Category: Health Care
May 13, 2025
Health Care
Why the 1 senator who can rein in RFK Jr. isn’t calling him out
Bill Cassidy, the senator who secured Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s promise to protect vaccines, will question the health secretary at a hearing Wednesday. Bill Cassidy, the senator who secured...
May 13, 2025
Health Care
Trump admin cancels layoffs for some health workers ahead of Kennedy hearing
The move reinstates some employees at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health — which lost more than 90 percent of its workforce The move reinstates some employees...
May 13, 2025
Health Care
Guthrie has long wanted to overhaul Medicaid. Now he has to sell members on a compromise
The Energy and Commerce Committee chair is about to be put to the test. The Energy and Commerce Committee chair is about to be put to the test. Health...
May 13, 2025
Health Care
Wellness CEO files ethics complaint against top RFK Jr. adviser
An internal MAHA battle is breaking out between an HHS employee who co-founded a health care payments company and a CEO of a rival company. An internal MAHA battle...
May 12, 2025
Health Care
Trump promises to slash drug costs, tying U.S. prices to those paid abroad
The push will likely draw lawsuits from the pharmaceutical industry. The push will likely draw lawsuits from the pharmaceutical industry. Health Care
May 11, 2025
Health Care
Trump injected uncertainty into federal contracting. Donor brains went to the grave.
Brain banks stopped taking donations as their contract expiration date approached. Brain banks stopped taking donations as their contract expiration date approached. Health Care
May 11, 2025
Health Care
Trump transforms congressionally mandated health offices into ghost towns
Federal workers, Democratic lawmakers, state officials and independent legal experts say keeping offices afloat in name only – with minimal or no staff – is an unconstitutional power grab....
May 09, 2025
Health Care
Measles hits 1,000 cases — for the second time in 30 years
The new figure comes as HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has repeatedly delivered mixed messages about the outbreak. The new figure comes as HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy...
May 09, 2025
Health Care
‘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” messaging. Fired employees and conservatives say the gutted research teams’ work aligned with...
May 08, 2025
Health Care
RFK Jr. set to name new top HHS spokesman
The selection of Rich Danker comes after HHS' first assistant secretary for public affairs abruptly quit days into his tenure. The selection of Rich Danker comes after HHS' first...