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Elizabeth Warren Slams Trump's CDC Purge: Calls Out RFK Jr's Statements On Measles Vaccines — 'These Fools Can't Be Trusted With Your Health'

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is sounding the alarm on President Donald Trump’s attempts at overhauling leadership at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, warning of risks to public health.

Benzinga

Top RFK Jr. deputy to serve as acting CDC director after former chief forced out over vaccine policy clash

O’Neill will continue to work as the deputy secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services until a permanent replacement is selected

The Independent UK

RFK Jr. praises Texas for implementing his health vision

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. complimented Texas as Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a prohibition on using state tax dollars on specific products with additives, among other measures.

The Texas Tribune

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Trump Administration Plans To Pull COVID-19 Vaccines Off Market 'Within Months'

The Trump administration is preparing to remove COVID-19 vaccines from the U.S. market "within months," according to a close associate of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Benzinga

Hundreds of CDC employees get layoff notices just days after workers return to HQ in wake of shooting

Employees in the public health agency are expected to receive layoff notices just as they return to the office after a deadly shooting

The Independent UK

US health workers implore RFK Jr to ‘stop spreading inaccurate’ information

Some 750 federal health employees signed the letter two weeks after a gunman fired 180 bullets into CDC buildings.

Al Jazeera

At least 600 CDC employees being terminated in US, union says

Sackings come as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr pushes to significantly downsize department.

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RFK Jr.’s plans to overhaul ‘vaccine court’ system would face legal and scientific challenges

For almost 40 years, people who suspect they’ve been harmed by a vaccine have been able to turn to a little-known system called the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program – often simply called the vaccine court.

The Conversation

Suspect who fired 180 shots at CDC and motivated by ‘vaccine misinformation’ is pictured

Gunman Patrick Joseph White expressed discontent with the COVID-19 vaccinations in writings he made before the shooting, authorities said.

The Independent UK

Prominent medical journal refuses RFK's call to retract a vaccine study

A recent study that confirmed that aluminium in vaccines doesn't pose a risk to children has sparked a war of words between the RFK, Jr. and a U.S. medical journal.

LiveScience

Laura Loomer sets her sights on her next target to get the boot from the Trump administration

‘I’m not naive enough to think that the president is going to get rid of RFK, but I will say that … there are concerns about some of the staffing decisions over at HHS,’ Laura Loomer said this week.

The Independent UK

The future of cancer treatment is ‘personalized’ mRNA vaccines. Experts fear RFK research cuts will jeopardize that

HHS announced last week that it would slash hundreds of millions in grants for Covid, flu and infectious disease research

The Independent UK

Former Surgeon General Slams RFK Jr. Over mRNA Cuts, Says US 'Conceding To China,' 2 Million Lives At Risk

Former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams is warning that halting federal funding for mRNA vaccine research will cost lives, derail medical breakthroughs, and hand a critical technological advantage to China.

Benzinga

Republican States Lead The Charge To Ban Soda, Candy From SNAP As Robert Kennedy Jr's 'MAHA' Movement Gains Ground

Republican states are leading the charge to restrict soda and candy purchases under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, aligning with Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s “Make America Healthy Again” initiative.

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Doctors decry RFK Jr decision to slash mRNA vaccine grants: ‘Our nation will pay in lives’

‘A tremendous step backward, the politicization of science, and RFK Jr., who has been a lifelong anti-vaccine propagandist and science denialist, is now making policy,’ one doctor said

Benzinga

RFK Jr. Sued By Eli Lilly, Amgen Over Drug Discount Program

Three major pharmaceutical companies — Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ:AMGN), Eli Lilly and Co (NYSE:LLY), and UCB SA (OTC:UCBJY) (OTC:UCBJF) — are suing U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over the way his department is handling a drug discount program.

Roll Call

Cassidy, who defied Trump, aims to win with increasingly conservative base - Roll Call

Cassidy, who defied Trump, aims to win with increasingly conservative base - Congress Bill Cassidy's race for Senate is complicated by a checkered history with Trump.

The Independent UK

RFK Jr. looks to boot panel that decides which HIV and cancer screenings will be free: report

Decisions from the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force impact millions of people’s access to preventative care for cancer, infectious diseases and mental health

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Hiking in jeans in sweltering heat? Swimming in sewage-filled rivers? RFK Jr's recent hiking adventures are a textbook case in what not to do when you head outdoors

For once, we can all learn something about health from the US Secretary of Health and Human Services

International Business Times

SCOTUS Hands Trump A Power Play—But Are The Checks Vanishing?

The Trump administration is now free to proceed with planning "reductions in force" at departments like Veterans Affairs, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and the State Department.

Benzinga

Trump's Federal Job Cuts Gets Supreme Court Go-Ahead: DOGE Outpaces Big Tech In Layoffs Across US Bureaucracy

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday removed a key legal barrier to President Donald Trump‘s mass federal workforce reduction plans, potentially affecting tens of thousands of government employees while reshaping bureaucratic operations that impact market sectors from defense contracting to regulatory oversight.

Benzinga

RFK Jr.'s Battle Against Synthetic Food Dye: Will M&M's, Skittles Keep Their Colors?

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is making strides in his war against synthetic food dyes, is now targeting colorful favorites such as Jell-O snacks, Kool-Aid and Lucky Charms cereals.

Fortune

RFK Jr. wants more people wearing health wearables in the name of 'MAHA'

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is making health wearables a major part of his preventive health agenda.

LiveScience

RFK's proposal to let bird flu spread through poultry could set us up for a pandemic, experts warn

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins have expressed interest in letting H5N1 outbreaks spread unchecked through U.S. poultry farms. Health experts warn it could lead to a new pandemic.

Reason

From Big Gulps to Raw Milk: The Rise of MAHA

Elizabeth Nolan Brown joins Nick Gillespie to discuss the rise of MAHA, RFK Jr.’s influence on wellness politics, and how the culture war came for your diet.

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