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12-10-2025 Vol 19

Category: Health Care

HHS rehiring some people fired through reduction-in-force efforts

A Trump administration legal document said HHS initially targeted 1,000 to 1,200 employees for dismissal, and people speaking with POLITICO say the firings focused on the CDC. A Trump...

Behind Trump’s Tylenol warning: A lack of data on how drugs affect pregnant women

Women of reproductive age have long been missing from clinical trials. It’s getting worse where abortion is banned. Women of reproductive age have long been missing from clinical trials....

Mass firings hit CDC

Notices of the Trump administration’s reduction-in-force arrived late Friday, several former and current agency employees told POLITICO. Notices of the Trump administration’s reduction-in-force arrived late Friday, several former and...

CDC panel announces plans to assess childhood vaccines

The group of outside experts will also consider shot ingredients like aluminum, as well as the timing and order of vaccines, according to a document posted on the agency’s...

CDC, its advisers quietly expand access to Covid-19 shot for pregnant women

The panel voted to undo an action by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. which removed the vaccine from the immunization schedule for pregnant women. The panel voted to...

CDC endorses vaccine panel changes to Covid, MMRV shot recommendations

The Trump administration’s move formalizes advice to soften or eliminate previous policies. The Trump administration’s move formalizes advice to soften or eliminate previous policies. ​Health Care

RFK Jr. says he wants to save lives, including animals’

The health secretary has made phasing out animal testing part of his Make America Healthy Again plan. The health secretary has made phasing out animal testing part of his...

Trump’s new $100K visa fee could pummel red state hospitals

Rural areas that overwhelmingly voted for the president employ a high concentration of doctors on H-1B visas. Rural areas that overwhelmingly voted for the president employ a high concentration...

FDA approved new generic abortion pill before shutdown

The agency's decision has drawn conservative criticism. The agency's decision has drawn conservative criticism. ​Health Care

Trump officials move to kill plan for industry-led regulation of AI

The Coalition for Health AI has enlisted big names in health and tech to evaluate artificial intelligence tools that are now mostly unregulated. The Coalition for Health AI has...