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‘Dismantling one of the strongest tools we have’: Conservatives fret HHS cuts
Fired employees and conservatives say the gutted research teams’ work aligned with the Trump administration’s “pro-family” ...
Lisa Jarvis: The dangers to America of RFK Jr.'s measles strategy
Amid one of the most significant measles outbreaks in over 30 years, America’s top public health official is using his ...
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RFK Jr. says autism database will use Medicare and Medicaid info
The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans ...
This Anti-Vaccine, Birth Control, And Autism Conspiracy Theorist May Be Our Next Surgeon General
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that his new nominee for surgeon general would be Dr. Casey Means, a wellness ...
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Trump's HHS Deputy Secretary Pick Breezes Through Senate Hearing
James O'Neill -- President Donald Trump's pick for the No. 2 spot at HHS under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. -- faced ...
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Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden seeks answers on RFK Jr.’s purge of FOIA staff
In a May 8 letter to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. provided exclusively to KFF Health News, Wyden, the top Democrat on ...
Democratic senators ask Trump administration to rehire CDC IVF team
A group of more than a dozen Democratic senators is asking the Trump administration to rehire a team of scientists at the ...
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HIV Testing and Prevention Efforts Gutted as Trump Funding Cuts Sweep U.S. South
A disruption in federal funds has jeopardized HIV testing and outreach in the U.S. South, and researchers warn of a ...
Former CDC staff warn of 'a five-alarm fire'
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has laid off thousands of workers since January. Current and former CDC staff members are grappling with uncertainty about both their futures and public ...