RFK Jr.’s Health Department leads Trump’s push to add politicals to the federal workforce
Fri Aug 28 10:00 am
Political roles are way up. Career staffing is way down, despite a push to hire after last year’s downsizing.
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Shapiro won’t say who died of measles. RFK Jr. is exploiting it.
Thu Aug 27 6:21 pm
The Health secretary suggested the Pennsylvania governor is hiding something about the deaths’ cause. Shapiro says he can’t say more.
2 unvaccinated people die of measles in Pennsylvania
Tue Aug 25 1:25 pm
The U.S. has reported more than 2,700 measles cases this year, the highest annual count since 1991.
'The MMR vaccine is not a lethal vaccine,' Mehmet Oz says
Sun Aug 23 1:31 pm
The head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services was asked three times to clarify claims made by President Donald Trump earlier this month.
Trump offered state Medicaid programs lower prices on weight-loss drugs. Most are rejecting the deal.
Sat Aug 22 4:00 pm
Blue and red states say accepting federal help to expand access to drugs like Wegovy for America's poorest patients is too much of a drain on their budgets.
Democrats see political gain in Ohio’s health care pain
Sat Aug 22 2:00 pm
Surging costs and plummeting insurance coverage could give Ohio Democrats their best chance in years to win back power.
RFK Jr.’s barnstorming the country for the GOP
Fri Aug 21 6:50 pm
The health secretary toured the heartland this week while Trump nominated a loyal aide to lead one of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s agencies.
Trump's pick to lead the FDA faces uphill Senate battle
Wed Aug 19 6:26 pm
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chair Bill Cassidy has already signaled her vaccine policy work may cost her his vote.
Judge halts Trump’s abstinence-only overhaul of teen sex ed program
Wed Aug 19 1:09 pm
But the ruling will not restore tens of millions in funds cut earlier this summer.
Trump to select Heidi Overton for FDA commissioner
Tue Aug 18 8:53 pm
The agency has been under acting leadership since May.
Former Fauci aide pleads guilty to dodging federal public records laws
Tue Aug 18 5:20 pm
David Morens’ former boss, Anthony Fauci, has said he did not participate in a scheme to hide emails about a controversial researcher’s funding.
Vance presses Justice Department to investigate hospitals over transgender care
Thu Aug 13 4:18 pm
The Trump administration alleges that some hospitals are incorrectly billing for gender-affirming care.