Lights, camera, fraud: Dr. Oz takes fraud-busting on the road
Fri Feb 27 10:00 am
The Trump administration wants to tackle fraud. Oz, a famed television host, has put his skills to the task.
POLITICO Health Care
Trump’s surgeon general pick, Casey Means, still lacks votes for confirmation
Thu Feb 26 1:28 pm
Two Republican senators told POLITICO they were undecided after Means faced tough questions on her vaccine views at a nomination hearing.
Trump wants Congress to make his drug pricing deals law. It won’t be easy.
Wed Feb 25 6:34 pm
Longstanding Republican orthodoxy on free markets and scant details are making Trump’s drug pricing law push difficult.
RFK Jr. says we need more herbicide production, stunning his followers
Mon Feb 23 4:05 pm
Supporters of the health secretary’s Make America Healthy Again movement are worried Kennedy is selling out.
New education loan limits favor RFK Jr.’s enemies
Mon Feb 23 4:45 am
The Trump administration is capping student loans, but doctors and dentists opposed to the health secretary will get more than his wellness allies.
RFK Jr.’s billionaire running mate is making a comedy about the pandemic
Sun Feb 22 4:00 pm
Nicole Shanahan has recruited a top screenwriter and enlisted Covid contrarian Jay Bhattacharya.
RFK Jr.’s days of going wild on health may be over
Sat Feb 21 7:00 am
After letting the health secretary have his way in 2025, Trump is reining him in now that it’s an election year.
FDA's reversal on Moderna flu shot bid followed White House pressure
Wed Feb 18 3:47 pm
President Trump called Commissioner Marty Makary to the White House to discuss his frustration with the agency handling of vaccine issues, sources told POLITICO.
Jay Bhattacharya named acting CDC director
Wed Feb 18 1:24 pm
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dismissed Jim O’Neill, whom Trump will nominate to lead the National Science Foundation, from the CDC job last week.
Why Congress failed to reach an Obamacare deal
Tue Feb 17 4:45 am
Lawmakers delayed negotiations despite a drumbeat of warnings. That was just the first problem.
RFK Jr.’s allies are trying to free anti-vaccine doctors to speak their minds
Sun Feb 15 4:00 pm
They want the Supreme Court to allow physicians to buck the medical establishment when they advise patients and the public.
RFK Jr.’s battle with the public health establishment has turned to trench warfare
Sun Feb 15 2:00 pm
The health secretary turned his agencies toward skepticism of processed food and vaccines, but he’s faced pushback at every turn — including from Republicans.