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HHS derecognizing unions representing staffers at CDC, FDA, NIH and more

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) moved Friday to derecognize labor union representation for staffers at multiple subagencies and...

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Doctors take on RFK Jr. on back-to-school COVID vaccines 

The medical community is waging a public relations fight against Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over COVID-19 vaccines as students head back...

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Novo Nordisk, GoodRx selling Ozempic at half cost for customers paying cash

Novo Nordisk and GoodRx announced a partnership this week to sell products Ozempic and Wegovy at half their normal cost to patients who pay for the...

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Chris Pratt on family gatherings with RFK Jr.: 'I'm not going to pick his brain'

Chris Pratt, actor and husband to Katherine Schwarzenegger, said when he socializes with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr....

19.08.2025 2

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Copycat Ozempic, Mounjaro proliferate even in postshortage era

Copycat versions of popular drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro have continued to proliferate in a postshortage era, with some experts saying...

19.08.2025 10

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Texas declares measles outbreak over after 762 confirmed cases

Texas health officials on Monday declared the measles outbreak that began in West Texas earlier this year is now over after more than 700 cases were...

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Trump signals push to finish Biden's marijuana reform

President Trump says he’s open to following through on former President Biden’s push to reschedule marijuana, a move that comes up short of...

15.08.2025 10

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Second MAHA report's release delayed

The anticipated release of the second report by the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission has been delayed as the White House says scheduling...

13.08.2025 4

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Ex-Trump surgeon general slams RFK Jr.'s 'tepid' response to CDC shooting

Former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams blasted Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for his "delayed and tepid response" to the...

11.08.2025 2

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2 more cases challenging Medicare negotiation rejected in federal courts

Federal judges in Texas and Connecticut on Thursday ruled against arguments challenging the constitutionality of the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation...

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RFK Jr. accepted flu shot recommendations for children

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. accepted a vote by a federal immunization panel to recommend the influenza vaccine for...

08.08.2025 3

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Democrats press UnitedHealth Group over nursing home policies

Democratic Sens. Ron Wyden (Oreg.) and Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) are launching an investigation into UnitedHealth Group (UHG) over its actions...

07.08.2025 10

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American youth derived 62 percent of calories from 'ultra-processed' foods: CDC

A new analysis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that the majority of calories consumed by American youth in recent...

07.08.2025 10

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Appeals court upholds dismissal of US Chamber challenge to Medicare negotiation

The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a lower court's ruling to dismiss a challenge to the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program...

07.08.2025 10

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Top medical group presses RFK Jr. to keep health screening panel

A top U.S. health lobbying group is calling on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to not dismiss a preventive care task force...

28.07.2025 2

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Senate Democrats demand answers on rural health fund

Senate Democrats are demanding answers over how the Trump administration plans to manage the $50 billion rural health slush fund included in the One...

25.07.2025 7

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State Medicaid programs face 'big, beautiful' time crunch 

State Medicaid systems are scrambling to prepare for painful cuts under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, leaving private insurers with mounting...

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Senate GOP faces ‘gut check time’ on axing global HIV program

Senate Republicans remain wary of eliminating the popular and successful global HIV/AIDS program PEPFAR, as they face down a July 18 deadline to vote...

12.07.2025 3

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RFK Jr. bans Head Start, health clinic access for people in US illegally

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Thursday it was rescinding a nearly 30-year interpretation of legislation that allowed...

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Trump's CDC nominee advances on party-line vote in Senate 

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions voted along party lines Wednesday to advance President Trump's nominee to lead the...

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Medical organizations sue RFK Jr., HHS over vaccine policies

A group of medical organizations is suing Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other health leaders in the Trump...

08.07.2025 3

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Medicaid cuts could define midterms

Medicaid is set to become a key issue in the battle over control of Congress in next year’s midterm elections now that President Trump’s "big,...

07.07.2025 10

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Federal judge finds HHS mass layoffs likely unlawful

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that the mass layoffs carried out at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) likely went against the law...

01.07.2025 4

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Trump's CDC pick treads carefully in Senate debut

Susan Monarez, a longtime federal health official nominated by President Trump to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), faced...

26.06.2025 6

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5 testy exchanges from RFK Jr.'s House hearing

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sparred with Democrats throughout a House budget hearing Thursday, with members...

25.06.2025 20

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HHS promotes insurer pledge to scale back prior authorization

Federal health officials on Monday touted pledges they have received from the health insurance industry to streamline and reform the prior...

23.06.2025 2

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GOP leaders negotiate with Medicaid holdouts​

Presented by Alliance for Aging Research — Senate GOP leaders are looking to cut a deal with members of their conference who have balked at the...

20.06.2025 4

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FDA approves 6-month HIV prevention shot

Pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences announced Wednesday the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its six-month, twice-yearly HIV PrEP...

18.06.2025 3

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Trump's former surgeon general is now one his most pointed critics

Jerome Adams, President Trump’s first-term surgeon general, is becoming one of the most prominent voices speaking out against the public health...

16.06.2025 30

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Trump's former surgeon general rips RFK Jr's purge of vaccine board

President Trump's former surgeon general blasted Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's Jr.'s decision to fire the entirety of a...

12.06.2025 20

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Kennedy appoints some vaccine critics to ACIP panel

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Vaccine critics among new ACIP members Robert F. Kennedy Jr....

12.06.2025 5

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Why Trump turned against 'gold standard' mRNA vaccines

President Trump's administration has slammed the brakes on development of messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines, which proved their lifesaving potential...

10.06.2025 9

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Measles cases see biggest rise in over a month

Presented by Alliance for Pharmacy Compounding {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Measles cases see biggest rise in over a month The...

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Biden's HHS Secretary condemns Trump admin: 'This is how public health collapses'

Former Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra blasted the Trump administration's handling of public health since taking office,...

05.06.2025 10

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White House asks for steep cuts to HHS budget

Presented by Alliance for Pharmacy Compounding — The White House is seeking $94.7 billion to fund the Department of Health and Human Services in...

03.06.2025 10

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Kennedy’s autism crusade ignores history, including his own family’s

In the telling of President Trump and his Health and Human Services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., autism in the U.S. has exploded in the past...

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Anti-abortion group targets 12 GOP senators

Presented by The Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare — A key anti-abortion group is pressuring a group of Senate Republicans to back a...

30.05.2025 10

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CMS demands data from hospitals providing pediatric transgender care

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on Wednesday sent letters to hospitals that provide transgender care services to children,...

29.05.2025 4

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US, Argentina launching new 'alternative' to WHO

The top health authorities of the U.S. and Argentina are launching what they call an "alternative international health system" separate from the World...

27.05.2025 8

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Trump's former surgeon general calls for maintaining qualifications current nominee doesn't have

President Trump's former surgeon general, Jerome Adams, said this week that failure to maintain certain requirements for the role he once occupied...

23.05.2025 2

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Trump predicts drug prices will 'drop like a rock' after new executive order

President Trump on Thursday claimed his recent "most favored nation" executive order could cause U.S. drug prices to "drop like a rock" in just a...

23.05.2025 20

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RFK Jr.’s MAHA report targets food, drug, tech industries: Key takeaways

The Trump administration issued its long-awaited Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission report Thursday, hammering various industries while...

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RFK Jr. takes fire in Senate hearing on research cuts, expected farming report

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced intense questioning from the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday as he...

21.05.2025 30

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Progressive PAC slams RFK Jr.'s swim in contaminated river: 'Doesn't give a damn' about grandchildren

The progressive political action committee 314 Action launched a new ad campaign on Monday, slamming Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F....

19.05.2025 10

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FDA clears first blood test to reliably predict Alzheimer's disease

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Friday it had cleared a new test to help diagnose adults with Alzheimer's disease, the first...

17.05.2025 20

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Federal workers union says HHS layoffs 'targeting science'

Labor unions say layoffs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)...

17.05.2025 10

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Trump’s surgeon general pick exposes cracks in MAHA movement

President Trump’s second choice for U.S. surgeon general has set off a wave of infighting within the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement....

11.05.2025 10

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RFK Jr.'s new vaccine testing rule agitates industry, experts

When the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a new requirement for placebo testing on all new vaccines last week, the agency...

08.05.2025 20

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Trump pulls surgeon general nominee

President Trump has pulled his nomination of Janette Nesheiwat to be U.S. surgeon general and chosen chronic disease entrepreneur Casey Means, a...

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RFK Jr. unveils autism project with Medicare, Medicaid data

The Trump administration on Wednesday announced a partnership between the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Medicare and...

07.05.2025 10

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