At CDC, Worries Mount That Agency Has Taken Anti-Science Turn
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.鈥檚 push to fire Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez is more than an administrative shake-up. It marks a major offensive by Kennedy to seize control of the agency and impose an anti-science agenda, public health leaders say.
Kennedy Takes Aim at Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
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Kennedy鈥檚 Anti-Vaccine Strategy Risks Forcing Shots Off Market, Manufacturers Warn
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is targeting the government鈥檚 Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, without which manufacturers might cease producing shots.
Listen: Regulatory Rollbacks and Federal Layoffs Threaten America鈥檚 Food Supply
The Trump administration鈥檚 anti-regulatory approach and cost-cutting moves risk unraveling the system of checks and balances that helps ensure the safety of the U.S. food supply, say consumer advocates and former employees of the FDA and Department of Agriculture.
Chronically Ill? In Kennedy鈥檚 View, It Might Be Your Own Fault
In their zeal to 鈥淢ake America Healthy Again,鈥 top Trump administration officials depict patients and the doctors who treat them as partly responsible for whatever ails them.
In Rush To Satisfy Trump, GOP Delivers Blow to Health Industry
The health industry couldn鈥檛 persuade GOP lawmakers to oppose big Medicaid cuts in President Donald Trump鈥檚 tax and spending bill for many reasons. A big one: Congressional Republicans were more worried about angering Trump than a backlash from hospitals and low-income constituents back home.
Vested Interests. Influence Muscle. At RFK Jr.鈥檚 HHS, It鈥檚 Not Pharma. It鈥檚 Wellness.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lambasted federal agencies he accused of being overly influenced by the pharmaceutical industry. But he and other 鈥淢ake America Healthy Again鈥 notables have their own financial ties to the vast and largely unregulated $6.3 trillion global wellness industry that ethicists say raise red flags.
Trump Administration Cuts Leave Park Service With Fewer Lifeguards
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Too Sick To Work, Some Americans Worry Trump鈥檚 Bill Will Strip Their Health Insurance
Republicans claim 4.8 million Americans on Medicaid who could work choose not to. The GOP鈥檚 work-requirement legislation could sweep up disabled people who say they鈥檙e unable to hold jobs.
At Some Federal Beaches, Surf鈥檚 Up but the Lifeguard Chair鈥檚 Empty
Some of the nation鈥檚 most well-known beaches are managed by the National Park Service, which saw about 1,000 employees laid off in February by the quasi-agency Department of Government Efficiency, then led by Elon Musk. The void has become a serious public health and safety concern.
En algunas playas federales hay olas para surfear, pero los salvavidas brillan por su ausencia
Justo en los d铆as en que multitudes de turistas visitan los parques nacionales para disfrutar del verano, algunas playas del National Park Service est谩n reduciendo los horarios en que hay guardia de salvavidas
At Trump鈥檚 FDA, Anti-Regulatory Approach and Cost-Cutting Put Food Safety System at Risk
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Silence on E. Coli Outbreak Highlights How Trump Team鈥檚 Changes Undermine Food Safety
Food safety inspections are being scaled back and the public was not notified after an investigation into E. coli contamination.
En lo que expertos califican como un cambio radical de las pr谩cticas habituales, las autoridades nunca emitieron comunicados p煤blicos luego de la investigaci贸n.
Trump鈥檚 Team Cited Safety in Limiting Covid Shots. Patients, Health Advocates See More Risk.
The FDA will encourage new clinical trials on the widely used vaccines before approving them for children and healthy adults. The requirements could cost drugmakers tens of millions of dollars and are likely to leave boosters largely out of reach for hundreds of millions of Americans this fall.
Trump Policies at Odds With 鈥楳ake America Healthy Again鈥 Push
On the surface, President Donald Trump embraced the MAHA movement with a pledge to end the nation鈥檚 high rates of chronic disease. But the broader Trump agenda may prove to be the biggest barrier this effort confronts.
鈥楳AHA鈥 Faithful Impatient With RFK Jr. as He Leads Trump鈥檚 HHS
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RFK Jr. Struggles To Navigate Frustrated Supporters and a Demanding Boss
Leaders of the “Make America Healthy Again鈥 movement cheered the ascent of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Health and Human Services secretary, but their wish list is far from being realized.
Trump鈥檚 DEI Undoing Undermines Hard-Won Accommodations for Disabled People
From halting diversity programs that benefit disabled workers to making federal staffing cuts, the Trump administration has taken a slew of actions that harm people with disabilities.
