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At HHS, proposed cuts to medical research and public health programs
The White House on Friday proposed a fiscal 2026 HHS budget that backs the “Make America Healthy Again” agenda of President ...
Kennedy to ask CDC for new look at treatments for measles, other diseases
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, is asking the US Centers for Disease ...
Trump’s new CDC pick: A ‘data-driven’ government insider
After President Trump’s first nominee to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) failed to gain traction ...
HHS to require placebo testing of ‘all new vaccines,’ raising questions about approval of updated Covid-19 shots
The US Department of Health and Human Services said it will require that all new vaccines be tested in placebo-controlled ...
Exclusive: Trump administration banned chosen names at FDA, CDC, NIH under new gender policy
Health and Human Services employees were told in March to remove 'nicknames' from email systems and signatures to comply with Trump order on gender.
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HHS Guts Health Agencies, Ousts 5 NIH Directors In Broad Reduction In Force
(Perrone, 4/1) Stat: PRAMS Maternal Mortality Database In Limbo As CDC Staff Placed On Leave As part of the sweeping ... (Weber, 4/1) MedPage Today: Musk, DOGE Created New HHS Org Chart Elon Musk and ...
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Government is the only reason milk isn’t dangerous. That’s set to change.
While some reformers succeeded in creating local agencies, by the 1920s, milk had earned a dangerous reputation.
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As RFK Downplays Measles, CDC Reports Nearly 900 Infections Counted in 2025
2019 is the year with the highest number of cases documented over the past two decades, with 1,274 cases counted. However, ...
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Tariffs on Pharmaceuticals May Be the Next Front in Trump’s War on Public Health
Trump and his commerce secretary are threatening to make medications more expensive by slapping tariffs on them.