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RFK Jr. Says Healthy Pregnant Women Don’t Need Covid Boosters. What the Science Says.
You’re pregnant, healthy, and hearing mixed messages: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is not a...
At Trump’s FDA, Anti-Regulatory Approach and Cost-Cutting Put Food Safety System at Risk
The Trump administration’s anti-regulatory approach and cost-cutting moves risk unraveling a critical system of checks and balances that helps ensure...
Feds Chop Enforcement Staff and Halt Rules Meant To Curb Black Lung in Coal Miners
In early April, President Donald Trump gathered dozens of hard-hat-clad coal miners around him in the White House East Room....
Silence on E. Coli Outbreak Highlights How Trump Team’s Changes Undermine Food Safety
Colton George felt sick. The 9-year-old Indiana boy told his parents his stomach hurt. He kept running to the bathroom...
Trump’s Team Cited Safety in Limiting Covid Shots. Patients, Health Advocates See More Risk.
Larry Saltzman has blood cancer. He’s also a retired doctor, so he knows getting covid-19 could be dangerous for him...
Volunteers Help Tornado-Hit St. Louis Amid Wait for Federal Aid
ST. LOUIS — Kevin Hines has been living in a house without a roof in the days since a tornado...
In Bustling NYC Federal Building, HHS Offices Are Eerily Quiet
NEW YORK — On a recent visit to Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan, some floors in the mammoth office building...
Flawed Federal Programs Maroon Rural Americans in Telehealth Blackouts
BRANCHLAND, W.Va. — Ada Carol Adkins lives with her two dogs in a trailer tucked into the timbers off Upper...
Trump Team’s $500 Million Bet on Old Vaccine Technology Puzzles Scientists
The Trump administration’s unprecedented $500 million grant for a broadly protective flu shot has confounded vaccine and pandemic preparedness experts,...
