Biden administration had tightened.
NASA targets March 6 for Artemis 2 launch after successful fueling test, sending four astronauts around the moon for the first time since 1972.
Trump invokes Defense Production Act to declare Roundup chemical glyphosate a national security priority one day after Bayer proposes $7.25 billion settlement in cancer lawsuits.
NASA formally declares Boeing’s 2024 Starliner crew flight a serious failure after internal report reveals astronauts nearly lost control of the spacecraft during docking.
FDA removes online warnings about dangerous unproven autism treatments as Kennedy restaffs federal autism panel with advocates of chlorine dioxide, raw camel milk and chelation.
FDA agrees to review Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine after Trump’s vaccine chief initially rejected it by overruling career scientists who recommended the application proceed.
NIH director Bhattacharya adds acting CDC director to his portfolio, becoming the fifth person to lead the agency in 18 months as the 210-day nomination deadline approaches in late March.
FDA drops longtime requirement for two clinical studies before approving new drugs, a shift that primarily affects common diseases since 60% of novel disease drugs already cleared on single trials.
Seventeen health and environmental groups sue EPA over repeal of the endangerment finding, the 2009 scientific framework that allowed regulation of greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act.
White House economic advisor Hassett calls for discipline of New York Fed researchers whose study found 90% of tariff costs fall on US companies and consumers.
Energy Secretary Wright threatens to withdraw the U.S. from the International Energy Agency unless it stops producing renewable energy scenarios and drops its net-zero work.
Six conservation groups sue Interior Secretary Burgum over removal of hundreds of exhibits on slavery, climate change, and Indigenous history from national parks.
Pentagon airlifts a five-megawatt nuclear reactor from California to Utah aboard three C-17s, the first time a nuclear reactor has been transported by military aircraft, with plans to generate power by July 4.
Pentagon threatens to sever its $200M relationship with Anthropic after the AI firm refuses to lift restrictions on mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons.
Norwegian government scientist built a secret microwave pulse weapon, tested it on himself, and developed Havana syndrome symptoms, prompting Pentagon and White House visits in 2024.
NOAA plans to weaken vessel speed rules protecting North Atlantic right whales, now fewer than 400, days after a 3-year-old female washes up dead off Virginia.
WHO formally condemns a CDC-funded trial that would withhold a proven hepatitis B vaccine from 7,000 newborns in Guinea-Bissau, calling the study unethical and scientifically unjustified after two months of global backlash.
Two top RFK Jr. aides leave HHS in a White House-driven shakeup to sharpen health messaging ahead of midterm elections, including the acting CDC director who rarely visited the agency.
Pentagon used Anthropic’s Claude AI in the military operation to capture Maduro despite the company’s policy prohibiting use of its tools to facilitate violence.
FDA’s top vaccine regulator single-handedly rejected Moderna’s flu shot application over a trial design the agency had previously approved, overruling career scientists who wrote a formal objection.
EPA revokes the 2009 scientific finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health, eliminating the legal foundation for all federal climate regulation.
National Cancer Institute is spending taxpayer funds to study ivermectin as a cancer treatment, alarming career scientists who call it “absurd.”
FDA refuses to review Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine despite no safety or efficacy concerns, rejecting a clinical trial design the agency itself approved in 2024.
Harvard psychiatrist says Kennedy was “not accurate” in claiming his keto studies “cured” schizophrenia, cautioning that evidence remains preliminary and patients should not stop medications.
Trump for the third time rolls back Obama-era protections on a nearly 5,000 square mile Atlantic marine monument, reopening it to commercial fishing.
Energy Secretary Wright credits emergency orders keeping aging coal plants open for preventing blackouts, while critics say the policy costs consumers $3 billion per year.
RFK Jr. tells Tennessee crowd the keto diet can “cure” schizophrenia, citing a 2019 paper on two patients while psychiatrists call the claim misleading and unsupported.
NASA delays Artemis II lunar mission by at least 30 days after liquid hydrogen leak discovered during dress rehearsal.
Federal judge rules Energy Department violated federal law by forming secret climate group that met 18 times to produce report downplaying global warming.
NASA delays Artemis II fueling test until Monday after “rare arctic outbreak” sweeps Florida, pushing earliest moon launch date to February 8.
Study finds CDC stopped updating 38 of 82 public health databases since Kennedy became health secretary, with nearly 90% of the paused systems tracking vaccinations.
Transportation Department plans to use Google Gemini to rewrite safety regulations for airplanes, pipelines and freight trains, with agency’s top lawyer saying “we don’t need the perfect rule.”
CDC vaccine panel chair questions need for polio vaccines, calls school immunization requirements “authoritarian,” says individual autonomy comes before public health.
U.S. meets key condition for losing measles elimination status after 12 months of sustained transmission, with CDC official calling it “the cost of doing business.”
USDA directs employees to Google search foreign scientists they collaborate with for “subversive or criminal activity” and send flagged names to the agency’s Office of Homeland Security.
NASA completes first medical evacuation from space, returning four astronauts to Earth a month early after crew member developed unspecified health issue.
South Carolina measles outbreak doubles in one week to 434 cases with 409 in quarantine, as health officials warn they’re losing ability to trace spread.
NASA conducts first medical evacuation in International Space Station’s 25-year history after Crew-11 astronaut developed health issue, with splashdown expected early Thursday.
FDA deletes webpage warning parents about dangerous bogus autism treatments including chelation therapy promoted by David Geier, the anti-vaccine activist Kennedy hired to study debunked vaccine link.
