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RFK Jr.-aligned MAHA group spends big on Iowa governor's race

A political action committee associated with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement announced Thursday...

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Mifepristone detection study draws fire from Senate Democrats

Senate Democrats demanded answers Thursday from Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin about an agency study to detect the...

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FTC: 'Pharma bro' Shkreli violated lifetime industry ban, should be held in contempt

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and a coalition of seven states asked a federal court on Tuesday to punish Martin Shkreli for "flagrantly and...

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House Dem seeks IG investigation of HHS claims in DOGE lawsuits

A top House Democrat said he is concerned the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provided incorrect or fraudulent information as part of...

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Top House Dem unveils surprise medical billing overhaul

New legislation from Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.), the top Democrat on the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee, aims to overhaul a key part of...

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FDA: mifepristone review won't be done until March

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) won’t publish its safety review of the abortion drug mifepristone until March, it disclosed in a Wednesday...

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Watchdog: Trump administration illegally withheld federal research funds

The Trump administration violated federal law by withholding tens of millions of dollars in research grant funding Congress had appropriated for the...

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As concerns over health costs mount, Trump tries cash

With the midterm elections a month away and Republicans struggling to respond to voter frustration over healthcare costs, President Trump is handing...

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Appeals panel wrestles with block of RFK Jr.'s vaccine panel appointments

The Trump administration told a federal appeals panel Tuesday that a lower court erred in blocking Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s...

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Trump admin revamps price transparency

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story HHS revamps price transparency rules The Trump administration is...

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Poll: Democrats hold major advantage on health care costs

Health care costs remain a top affordability concern for voters, who trust Democrats over Republicans on the issue by a nearly two-to-one margin,...

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Senators demand answers from RFK Jr on task force overhaul

Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) and a group of 16 other Senate Democrats are demanding answers from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr...

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Medicare de-fangs new drug pricing model

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story Medicare de-fangs new drug pricing model The Trump administration...

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GOP senators call for DOJ to investigate Chinese role in hemp, cannabis markets

Four GOP senators who opposed the delay of a ban on intoxicating hemp products are calling on the Justice Department to investigate the role of...

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Physicians urge Senate to reject Overton

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story Physicians urge Senate to reject FDA nominee Thousands of physicians...

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White House begins mailing $500 ObamaCare 'refund' checks

The White House began mailing $500 refund checks Wednesday to just about 1 million Americans who the administration says were overcharged for their...

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Senate panel advances Trump surgeon general nominee

President Trump's nominee for U.S. surgeon general advanced through a key Senate committee on Wednesday, setting up a glide path to a floor vote and...

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Unspent healthcare funding faces do-or-die cliff

The Trump administration has refused to spend billions of dollars that Congress appropriated for health programs, putting them at risk of expiring on...

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Eric Cantor named new president of pharma trade group

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story Eric Cantor named new president of pharma trade group PhRMA, the...

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3 takeaways from the MAHA Summit

Trump administration officials mingled with insurers, corporate executives and wellness influencers at the second Make America Healthy Again Summit....

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Top Senate Dems press HHS about delayed COVID shots for low-income children

Top Senate Democrats are pressing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) about an apparent delay in making COVID-19 shots available through...

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CDC updates measles count, now includes 2 deaths

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its national measles tally late Monday to include an additional death in 2026, raising...

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Trump administration rejects UN pandemic preparedness declaration

The U.S. rejected a nonbinding United Nations declaration pledging international collaboration to improve pandemic preparedness and prevention,...

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Nevada abortion rights group launches $1M campaign on ballot measure

A leading abortion rights group in Nevada is launching a $1 million ad campaign to mobilize voters around a ballot initiative to enshrine abortion...

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Senate Democrats question if Kennedy struck a deal in vaccine lawsuit

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story Senate Democrats question if Kennedy struck a deal in vaccine...

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Collins warns OMB about unspent global health funding

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee, is calling on the Trump administration to spend more than $1 billion of...

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FDA pick sidesteps tough questions

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story FDA pick sidesteps tough questions Dr. Heidi Overton, President...

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Senate committee advances Klomp as HHS No. 2

A key Senate committee Thursday advanced the nomination of Chris Klomp to be deputy secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),...

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Anti-abortion group threatens to sue FDA over mifepristone

The anti-abortion group Students for Life of America on Thursday filed a notice of intent to sue the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over alleged...

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Trump FDA pick tests Collins on abortion

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is in the middle of a fight over a Trump health nominee, presenting a key test of her commitment to being an...

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Collins: White House backing down from NIH grant order

The White House is backing down from a plan to issue an executive order that would give the White House control over scientific grants from the...

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Lawsuit targets 'medically frail' Medicaid work requirement exemption

A new lawsuit is challenging how the Trump administration plans to exempt medically frail people from Medicaid work requirements. Medicaid enrollees,...

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MAHA lashes out at RFK Jr.

{beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story MAHA activists call out Trump, RFK Jr. on mRNA Make America Healthy Again activists, alongside...

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Vance-led task force set to remove 750K Obamacare enrollees, citing fraud

The Trump administration is removing close to 750,000 people from Affordable Care Act (ACA) coverage due to allegedly fraudulent enrollment, Vice...

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EPA launches drinking water study looking for traces of abortion pills

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is launching a drinking water quality study that will for the first time look for traces of abortion pills...

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Trump touts Medicaid drug savings

All 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico have applied to participate in an arrangement intended to give lower drug prices to Medicaid...

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CDC director says RFK Jr. has final say

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story CDC director says RFK Jr. has final say In her first interview since...

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White House set to tout Medicaid 'most favored nation' drug pricing deals

President Trump on Friday is set to announce that all 50 states will see "most favored nation" (MFN) pricing for some drugs covered by Medicaid,...

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RFK Jr. says anti-vaccine group has a 'friend at the White House'

Speaking to the anti-vaccine group he once led, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Thursday the Trump administration...

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Kennedy fans vaccine injury concerns at anti-vaccine event

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story Kennedy fans vaccine injury concerns at anti-vaccine event Returning...

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After months of vacancies, Kennedy revamps preventive services panel with new members

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday named eight new members to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), an...

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Abortion rights group expands midterm battleground efforts

A major abortion rights group is expanding its outreach efforts in key battleground House districts ahead of November's midterm elections....

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Democrats grill top Kennedy ally nominated to be HHS no. 2

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story Democrats grill top Kennedy ally nominated to be HHS no. 2 The...

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Abbott agrees to settle DOJ lawsuit over baby formula plant contamination

Abbott Laboratories will pay $385 million to settle allegation related to how it operated a manufacturing plant tied to contaminated powdered baby...

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Carrie Hughes: Health and human services director, House Education and the Workforce Committee

Carrie Hughes knows she is somewhat of a rarity on Capitol Hill. Her first job as a congressional aide was in the office of Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.)....

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Marcus Towns: Member services director, House Appropriations Committee Republicans

Advancing any legislation with a slim Republican majority is a challenge, but navigating the variety of GOP viewpoints while trying to advance...

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States and cities sue over 'public charge' green card restrictions

A coalition of Democratic-led states and Washington, D.C., are suing the Trump administration to block a rule that makes it harder for immigrants to...

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CDC director's 'unusual' silence draws scrutiny

Just a month into her tenure, CDC director Erica Schwartz is missing in action. The country is heading into respiratory virus season, and public...

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CDC declares cyclospora outbreak over

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story CDC declares cyclospora outbreak over After nearly 13,000 cases and...

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Health officials declare end to largest cyclospora outbreak in history

The country's largest outbreak of cyclosporiasis has ended, federal health officials said Friday. The foodborne illness linked to contaminated lettuce...

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