Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from HHS

RFK Jr.’s plans to overhaul ‘vaccine court’ system would face legal and scientific challenges

For almost 40 years, people who suspect they’ve been harmed by a vaccine have been able to turn to a little-known system called the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program – often simply called the vaccine court.

The Conversation

Laura Loomer sets her sights on her next target to get the boot from the Trump administration

‘I’m not naive enough to think that the president is going to get rid of RFK, but I will say that … there are concerns about some of the staffing decisions over at HHS,’ Laura Loomer said this week.

The Independent UK

‘Distracting the public’: group of health professionals call for RFK Jr to be removed

Ahead of the second Maha report, grassroots Defend Public Health warns that everything HHS is doing is ‘horrifying’

The Guardian - US

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

The future of cancer treatment is ‘personalized’ mRNA vaccines. Experts fear RFK research cuts will jeopardize that

HHS announced last week that it would slash hundreds of millions in grants for Covid, flu and infectious disease research

The Independent UK

CDC Shooting Linked To Suspect's COVID-19 Vaccine Beliefs, Former Staff Blame RFK Jr. Hostility Toward Agency

A group of former U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) employees are blaming HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for vilifying the agency’s workforce through “his continuous lies about science and vaccine safety, which have fueled a climate of hostility and mistrust."

Benzinga

Trump law will cut food stamps for 2.4 million people as work rules widen

Parents of teens, adults up to 64 years old and veterans must work, volunteer or train to keep benefits, CBO finds

The Guardian - US

The Guardian view on RFK Jr’s vaccine cuts: an assault on science from a politician unfit for his office

Editorial: The decision by the US health and human services secretary to remove mRNA research funding is ill-informed and dangerous

The Guardian - UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Vinay Prasad's Comeback To FDA Sparks Debate Over Regulatory Direction

In a stunning reversal, Dr. Vinay Prasad is returning to his role as director of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), just days after his resignation.

Benzinga

Atlanta CDC gunman believed Covid vaccine made him suicidal, official says

Shooter, a 30-year-old man who died during violence, fired dozens of rounds into buildings and killed police officer

The Guardian - US

How RFK Jr’s vaccine funding cuts fit with Trump’s vision

Latest move to cut funding for vaccines is not down to US health secretary. It is part of Trump’s wider war on science.

Al Jazeera

AbbVie Inclusion In Medicare Drug Talks Fails To Justify Lawsuit, Court Rules

AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:ABBV), the manufacturer of Imbruvica, is at the center of a constitutional challenge to the federal government's new Drug Price Negotiation Program.

Benzinga

'These decisions were completely reckless': Funding cuts to mRNA vaccines will make America more vulnerable to pandemics

mRNA expert Jeff Coller spoke with Live Science about the future of mRNA vaccines in the United States in the aftermath of huge federal funding cuts.

LiveScience

RFK Jr. Sued By Eli Lilly, Amgen Over Drug Discount Program

Three major pharmaceutical companies — Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ:AMGN), Eli Lilly and Co (NYSE:LLY), and UCB SA (OTC:UCBJY) (OTC:UCBJF) — are suing U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over the way his department is handling a drug discount program.

Benzinga

HHS phases out mRNA vaccine trials for COVID-19, bird flu - Roll Call

HHS says the elimination of 22 mRNA vaccine development projects for COVID-19 and bird flu signals a shift in vaccine priorities.

Roll Call

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - US

RFK Jr’s health department to halt $500m in mRNA vaccine research

Agency to end 22 federal contracts, questioning safety of technology credited with helping end Covid pandemic

International Business Times

US Axes MRNA Vaccine Contracts, Casting Safety Doubts

President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday announced it would terminate 22 federal contracts for mRNA-based vaccines, questioning the safety of a technology credited with helping end the Covid pandemic and saving millions of lives.

The Independent UK

RFK Jr pulls funding for vaccine development

IN FULL

Roll Call

Harm reduction techniques being phased out under Trump - Roll Call

The Trump administration is phasing out harm reduction practices use to combat overdoses.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Benzinga

FDA Sounds Alarm On Nationwide Butter Recall: Upgrades Risk Over Allergen Warning

The Food and Drug Administration has heightened concerns over a nationwide butter recall, escalating the risk level after discovering the presence of an undeclared major allergen.

We Got This Covered

RFK Jr.’s ‘information crisis’ has doctors ditching the CDC to save your kids

Real doctors want to help you, unsurprisingly.

The Guardian - US

US medical groups fill gap with own vaccine guides amid ‘information crisis’

As official health guidance changes, scientific groups are stepping in with evidence-based recommendations

The Guardian - US

Top medical body concerned over RFK Jr’s reported plans to cut preventive health panel

American Medical Association writes to health secretary after reports he aims to overhaul taskforce for being ‘woke’

Benzinga

RFK Jr. Ponders Overhaul of Key Preventive Health Advisory Committee

In a move that could significantly impact preventive health services, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is reportedly considering the dismissal of all members of a crucial advisory committee.

Kiplinger

Humana to Cut Prior Authorizations for Medicare Advantage Plans by 2026

Humana, the second-largest provider of Medicare Advantage Plans, has pledged to streamline the often frustrating Prior Authorization process.

TechRadar

FBI urges users to beware worrying Interlock ransomware attacks

A financially motivated ransomware group is quickly gaining notoriety and is now on the FBI's radar.

1 … 14 15 16 17

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.