Shutdown Has Highlighted Washingtons Retreat From Big Ideas on Health Care
As voters feel financial pressure from runaway health care costs and crave innovations that would provide relief, the standoff in Congress has been firmly rooted in the status quo keeping an existing provision of the Affordable Care Act alive.
Chemtrail Theories Warn of Health Dangers From Contrails. The Idea Takes Wing at Kennedys HHS.
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Its a Bird! Its a Plane! Its a Chemtrail? New Conspiracy Theory Takes Wing at Kennedy’s HHS
The idea that airplane vapors are toxic to people or that there are ongoing efforts to intentionally change the climate made the social media rounds. Now, it has found advocates at the Department of Health and Human Services.
Political Risks in ACA Subsidy Debate Spark Blame Game, Test Parties Resolve
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Shutdown Halts Some Health Services as Political Risks Test Parties Resolve
Congressional Democrats and Republicans are at an impasse in negotiations. Which side will blink first?
Kennedys Take on Vaccine Science Fractures Cohesive National Public Health Strategies
A lack of faith in the soundness of the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions new direction has led states to explore enacting their own vaccine policies. A patchwork of divergent recommendations and requirements could result.
Luego de los recortes de Trump a la salud, estados enfrentan decisiones presupuestarias dif穩ciles
En conjunto, estas reducciones representan un cambio radical en la forma en que se financian y se ofrecen los programas estatales de salud.
In the Fallout From Trumps Health Funding Cuts, States Face Tough Budget Decisions
The Trump administration has pushed a significant amount of health costs to states, whose budgets may already be strained by declining state tax revenues, a slowdown in pandemic spending, and economic uncertainty. State and local governments now face difficult decisions.
Public Health Experts See More Trouble at CDC as Kennedy Looks To Exert Control
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At CDC, Worries Mount That Agency Has Taken Anti-Science Turn
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.s push to fire Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez is more than an administrative shake-up. It marks a major offensive by Kennedy to seize control of the agency and impose an anti-science agenda, public health leaders say.
Kennedy Takes Aim at Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
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Muchos de sus seguidores se oponen a las vacunas y creen que son peligrosas, a pesar de la evidencia cient穩fica que demuestra lo contrario.
Kennedys Anti-Vaccine Strategy Risks Forcing Shots Off Market, Manufacturers Warn
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is targeting the governments Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, without which manufacturers might cease producing shots.
Listen: Regulatory Rollbacks and Federal Layoffs Threaten Americas Food Supply
The Trump administrations anti-regulatory approach and cost-cutting moves risk unraveling the system of checks and balances that helps ensure the safety of the U.S. food supply, say consumer advocates and former employees of the FDA and Department of Agriculture.
Chronically Ill? In Kennedys View, It Might Be Your Own Fault
In their zeal to Make America Healthy Again, top Trump administration officials depict patients and the doctors who treat them as partly responsible for whatever ails them.
In Rush To Satisfy Trump, GOP Delivers Blow to Health Industry
The health industry couldnt persuade GOP lawmakers to oppose big Medicaid cuts in President Donald Trumps tax and spending bill for many reasons. A big one: Congressional Republicans were more worried about angering Trump than a backlash from hospitals and low-income constituents back home.
Vested Interests. Influence Muscle. At RFK Jr.s HHS, Its Not Pharma. Its Wellness.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lambasted federal agencies he accused of being overly influenced by the pharmaceutical industry. But he and other Make America Healthy Again notables have their own financial ties to the vast and largely unregulated $6.3 trillion global wellness industry that ethicists say raise red flags.
Trump Administration Cuts Leave Park Service With Fewer Lifeguards
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Too Sick To Work, Some Americans Worry Trumps Bill Will Strip Their Health Insurance
Republicans claim 4.8 million Americans on Medicaid who could work choose not to. The GOPs work-requirement legislation could sweep up disabled people who say theyre unable to hold jobs.
At Some Federal Beaches, Surfs Up but the Lifeguard Chairs Empty
Some of the nations most well-known beaches are managed by the National Park Service, which saw about 1,000 employees laid off in February by the quasi-agency Department of Government Efficiency, then led by Elon Musk. The void has become a serious public health and safety concern.
