RFK Jr outlines expansive vision for collecting US health data at Maha event Health secretary calls for medical and lifestyle details to be sent to doctors and AI to address ‘chronic disease epidemic’ The Guardian - US · Sep 29
Susan Collins Calls $810 Million Pocket Rescission Unlawful as About $600 Million in HHS Funds Could Lapse Sen. Susan Collins calls an $810 million pocket rescission unlawful. About $600 million comes from HHS refugee, research, and minority health funds. Medical Daily · Sep 29
HHS Awards $247.9 Million for Opioid Treatment, Naloxone Training, and School Mental Health as Overdose Deaths Decline HHS awarded $247.9 million through SAMHSA for opioid treatment, naloxone training, and youth mental health. Here is where the money goes and why it matters. Medical Daily · Sep 28
HHS Denies Kennedy Kept Gardasil Lawsuit Stake as Senators Question Fee Transfer to His Former Law Firm HHS says Robert F. Kennedy Jr. kept no stake in Gardasil lawsuits. Four senators ask why his fee interest went to Wisner Baum instead of his son. Medical Daily · Sep 28
Nearly All of $101 Million for Teen Pregnancy Prevention Sits Unspent as the Fiscal Year Ends September 30 HHS has provided about $580,000 of the $101 million Congress set aside for teen pregnancy prevention this year, and a court has paused the funds' Sept. 30 lapse. Medical Daily · Sep 28
Fast Lab COO Pleads Guilty in $500 Million COVID Test Fraud Scheme Billing Insurers for Services Never Provided Fast Lab's COO pleaded guilty in a COVID test scheme that billed over $500 million for services never provided. What he admitted and how to check your claims. Medical Daily · Sep 28
Trump Halts $810M to Stop Programmes Flagged as 'Woke International Education' and 'Therapy for Latinx' The Trump administration is seeking to cancel $810m in Congress-approved funding through a legally disputed pocket rescission, prompting criticism over timing and presidential spending powers. International Business Times UK · Sep 27
Kennedy Disclosure Shows $4 Million in Book Advances From MAHA-Linked Publisher as HHS Defends Ethics Compliance Kennedy's new disclosure lists $4 million in book advances from a publisher whose owner leads MAHA groups. HHS says he follows ethics rules. Medical Daily · Sep 26
Chris Klomp Clears Senate Finance 15 to 12, Moving Closer to Overseeing Daily HHS Vaccine and Medicare Work Senate Finance advanced Chris Klomp for HHS deputy secretary by a vote of 15 to 12, sending him to a full Senate vote. What the No. 2 post means for families. Medical Daily · Sep 25
RFK Jr quietly changed his ethics pledge sparking new scrutiny over financial dealings ‘Your decision to withhold this information from Congress and apparent failure to report this change to agency ethics officials is deeply alarming,’ senators wrote in a letter The Independent UK · Sep 25
HHS Sends $51 Million to 28 Health Centers for Dental Care for Children with Autism and Down Syndrome HHS awarded $51 million to 28 health centers to improve dental care for children with neurodevelopmental disorders. See the recipients by state. Medical Daily · Sep 24
Senate Finance approves Klomp nomination for HHS deputy The Senate Finance Committee on Thursday approved the nomination of Chris Klomp to serve as deputy secretary of Health and Human Services, which would make him second in command to Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in a 15-12 vote. Klomp has risen through the ranks of the Trump administration, most… Roll Call · Sep 24
Donor Islet Cells for Type 1 Diabetes Could Be Regulated Like Organs as HHS Seeks Public Comment HHS is asking whether donor islet cells for type 1 diabetes should be regulated as organs. No rule change is proposed, and comments are due November 8. Medical Daily · Sep 24
HHS and EPA Join Forces on Glyphosate Health Research as EPA Readies Its Cancer Review for Early 2027 HHS and EPA formed a working group to study glyphosate's health effects ahead of EPA's early 2027 review. The agencies say the pact does not decide the outcome. Medical Daily · Sep 24
Medical Daily · Sep 24 COVID Is Growing in 27 States While Free Shots for Low-Income Children Remain Delayed Weeks After Approval CDC estimates COVID is growing in 27 states as free shots for kids in the Vaccines for Children program remain delayed. Who is most at risk, and what to do?
Medical Daily · Sep 24 Measles Death Now Listed by CDC but Agency Will Not Say Where as Pennsylvania Cases Reach 835 The CDC now lists one 2026 measles death but won't say where. Pennsylvania reports 835 cases and four measles-associated deaths. What families should know.
Medical Daily · Sep 24 NIH Puts $88 Million into Human-Based Research Facilities and Weighs a Yearly Public Count of Lab Animals NIH is funding $88 million in human-based research facilities and may publish yearly lab animal counts, part of a wider HHS push.
The Guardian - US · Sep 23 RFK Jr received $4m in book advances from Maha allies over past year In 2024 ethics filing, US health secretary pledged to ‘not engage in writing, editing, marketing or promotional services for any of these books during government service’
Latin Times · Sep 23 760,000 Lose Obamacare Coverage Ahead of Enrollment as Vance Announces $2.2B ACA Fraud Crackdown U.S. canceled ACA coverage for 760,000 people over alleged fraud. What Latino freelancers and gig workers should check now.
The Guardian - US · Sep 23 Delays in Covid shots for kids is latest bid by Trump officials to restrict vaccines Administration is holding back Covid vaccines for all children in at least 11 states and one US territory
Medical Daily · Sep 23 Kennedy Names Leucovorin Telehealth Co-Founder to Chair Federal Panel That Advises on Roughly $2 Billion in Autism Research Kennedy named NICHD chief John Gaitanis, co-founder of a leucovorin telehealth firm, to chair the federal autism committee. Here is what it means.
Medical Daily · Sep 22 Nearly $25 Million Reaches 132 Rural Hospitals, but 36 Hospitals Flagged as Likely Eligible Did Not Receive Awards HHS sent nearly $25 million to 132 small rural hospitals in 13 states. See who qualified, where the money went, and which hospitals are missing.
The Guardian - US · Sep 22 Why the CDC is excluding measles deaths in Pennsylvania even as outbreak appears to be ‘accelerating’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention refuses to count four measles deaths in the state though doctors are ‘seeing new forms’ of disease
Medical Daily · Sep 22 Nearly 600 FDA Postmarket Drug Studies Are Behind Schedule While Many of the Medicines Stay on the Market Nearly 600 postmarket studies of FDA-approved drugs and biologics are behind schedule. What the delays mean for patients and how to check a study's status.
Medical Daily · Sep 21 Kennedy Tells Anti-Vaccine Conference Vaccine Risks Are Unknowable, but Four Federal Systems Track Shots as Measles Hits 3,471 Kennedy told a Children's Health Defense conference that vaccine risks can't be known. Here's how federal safety monitoring works as U.S. measles cases reach 3,471.