Cases of flesh-eating screwworms increase 53% in Mexico: Report Mexico reports more than 5,000 cases of screwworm, primarily in cattle and other animals, according to gov’t data. Al Jazeera · Aug 28, 2025
CDC erupts in chaos after ousted chief Susan Monarez refuses to resign Lawyers for Monarez say she was ‘targeted’ for ‘protecting the public’ by not endorsing ‘unscientific’ orders The Guardian - US · Aug 28, 2025
CDC chief ‘targeted’ for refusing to ‘rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives’, lawyers say – as it happened This liveblog is now closed The Guardian - US · Aug 27, 2025
Monarez removed as CDC director, HHS says - Roll Call Susan Monarez is no longer CDC director, according to the Health and Human Services Department, though her attorneys begged to differ. Roll Call · Aug 27, 2025
‘Horror show’: RFK Jr and Trump fearmonger about autism in marathon cabinet meeting while research is axed behind scenes Kennedy has said he will release his own report on the ‘epidemic’ of autism next month The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2025
US reports its first New World parasitic screwworm infection in decades A person in Maryland has been diagnosed with an infection of the flesh-eating New World screwworm. It's the first case in the U.S. in decades. LiveScience · Aug 26, 2025
‘Out here all alone’: Texas health officials’ pleas for help were ignored by CDC as measles cases grew, report says Public health officials in Texas were met with little to no response from CDC officials when they first reported a measles outbreak earlier this year, according to a new report The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2025
HHS moves to strip thousands of federal health workers of union rights The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has moved to strip thousands of federal health agency employees of their collective bargaining rights The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2025
‘Complicit’: RFK Jr. is already choking on the medicine he’s been prescribing everyone else Funny how reality has a way of hitting back. We Got This Covered · Aug 22, 2025
Medical Aid For 700K Cold War Era Nuclear Workers Indefinitely Suspended Amid Trump's HHS Overhaul: Report The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has paused the review of medical compensation claims for nuclear workers, leaving them in a state of uncertainty. Benzinga · Aug 22, 2025
CVS Health Declines To Add Gilead's Steeply Priced New HIV Prevention Drug To Its Plans CVS Health Inc. (NYSE:CVS) said it will not add Gilead Sciences Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GILD) new HIV prevention drug Yeztugo to its commercial plans. Benzinga · Aug 21, 2025
‘An existential threat’: US health workers call Robert F Kennedy Jr a risk to public health More than 750 health workers say Kennedy’s misinformation fuels violence and endangers lives The Guardian - US · Aug 21, 2025
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 · Aug 21, 2025
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. Al Jazeera · Aug 20, 2025
The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2025 At least 600 CDC employees are getting final termination notices, union says At least 600 employees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are receiving permanent termination notices
The Guardian - US · Aug 20, 2025 US health agency workers accuse RFK Jr of fueling violence against them More than 750 workers in letter say HHS secretary’s rhetoric played a role in recent attack at CDC’s Atlanta headquarters
Roll Call · Aug 18, 2025 Trump's health agency streamlining goals hit roadblock - Roll Call Five months since the Trump administration rolled out grand plans for a signature health agency, Congress has shied away from making it happen.
The Guardian - US · Aug 16, 2025 RFK Jr denies 2028 presidential ambitions after attacks from Trump influencer Laura Loomer HHS chief took to social media with deference to president after ‘Trump’s Rasputin’ said he was plotting move
The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2025 Judge orders RFK Jr’s HHS to stop sharing Medicaid info with ICE Trump administration can’t tap into Medicaid data for millions of people to help make arrests, judge says
We Got This Covered · Aug 15, 2025 RFK Jr. has been using Medicaid information to violate the Constitution, but a judge just put an end to it Another illegal thing on Junior Kennedy's long list.
Guitar World · Aug 15, 2025 “It’s crazy that White Pony was 25 years old this year, even crazier that one of our fans owns one of the ESPs used to record it”: Stephen Carpenter’s ESP Horizon Custom from Deftones’ Back to School video has been valued at $55,000 The S-style – which was used on Around the Fur – has been verified by Carpenter himself
The Conversation · Aug 15, 2025 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 Independent UK · Aug 13, 2025 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 Guardian - US · Aug 13, 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 Independent UK · Aug 12, 2025 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