HEALTH CARE

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.

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

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

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 website.

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 Trump administration’s move formalizes advice to soften or eliminate previous policies.

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

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

The agency’s decision has drawn conservative criticism.

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

The deal is a victory for Trump who has pressured drugmakers to voluntarily comply with his policy priorities. If not, they will likely face regulation or high tariffs.

President Donald Trump is relying on drugmakers to lower U.S. prices on their own, but he might get less than he bargained for.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or the acting CDC director could create new recommendations without a vote from the panel, giving the health secretary broad authority over the childhood vaccine schedule. But there’s little precedent for such a move.

Public health experts and program lawyers have warned that adding autism to the compensation program would exhaust the court’s workforce and financial resources.

“I think there are an awful lot of people in the medical community who come to a different conclusion about the use of Tylenol,” Thune said.

The president wants to stem rising autism rates even if it means pregnant women don’t treat their pain and delay their kids’ vaccinations.

The work of epidemiologist Ann Bauer and her co-authors was cited by President Trump in remarks linking Tylenol or acetaminophen with an increased incidence of autism.

His remarks also spurred doctors to warn that they could prompt pregnant women to avoid acetaminophen in situations where it’s warranted and clinically advisable.

In a POLITICO Magazine opinion piece, leaders in Trump’s health department also caution the public to balance the risk and benefits of taking acetaminophen during pregnancy.

The president is expected to say that acetaminophen, the most commonly used pain reliever during pregnancy, should only be used for high fevers.

The health secretary’s CDC panel wants to stop recommending Covid vaccines but left bigger debates unresolved.

After a deadlock, the vaccine panel voted not to advise states to require a prescription for Covid shots.

The panel also revisited a Thursday vote related to coverage for a different vaccine.

The panel voted to recommend against the combined measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox vaccine for young children. It postponed to Friday a vote on a recommendation to drop universal newborn vaccination for hepatitis B.

Make America Healthy Again groups are planning rallies from coast to coast in defense of the health secretary after some lawmakers denounced him.

Susan Monarez’s testimony came on the eve of a pivotal meeting of Kennedy’s handpicked vaccine panel.

A copy of Susan Monarez’s testimony obtained by POLITICO contrasts sharply with Health Secretary Kennedy’s remarks before the Senate Finance Committee.

Trump wants MAHA moms’ votes, but lawmakers are worried about his health secretary’s vaccine policies.

States are scrambling for a piece of a $50 billion fund. It’s unclear where the money will go.