HEALTH CARE

The Trump administration wants to tackle fraud. Oz, a famed television host, has put his skills to the task.

Two Republican senators told POLITICO they were undecided after Means faced tough questions on her vaccine views at a nomination hearing.

Longstanding Republican orthodoxy on free markets and scant details are making Trump’s drug pricing law push difficult.

Supporters of the health secretary’s Make America Healthy Again movement are worried Kennedy is selling out.

The Trump administration is capping student loans, but doctors and dentists opposed to the health secretary will get more than his wellness allies.

Nicole Shanahan has recruited a top screenwriter and enlisted Covid contrarian Jay Bhattacharya.

After letting the health secretary have his way in 2025, Trump is reining him in now that it’s an election year.

President Trump called Commissioner Marty Makary to the White House to discuss his frustration with the agency handling of vaccine issues, sources told POLITICO.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dismissed Jim O’Neill, whom Trump will nominate to lead the National Science Foundation, from the CDC job last week.

Lawmakers delayed negotiations despite a drumbeat of warnings. That was just the first problem.

They want the Supreme Court to allow physicians to buck the medical establishment when they advise patients and the public.

The health secretary turned his agencies toward skepticism of processed food and vaccines, but he’s faced pushback at every turn — including from Republicans.

The moves are part of a broader management shakeup at the health department.

The health secretary said Medicare Director Chris Klomp will now oversee all department operations.

Tony Lyons told POLITICO Republican candidates must demonstrate they support Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again mission to win midterm votes.

A leader of the “Make America Healthy Again” movement said he wants to preserve the Trump-Kennedy coalition that won in 2024.

Finland’s Oura is telling lawmakers and Trump officials it’s got a solution to systemic health care challenges.

RFK Jr.’s allies are airing an ad during Sunday’s game touting the new, MAHA-inspired HHS dietary guidelines.

Drug pricing experts have questioned whether the effort would benefit most Americans.

The health research agency is offering the Oregon National Primate Research Center federal money to stop testing on primates.

The loss of enhanced subsidies and premium sticker shock are driving the trend, state officials and policy experts say.

The convicted sex offender enjoyed unusually close access to Mount Sinai doctors, records show.

Lawmakers rejected huge health cuts President Donald Trump requested. Kennedy’s diverting the funds to pet projects and red states.

The new mandate, the chair of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s panel told POLITICO, is to pay more attention to harms caused by vaccines.

The industry that negotiates drug prices for employers has worked to stay ahead of the game.

Devotees of the health secretary’s Make America Healthy Again movement say they oppose the Louisiana senator’s reelection.

Conservatives in the capital are taking up the health secretary’s advice, eating their vegetables and eschewing pharmaceuticals.

Leaders of the American Medical Association want a seat at the health secretary’s table. Some AMA members would prefer to ostracize him.

Health insurers who thought Trump would rescue their Medicare businesses got a rude awakening Monday.