Category: Health Care
October 11, 2025
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...
October 11, 2025
Health Care
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....
October 11, 2025
Health Care
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...
October 09, 2025
Health Care
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...
October 09, 2025
Health Care
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...
October 06, 2025
Health Care
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
October 05, 2025
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...
October 02, 2025
Health Care
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...
October 02, 2025
Health Care
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
October 01, 2025
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...