Friday

05-06-2026 Vol 19

Category: Health Care

An ‘anarcho-capitalist’ is bringing libertarians into RFK Jr.’s fold

Jeffrey Tucker, who elevated Covid contrarians now working for the health secretary, is building support for Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again agenda. Jeffrey Tucker, who elevated Covid contrarians now...

Trump unveils IVF policies, but no new funding or coverage requirements

The moves, to lower the cost of a drug prescribed to women going through IVF and boost employer coverage, follow Trump’s campaign promise to make fertility care more accessible....

It’s ‘too late’ to extend ACA subsidies without major disruptions, some states and lawmakers say

States are worried Congress missed its opportunity to extend enhanced ACA subsidies and lower premiums before consumers start picking plans in a few weeks. States are worried Congress missed...

Hospital-at-home program collateral damage of the shutdown

The budget stalemate is forcing some hospitals to withdraw from a successful Medicare program that allows seriously ill patients to be treated at home. The budget stalemate is forcing...

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