The disease included “metastasis to the bone,” according to a statement from his personal office.
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Abortion opponents hope a new report will spur the GOP to ban abortion pills and defund Planned Parenthood.
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Democrats confront RFK Jr. on budget cuts, but will need Republican help to stop them
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The move reinstates some employees at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health — which lost more than 90 percent of its workforce.
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Bill Cassidy, the senator who secured Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s promise to protect vaccines, will question the health secretary at a hearing Wednesday.
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The Energy and Commerce Committee chair is about to be put to the test.
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An internal MAHA battle is breaking out between an HHS employee who co-founded a health care payments company and a CEO of a rival company.
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The push will likely draw lawsuits from the pharmaceutical industry.
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Brain banks stopped taking donations as their contract expiration date approached.
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Federal workers, Democratic lawmakers, state officials and independent legal experts say keeping offices afloat in name only – with minimal or no staff – is an unconstitutional power grab.
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The withdrawal comes after questions were raised about her academic credentials.
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Casey Means and brother Calley are favorites of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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The new figure comes as HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has repeatedly delivered mixed messages about the outbreak.
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Fired employees and conservatives say the gutted research teams’ work aligned with the Trump administration’s “pro-family” messaging.
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The selection of Rich Danker comes after HHS’ first assistant secretary for public affairs abruptly quit days into his tenure.
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Casey Means’ nomination to the post comes after former Fox News contributor Janette Nesheiwat’s nomination was abruptly withdrawn.
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The wellness influencer is the sister of Calley Means, a top adviser to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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With a longtime vaccine skeptic serving as the country’s top health official, the movement is likely to make further inroads.
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The filing over the regulation of mifepristone indicates an emerging pattern: An effort to preserve executive power.
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The director of national intelligence told podcast host Megyn Kelly she’s working with top HHS officials to investigate Covid-19’s origins.
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Groups advocating for people with the condition are split on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s effort to understand why so many more are being diagnosed with it.
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Red states have borne the brunt of DOGE’s targeting of AmeriCorps
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An HHS spokesperson said the reprieve could become permanent.
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CMS’ Office of Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights develops civil rights compliance policy for agency workers.
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President Donald Trump is under pressure to decide how widely available anti-obesity drugs should be and whether Medicare should cover them.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has expanded his authority well beyond the bounds of a traditional health secretary.
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People in and out of government told POLITICO that they fear the cuts will lead to major backsliding on understanding firefighters’ health risks.
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The industry is struggling to find its voice as Trump and RFK Jr. rage against it.
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Dozens of medical providers have struggled to stay afloat since more than $65 million dollars for the Title X family planning program was withheld on April 1.
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Preventive care services for millions hang in the balance.
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The lawsuit, brought by conservative employers in Texas, targets the expert panel that advises HHS on which preventive care services insurers must cover without cost-sharing.
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The Facebook founder is lobbying Congress to leave his firm alone — and making headway.
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The secretary said better diagnostics and awareness are responsible for a quarter of the increased rate.
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The Trump administration is mulling sharp budget cuts at health agencies.
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The forced resignation of Peter Marks has unsettled scientists and researchers.
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He also said the election of Trump was a mandate to make dramatic change in leadership.
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“Medicaid is where most of us think they will go,” he said.
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Fired workers and outside experts say the cuts leave the nation more vulnerable to health threats.
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Rep. Diana DeGette told POLITICO’s Health Care Summit that there’s not enough waste in Medicaid to find the savings the GOP is promising.
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The high court overturned a ruling that the FDA arbitrarily banned e-cigarette products.
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The HHS secretary’s remarks shocked staffers at the Food and Drug Administration, prompting some to walk out.
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The New Hampshire senator has backed as many Trump Cabinet picks as anyone in the Democratic caucus.
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The National Institutes of Health is the latest agency to break from Trump’s billionaire adviser.
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Republicans are seeking billions in savings from the insurance program for low-income people to pay for tax cuts.
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The case hinges on whether Medicaid patients have the right to see the doctor of their choice.
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The looming possibility of slashing Medicaid spending and not extending ACA subsidies has prompted a legislative scramble from Sacramento to Annapolis.
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The intervention by a senior FDA official in a product decision is a highly unusual action.
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Trump on measles outbreak: 'Not something new'
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RFK Jr. also said he’s assembling a task force to focus on the issue.
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The state has almost 500 cases
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The statement is a surprising turn for the health secretary and comes amid reports of a second child’s death.
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The department plans to consolidate all agency FOIA offices into one.
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Employees who survived mass firings this week say management hasn’t provided an accounting.
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The health secretary says better diet and exercise will keep Americans trim.
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The health department has no plan to mass reinstate employees it cut earlier this week.
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The Trump administration wants the agency to focus on infectious disease. Other areas of public health were hit hardest.
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Inside RFK Jr.’s MAHA agenda with Calley Means | Playbook Deep Dive
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The removals have gutted FDA and NIH leadership.
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Republicans painted a picture of a corrupt, broken system. Democrats said Trump’s cuts were putting millions of lives at risk.
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Rep. Vern Buchanan told POLITICO’s Health Care Summit that Republicans will find savings in Medicaid but won’t cut it.
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Drug and medical device makers didn’t oppose Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation as health secretary but are speaking up in opposition to the agency downsizing he ordered.
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Overnight notices hit civil service leaders as well as the rank and file.
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The Title X funds were earmarked for birth control and other non-abortion services.
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Ashish Jha blames Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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The departure of Marks leaves the agency without yet another senior regulator.
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Art Kleinschmidt would have a role focused on behavioral health issues.
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The cuts amount to more than 20 percent of staff.
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The cuts sent shockwaves through the department’s sprawling workforce, prompting a scramble among senior agency officials to figure out which employees and policy priorities were affected.
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The State Department sent the list of impacted grants and contracts to Congress, according to a document seen by POLITICO.
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The move comes as part of the administration’s reorganization of HHS, according to an internal email seen by POLITICO.
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Susan Monarez was the deputy director for the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health since January 2023.
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President Trump is taking apart one of George W. Bush’s proudest achievements.
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HHS tells CDC leaders it is “recommending termination” of the discretionary advisory committees.
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The Missouri Republican, alone, isn’t enough to block Oz’s nomination to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, even if Democrats join him.
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Democratic state lawmakers are trying to bolster protections, but those efforts are imperiled by legal fights.
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The cuts would seem to run counter to a first-term Trump priority.
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski shared concerns about his vaccine views before the White House pulled his nomination.
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At his confirmation hearing to run Medicaid, Oz brushed off Democrats’ concerns about cuts Republicans are planning.
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The effort is part of the Trump administration’s plan to shrink the federal government.
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The memo created by Democratic staff on the Senate Finance Committee comes as Oz is expected to face the panel on Friday for a confirmation hearing.
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The move is likely to tighten the Trump administration’s control over the public health agency.
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The workers have until 5 p.m. on Friday to submit a response for the so-called voluntary separation offer.
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The health secretary’s muted response to the first major disease outbreak on his watch worries even some allies.
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The outside group Indivisible said Democrats should hold their own town halls — and if Dems don’t, they’ll hold their own.
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The Covid contrarian’s Senate confirmation hearing to lead the National Institutes of Health promises another airing of pandemic grievances.
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An Idaho hospital is stepping in to argue that the state’s near-total abortion ban violates patients’ rights.
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Trump’s FBI and DOJ dropped several ongoing investigations into threats against abortion clinics and issued a new memo signaling reduced enforcement going forward against such acts.
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When asked about the measles outbreak and death, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said “it’s not unusual, we have measles outbreaks every year.”
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Steak ‘n Shake said that locations across several states transitioned away from using seed oils in their fries.
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House Majority PAC will run TV and digital ads targeting vulnerable GOP congressional incumbents.
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GOP lawmakers are considering a plan to limit federal matching funds for the health insurance program to pay for tax cuts.
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The Trump administration has terminated funding for HIV, malaria and maternal health programs it had labeled lifesaving.
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The unanimous ruling overturns a decision by Texas U.S. District Court Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a Donald Trump appointee.
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The cuts come amid growing attrition from an aging federal workforce, which the Biden administration worried would hollow out the government without intervention.
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Even if every improper payment were caught, it wouldn’t provide a third of the savings the GOP needs.
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A federal judge cleared the move Friday after a two-week hold.
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GOP lawmakers expected to vote soon on slashing the insurance program for low-income people represent tens of millions reliant on it.
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Speaking at a POLITICO event, the Wisconsin senator said fellow Democrats should use their leverage when government funding expires next month.
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Kennedy’s first week at HHS included dismissing the workforce, vaccine advisers and some longtime health priorities.
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Speaking at a POLITICO event, Chiquita Brooks-LaSure suggested that Elon Musk and his team don’t have sufficient expertise in Medicare.
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Del Bigtree, now a leader of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s grassroots movement, said he should seek proof of an autism link.
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The former CDC director calls for more vaccine research, and also warns that a bird flu pandemic “is coming” and could be worse than Covid.
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The health secretary is planning to remove members of a panel that recommends vaccines if he sees conflicts of interest.
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Brooks-LaSure: 'If we don't care about the least among us, we all suffer'
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Former CMS administrator says she's 'heartbroken' over HHS layoffs
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His first remarks to the department since being confirmed comes as Washington reels from mass firings and funding cuts.
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The cuts would slice $4 billion from the budgets of universities and research organizations.
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Policymakers are scrambling to find ways to reduce costs — or even dropping coverage.
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The nationwide restraining order seeks to restore access to health services for transgender patients 19 years and younger that had been disrupted by a Trump executive order.
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“This is a matter of life and death.”
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The administration’s Friday night message comes as a sharp departure from the approach that Trump and DOGE have taken to cuts in other federal departments and agencies.
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The court blocked a restriction that had prevented clinics from operating. But the fight over abortion is far from over.
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“If the Order stands, transgender children will die,” the AGs warned in their lawsuit.
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The department will still “stock and provide vaccines,” according to a department memo.
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The ruling was handed down on the same day New York Gov. Kathy Hochul rejected a request from Louisiana to extradite the same doctor.
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The Trump administration exempted lifesaving assistance from its foreign aid freeze, but providers say it’s still not getting through.
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Chris Clem could help Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who will have a role in immigration policy as health secretary, manage deportations.
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From drugmakers to doctors, few health care groups are asking senators to block Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from becoming HHS secretary.
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Judge Angel Kelley issued a restraining order.
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The decision by U.S. District Judge John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee, came after a testy Monday afternoon hearing.
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The groups said the freeze violates Congress’ wishes and is endangering lives in developing countries.
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The Maine Republican, the Senate’s top appropriator, said she has HHS nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s commitment to “re-examine” the cuts.
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The Trump political appointees are leading the agency’s “collaboration” with Elon Musk’s team.
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Robert F. Kennedy’s Jr. advisers are sparring over how far he should go on vaccines as health secretary.
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He’s said the UN body’s head, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, treated China better than him during the pandemic.
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The president’s domestic policy victories could hinge on whether the new chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee can rally members behind hard decisions about spending cuts to popular programs.
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States and the federal government jointly fund Medicaid, which offers insurance to more than 70 million Americans.
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The Louisiana Republican said he hoped Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would be “a partner” in promoting good health.
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It’s the latest lawsuit pushing back on the Trump administration’s shakeup of the federal government.
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As a doctor, Cassidy is troubled by RFK Jr. As a politician, he has reason to support him anyway.
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The Senate Finance Committee will hear from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump’s nominee for health secretary, on Wednesday.
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Kennedy’s approval by the committee is far from certain.
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His statement comes as signs increasingly point to the Trump administration folding the development aid agency into the State Department.
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Kennedy tells senators he’s not against vaccination, despite past statements
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The letter was meant to lend credibility to Kennedy’s nomination.
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Massive amounts of information about HIV, LGBTQ+ health were pulled from cdc.gov Friday night.
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The president’s failure to name a USAID administrator and other steps seem to suggest that, at the very least, he’ll fold USAID into the State Department.
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The outage came after the Trump administration on Monday ordered a sweeping pause on federal spending. States and lawmakers early Tuesday began reporting that portals across the country were inaccessible.
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Several states are trying to curtail abortion medication by claiming mifepristone could contaminate drinking water.
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Mary Holland, head of Kennedy-founded Children’s Health Defense, spoke to POLITICO after attending his confirmation hearing.
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“You won’t go to work for a drug company after you leave HHS, but you and I both know there’s another way to make money,” Warren said.
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The executive order instructs agencies to ensure hospitals and other institutions receiving federal money stop offering gender-affirming care for minors.
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The Wall Street Journal and The New York Post’s editorial boards expressed concern about Kennedy’s anti-vaccine history and other unorthodox views.
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Trump’s health secretary nominee met with Hill staffers ahead of his hearing this week.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. backed abortion rights, but the nation’s leading anti-abortion groups aren’t lobbying senators to reject him.
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Anti-abortion leaders wanted more concrete action from the new administration.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a directive Friday to rejoin a global anti-abortion pact.
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The intelligence agency has said for years it couldn’t say with certainty where the pandemic originated from.
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The dismissal comes as the Trump administration in its first week has already issued executive orders rolling back transgender rights.
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Those impacted include overseas health organizations that distribute contraception and help combat HIV.
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If he’s confirmed as health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will have broad authority to pursue an anti-vaccine agenda.
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“They should not have been prosecuted,” said the president.
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The announcements come amid mounting frustration from the anti-abortion movement that not one of the avalanche of executive orders Trump signed over his first few days in office has pertained directly to abortion.
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The sites went down a day after the Office of Personnel Management sent a memo to all agencies Tuesday calling for all DEI workers to be placed on paid leave by 5 p.m. Wednesday.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is telling senators considering his nomination to lead the government’s health agencies he merely wants transparency about vaccines.
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The global health body stands to lose hundreds of millions of dollars in funding
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Fauci welcomes Biden pardon but says he has ‘committed no crime’
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The move has no immediate legal force but will likely spark lawsuits that advocates hope will restore abortion rights.
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Foreign Affairs Relations Chair Jim Risch said money from the AIDS relief program paid for abortions.
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The transition team hired trusted conservatives to key HHS positions.
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Trump health alum tapped as RFK Jr.'s chief of staff
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The court will decide the fate of the insurance mandate later this year.
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Vivek Murthy says alcohol causes cancer, but the industry still has many friends on Capitol Hill.
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Brian Anderson is ready to shape the future of AI in health care — if Donald Trump will let him.
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Experts warn of inadequate testing by the CDC, which maintains the risk to humans “remains low.”
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A combination of viral respiratory infections, malaria and malnutrition has killed nearly 50 people in the African country.
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The billionaire and his company needed Speaker Mike Johnson’s help to stop legislation that would have regulated social media for the first time.
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The move, welcomed by conservative organizations, leaves in place a Trump rule allowing more employers to opt out of providing coverage.
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Republican lawmakers are looking past Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s views as they consider his nomination to lead HHS.
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Public health officials see promise in some of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s plans to prevent chronic disease but despair at his vaccine conspiracy theories.
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Trump’s pick to lead HHS heads to the Hill this week.
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A witness recognized the alleged killer at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s.
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The president-elect’s advisers haven’t yet begun meeting with federal agencies, despite signing an agreement late last month allowing them to do so.
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Police are still searching for the shooter, a police department spokesperson said.
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Trump’s picks to lead the NIH and FDA were critics of health officials and their pandemic policies.
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The agency denied Triton Distribution’s application to sell flavored e-liquids.
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If his nomination is approved, the longtime associate of Peter Thiel will work alongside Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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The Stanford University physician and economist, known for opposing Covid-19 lockdowns, has been tapped to lead the $47 billion biomedical research agency.
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A close adviser to Peter Thiel with ties across Silicon Valley, O’Neill reentered the mix in recent days for the No. 2 HHS job.
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At least three informal advisers connected to the anti-vaccine movement are assisting Kennedy in filling out his staff as he prepares to lead HHS.
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Makary emerged during the Covid pandemic as a critic of the FDA.
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Their support could make or break whether Senate confirms Kennedy for Trump’s Cabinet.
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They can’t abide his vaccine skepticism and alliance with Donald Trump.
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“Science Guy” takes nominee to head HHS to task over fluoride in drinking water.
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As CMS administrator, Oz would have latitude over health coverage for the more than 160 million Americans in Medicare, Medicaid and other health programs
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Many of the candidates are allies of RFK Jr. and have maligned the agencies they would oversee.
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Abortion-rights activists say it’s imperative they figure out what went wrong in the wake of their worst setback since the fall of Roe two years ago.
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“What I’m hoping is he brings his transparency for all Americans and we really start to tackle these issues one-by-one-by-one,” she said.
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“To continue to lift that up is a cruel thing to do,” Richard Besser said.
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They’re holding their fire and hoping Senate allies will block his confirmation as HHS secretary.
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The president of the anti-abortion group SBA Pro-Life America, said “there’s no question that we need a pro-life HHS secretary, and of course, we have concerns about” Kennedy.
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Food additives, pesticides and vaccines are on his “Make America Healthy Again” hit list.
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Health agency veterans are alarmed.
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Most of the bills target mifepristone — the drug used in more than two-thirds of abortions nationwide.
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Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Tuesday shows meaningful declines in STI rates between 2022 and 2023.
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The issue failed to stop Donald Trump, who on Tuesday overcame a large gender gap — and Democrats’ relentless focus on women’s reproductive health — to win back the White House.
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The former Democrat-turned-Trump-ally gave more details on the role the president-elect envisions for him.
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Anti-abortion groups scored big victories Tuesday night.
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For international pandemic talks, abortion rights and funding for public health efforts, they’re huge.
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A party faction that includes several GOP governors says government shouldn’t get involved.