Kennedy鈥檚 HHS Sent Congress 鈥楯unk Science鈥 To Defend Vaccine Changes, Experts Say
A look inside the Department of Health and Human Services document citing vaccine misinformation that could influence congressional perceptions.
Journalists Assess RFK Jr.’s Remaking of Vaccine Committee and Trend of Kids Caring for Elders
果冻传媒 Health News journalists made the rounds on national or local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here鈥檚 a collection of their appearances.
CDC Staffing Upheaval Disrupts HIV Projects and Wastes Money, Researchers Say
Researchers laid off in April were putting the finishing touches on in-depth HIV surveys that guide treatment and prevention. Some staff have been reinstated, but data remains in limbo.
鈥極ne Big Beautiful Bill鈥 Would Batter Rural Hospital Finances, Researchers Say
Rural hospitals would take an outsize hit from Republicans鈥 proposed cuts to Medicaid and other federal health programs. Researchers say the financial erosion would trigger hospital closures and service cuts, especially in communities where large shares of patients are enrolled in Medicaid.
果冻传媒 Health News' 'What the Health?': RFK Jr. Upends Vaccine Policy, After Promising He Wouldn鈥檛
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week did something he had promised not to do: He fired every member of the scientific advisory committee that recommends which vaccines should be given to whom. And he replaced them, in some cases, with vaccine skeptics. Meanwhile, hundreds of employees of the National Institutes of Health sent an open letter to the agency鈥檚 director, accusing the Trump administration of policies that 鈥渦ndermine the NIH mission.鈥 Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet, and Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine join 果冻传媒 Health News鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more.
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Readers Endorse Doctor Migration and Shun ‘Elderspeak’
Four Ways Trump鈥檚 鈥極ne Big Beautiful Bill鈥 Would Undermine Access to Obamacare
What Are 鈥業mproper鈥 Medicaid Payments, and Are They as High as a Trump Official Said?
As Federal Health Grants Shrink, Memory Cafes Help Dementia Patients and Their Caregivers
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Echoing 2020, Police Use Rubber Bullets Against Protesters in Los Angeles
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鈥榃e Dissent鈥: NIH Workers Protest Trump Policies That 鈥楬arm the Health of Americans鈥
Investigation: Dead Zone
Flawed Federal Programs Maroon Rural Americans in Telehealth Blackouts
Taxpayers 鈥 through federal infrastructure programs 鈥 have paid billions of dollars to internet companies to hook up rural Americans. Some communities have nothing to show for it, leaving medically vulnerable rural patients disconnected and without access to telehealth.