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Watch: How Concerns of CDC Scientists Over Political Interference Have Grown This Year
麻豆女优 Health News correspondent Amy Maxmen traces the political turmoil at the CDC under President Donald Trump.
Senior CDC Officials Resign After Monarez’s Ouster, Citing Concerns Over Scientific Independence
Four senior officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced their resignations in recent days, citing what they described as growing political interference in the agency’s scientific work, particularly regarding vaccines.
Blue States That Sued Kept Most CDC Grants, While Red States Feel Brunt of Trump Clawbacks
The Trump administration’s cuts of public health funds to state and local health departments had vastly uneven effects depending on the political leanings of where someone lives, a new 麻豆女优 Health News analysis shows.
FTC Has Long Said Products Must Back Up Health Claims. A MAHA Lawsuit Would Upend That.
Xlear, a maker of xylitol gum, has sued the Federal Trade Commission, saying the onus should be on government to prove that ingredients don鈥檛 live up to advertised claims. RFK Jr.鈥檚 鈥渕edical freedom鈥 allies have rallied to the cause.
As Measles Exploded, Officials in Texas Looked to CDC Scientists. Under Trump, No One Answered.
Trump officials sowed fear and confusion among CDC scientists, slowing their response to the measles outbreak in West Texas. Cases surged and sparked new outbreaks across the U.S. and Mexico. Together, these linked outbreaks have sickened more than 4,500 and killed at least 16 in the U.S. and Mexico.
Native Americans Want To Avoid Past Medicaid Enrollment Snafus as Work Requirements Loom
As states prepare to implement changes to Medicaid required by President Donald Trump鈥檚 recent tax-and-spending law, tribal leaders say they are concerned Native American enrollees could lose their coverage, despite exemptions made by Congress.
Muchos de sus seguidores se oponen a las vacunas y creen que son peligrosas, a pesar de la evidencia cient铆fica que demuestra lo contrario.
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.
Guns, Race, and Profit: The Pain of America鈥檚 Other Epidemic
Firearm violence is killing Americans at the scale of a public health epidemic. The suffering is concentrated in Black neighborhoods damaged by segregation, disinvestment, hate crimes, and other forms of racial discrimination.
The National Suicide Hotline For LGBTQ+ Youth Shut Down. States Are Scrambling To Help.
LGBTQ+ youth lost dedicated support on the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline in July at a critical time. Advocates say mental health issues are rising in that population amid hostility from the Trump administration.
Ya llega la temporada de gripe. 驴Deber铆as vacunarte? 驴Lo cubrir谩 el seguro?
El Secretario de Salud y Servicios Humanos, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., quien se ha opuesto a las vacunas, coincidi贸 en que la mayor铆a de las personas deben vacunarse contra la gripe.
It鈥檚 Almost Flu Season. Should You Still Get a Shot, and Will Insurance Cover It?
Doctors and public health leaders, including at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, recommend that most people 6 months old and older get the 2025-26 flu vaccine 鈥 and it鈥檚 still covered by most insurance plans.
CDC Staff Tell Journalist They Felt Targeted Even Before Atlanta Campus Shooting
麻豆女优 Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here鈥檚 a collection of their appearances.
Recortes a Medicaid impactar铆an muy fuerte en esta comunidad rural de Colorado
La regi贸n es una de las m谩s pobres del estado. En el condado de Alamosa, 2 de cada 5 residentes est谩n inscritos en Health First Colorado, el programa estatal de Medicaid.
Breaking Down Why Medicare Part D Premiums Are Likely To Go Up
Insurers will take drug costs, frequency of use, and other factors into account as they set premium amounts for the 2026 plan year.
What the Health? From 麻豆女优 Health News: Trump Further Politicizes Science
President Donald Trump鈥檚 latest executive order about science and medicine seeks to take funding decisions out of the hands of career scientists and give them to political appointees instead. And a gunman, reportedly disgruntled over covid vaccines, shoots at the headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, killing a law enforcement officer. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Shefali Luthra of The 19th, and Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet join 麻豆女优 Health News鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Aaron Carroll, president and CEO of the health services research group AcademyHealth, about how to restore the public鈥檚 trust in public health.
鈥楢 Fear Pandemic鈥: Immigration Raids Push Patients Into Telehealth
With intensified immigration enforcement in California, community clinics serving Latino and immigrant populations say they鈥檝e noticed an increase in appointment cancellations and telehealth usage. But, as the covid-19 pandemic showed, accessing the necessary technology can be a challenge and virtual appointments can take a person鈥檚 health care only so far.
Pandemia de miedo: redadas de inmigraci贸n empujan a pacientes a la telemedicina
Los pacientes que necesitan atenci贸n m茅dica tienen cada vez m谩s miedo de buscarla despu茅s que Trump derogara una pol铆tica de la era Biden que prohib铆a redadas en zonas “sensibles” como escuelas, iglesias y hospitales.
Considering a Life Change? Brace for Higher ACA Costs
Consumers contemplating an early retirement or starting a business should calculate how Trump administration and congressional policy changes could increase their health insurance costs 鈥 and plan accordingly.
Inside the CDC, Shooting Adds to Trauma as Workers Describe Projects, Careers in Limbo
Fired-then-reinstated workers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention worry about the future of public health amid proposed agency downsizing.
