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FDA Authorizes an Emergency Preventive Drug for New World Screwworm in Cattle, Sheep, Goats and Swine

The FDA authorized CLiK Extra wound spray to prevent New World screwworm in livestock. The parasite rarely reaches humans through open wounds.

Medical Daily

Federal Grant Cuts End Funding for Dozens of Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs

HHS canceled 53 Teen Pregnancy Prevention grants worth about $68 million, two years early, and rewrote the criteria for replacements.

Medical Daily

Head Start Delivers Screenings and Immunization Tracking to Young Children, and Its Rules Are Changing Now

A proposed federal rule would rescind and replace Head Start's performance standards, including required health screenings and immunization verification.

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RFK Jr takes aim at ‘unvetted’ ingredients in US food supply with new FDA proposal

Neither of Monday's announcements are likely to immediately impact American diets, which are blamed for a host of chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease

The Independent UK

A Year After the Atlanta Shooting, CDC Staff Say They Still Do Not Feel Safe at Work

One year after a gunman fired on CDC headquarters, employees describe continuing safety fears amid heavy losses across the agency workforce.

Medical Daily

FDA proposes new food ingredient rule but skips defining ‘ultra-processed’

Move closes loophole but doesn’t include definition of ultra-processed foods, promised earlier this year

The Guardian - US

A Bipartisan Bill Would Add Reporting Rules to the Drug Discount Program That Funds Safety Net Care

Six senators introduced the SUSTAIN 340B Act, adding annual reporting rules and a data clearinghouse to the drug discount program.

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Senate Panel Refers Fauci to Justice Department for Contempt as COVID Origins Questions Stay Unsettled

A Senate committee voted to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt and referred him to the Justice Department. Here is what the vote does and does not establish.

Medical Daily

Senate Finance Democrat Opens Inquiry into Federal Decisions on Kratom and Flavored Vapes

A Senate Finance ranking member has opened an inquiry into federal decisions on kratom and flavored vapes, requesting documents by August 31.

Medical Daily

RFK Jr.’s cooking show has no appetite

Joyless salmon patties, cheap graphics and policy detours add up to a cooking show curiously uninterested in food

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US plans up to $150 million legal support for unaccompanied migrant children

The US Department of Health and Human Services plans to award up to $150 million to Houston-based Burke Law Group to provide legal representation for unaccompanied migrant children in federal custody, as the Office of Refugee Resettlement continues to handle tens of thousands of such cases each year.

The Economic Times

GAO Says Fragmented Federal Surveillance Slows Detection of New Disease Threats

A GAO report finds no federal agency has authority to coordinate disease surveillance across the government, slowing early detection of emerging threats.

Medical Daily

Health Secretary Brings Take Back Your Health Tour to Danville as Rural Virginia Faces Medicaid Reductions

HHS Secretary Kennedy toured a Danville agriculture research center and a Chatham rehab facility, defending rural health funding amid Medicaid cuts.

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OSF HealthCare Pays $552,250 in Federal Privacy Settlement Over 2021 Ransomware Breach Affecting 53,907 Patients

Federal regulators settled with OSF HealthCare for $552,250 over a 2021 ransomware breach. Here is what happened and what patients should check.

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Federal Officials Renew the Vaccine and Autism Question: What Decades of Research Already Show

Parents are asking about vaccines and autism again after new federal statements. Here is what the research shows and what to ask a pediatrician.

Medical Daily

Senator Says HHS Discussed Removing Vaccine and Autism Claims from the CDC Website Before Nominee Votes

Sen. Bill Cassidy said talks with HHS about removing vaccine-autism claims from the CDC website preceded his support for two health nominees.

The Independent UK

‘Very different kind of problem – and a dangerous one’: Doctors’ dire warnings as RFK Jr’s agenda sees measles surge back

Measles is back with a vengeance in the U.S. Will America be able to fight off the virus this time? Julia Musto reports

Medical Daily

FTC Alleges a Telehealth Company Sent Users' Health Conditions to Ad Platforms After Promising Discretion

The FTC sued Hims and Hers over alleged sharing of sensitive health data with ad platforms. What the complaint alleges and how to check your own accounts.

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HHS Launched a Federal Cooking Show This Week, and the Research on Whether That Changes How People Eat Is Genuinely Mixed

HHS launched The Real Food Show on July 30. What nutrition education research shows about whether cooking media changes eating habits.

The Guardian - US

Trump reportedly pushing RFK Jr to cut vaccines more aggressively

White House has halted changing vaccine schedule as it is unpopular, but anti-vaxx Trump set on ‘alleviating autism’

The Independent UK

Trump pressured RFK Jr to slash childhood vaccines over autism fears: report

During a lunch in May, Trump reportedly accused Kennedy of having the ‘yips’

Medical Daily

Defendant Allegedly Kept Billing Medicare While Free On Bond Before Fleeing, Justice Department Says In New Announcement

DOJ says a man indicted in a $547M Medicare genetic testing scheme kept billing through Houston labs while on bond. What it means for beneficiaries.

The Independent UK

Not ‘standard’ for Taylor Farms to seek White House intervention in ‘diarrhea lettuce’ recall, ex-FDA chief says

‘I dealt with outbreaks in romaine lettuce and spinach as well,’ former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said. ‘I never heard from the White House on those things’

Benzinga

GOP Congressman Slams JD Vance's Silence Over CDC's $1.24 Billion Pfizer COVID Vaccine Contracts: 'Why Isn’t He Speaking Out'

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) questioned Vice President JD Vance‘s silence after the Trump administration established billions for Pfizer Inc.‘s (NYSE:PFE) COVID-19 vaccine contracts for 2026 and 2027.

Medical Daily

DEA Could Ban Concentrated 7-OH Kratom Products Any Time After August 5 — What Consumers Need to Know

DEA's temporary Schedule I order for concentrated 7-OH kratom products can issue any time after August 5. What the threshold covers and who is affected.

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