Trump's EPA rollback meets resistance EPA says it can’t regulate greenhouse gases — NRDC, Earth Justice and 24 Democratic-majority states beg to differ Salon · Mar 25
Meet Ralph Lee Abraham, the CDC's new second-in-command who believes the Affordable Care Act should be repealed and called vaccines 'dangerous' Abraham, 70, started his career in veterinary medicine. Fortune · Nov 25, 2025
Departures roil the CDC leadership. What's next for the agency? Operations at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are in jeopardy after the ousting of the CDC director and the resignation of several high-profile agency leaders The Independent UK · Aug 28, 2025
As measles exploded, West Texas officials looked to CDC scientists. No one answered. Emails show how overwhelmed West Texas officials were as they asked CDC for guidance on how to respond to the explosive outbreak. The Texas Tribune · Aug 26, 2025
‘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 · Aug 13, 2025
Pfizer Covid vaccine for young children may not be renewed by FDA Email obtained by Guardian says Pfizer was told approval may not be granted, meaning Moderna may have to fill gap The Guardian - US · Aug 9, 2025
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’ The Guardian - US · Jul 27, 2025
Lubbock’s public health director fights to stop measles and build public trust Katherine Wells was celebrated early during the COVID-19 pandemic. Then public health became a political litmus test. The Texas Tribune · Apr 3, 2025
RFK Jr is axing 10,000 employees at Health Department in dramatic restructuring Critics condemn cost in health and lives The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2025
Key GOP vote on RFK Jr. faces high-stakes primary - Roll Call Cassidy, a physician, had expressed concerns about Robert F. Kennedy Jr's vaccine skepticism, but backed him for HHS secretary nonetheless. Roll Call · Feb 5, 2025
Trump directive on grants spurs uncertainty for health programs - Roll Call An order from Trump to temporarily block the disbursement of most federal grants and loans could have a massive impact on health programs. Roll Call · Jan 28, 2025
Trump victory highlights distrust in public health institutions - Roll Call Public health experts say Kennedy's criticism of U.S. health care institutions reflects rising distrust in institutions among the public. Roll Call · Nov 6, 2024
Health care needs to diversify its workforce to get rid of racial inequalities, a new report says A new national report says racial and ethnic inequities in health care are found in every state despite some progress over the past two decades The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2024
Bird flu outbreaks worrying experts At least six states have reported H5N1 outbreaks in dairy farms. Experts explain what precautions to take Salon · Apr 3, 2024
Roll Call · Feb 29, 2024 Post-pandemic vaccine hesitancy fueling latest measles outbreak - Roll Call Only 92 percent of U.S. adolescents have been vaccinated against measles, while officials recommend a 95 percent vaccination rate.
Fortune · Aug 29, 2023 COVID cases are rising, and all eyes are on new variant BA.2.86 'Pirola.' Should masks make a comeback? Though not always en vogue politically or much fun, it was never not time to mask, many experts contend—not since COVID began circulating widely in 2020, anyway.
Tribune News Service · Jul 6, 2023 CDC to reduce funding for states’ child vaccination programs The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reducing funding to states for child vaccination programs, according to an agency email obtained by KFF Health News.
WEKU · Jun 16, 2023 Biden taps Mandy Cohen — former North Carolina health secretary — to lead CDC President Biden's pick for the next director of the CDC is Dr. Mandy Cohen, an internal medicine physician with experience in state and federal government.
Roll Call · Jun 5, 2023 Biden's pick to lead the CDC faces tough summer on Capitol Hill - Roll Call The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is staring down several legislative battles as a new director is expected to take the reins.
Roll Call · Jun 1, 2023 Biden to pick Mandy Cohen to lead the CDC - Roll Call Biden's pick spent five years as the head of North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services and served in the Obama administration.
Tribune News Service · May 25, 2023 California’s fentanyl problem is getting worse California has allocated more than $1 billion in recent years to combat its opioid crisis. Much of the money has been used to distribute fentanyl test strips and the overdose reversal drug naloxone, as well as deliver medical care to people who are homeless. The state has an opioid awareness…
Los Angeles Times · Mar 28, 2023 COVID is still out there. Here's what to do if you get it now LOS ANGELES — The government is ready to declare COVID-19 over: The nationwide state of emergency is set to end on May 11. In California, the state of emergency concluded in February. Johns Hopkins University shut down its nationwide COVID-19 data tracking this month.
Fortune · Mar 17, 2023 Are raccoon dogs the missing link in the mystery of COVID-19's origins? The answer depends on whom you talk to New molecular evidence pointing to their presence at the Wuhan wet market tied to COVID's early days is either a smoking gun or a red herring, experts say.
Fortune · Feb 15, 2023 Here’s what you need to know about norovirus, the highly contagious ‘winter vomiting disease’ that hand sanitizer can’t kill Norovirus is also nicknamed “the cruise ship virus,” as it easily spreads among people in close quarters.
Fortune · Jan 23, 2023 The FDA is proposing a move to annual COVID shots. Some experts worry it’s too soon, and too simple of an approach The virus has not yet fully settled into a pattern of seasonality and may never, experts caution.