Readers Endorse Doctor Migration and Shun ‘Elderspeak’
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Watch: RFK Jr. Dismisses All 17 Members of Vaccine Advisory Committee
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on June 9 he is removing the entire independent committee...
Echoing 2020, Police Use Rubber Bullets Against Protesters in Los Angeles
Weapons dubbed “less lethal” are once again being used in Los Angeles, this time against people protesting the Trump administration’s...
‘We Dissent’: NIH Workers Protest Trump Policies That ‘Harm the Health of Americans’
Hundreds of workers at the National Institutes of Health on Monday openly protested the Trump administration’s cuts to the agency...
El riesgo de consumir marihuana aumentaría en los adultos mayores
Benjamin Han, geriatra y especialista en adicciones de la Universidad de California-San Diego, cuenta a sus estudiantes la historia de...
In Axing mRNA Contract, Trump Delivers Another Blow to US Biosecurity, Former Officials Say
The Trump administration’s cancellation of $766 million in contracts to develop mRNA vaccines against potential pandemic flu viruses is the...
In a Dusty Corner of California, Trump’s Threatened Cuts to Asthma Care Raise Fears
Esther Bejarano’s son was 11 months old when asthma landed him in the hospital. She didn’t know what had triggered...
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Lands in Senate. Our 400th Episode!
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie's stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host...
Trump Decried Crime in America, Then Gutted Funding for Gun Violence Prevention
ST. LOUIS — Violent crime was already trending down from a covid-era spike when President Donald Trump presented a picture...
Trump Administration Is Ending Multiple HIV Vaccine Studies, Scientists and Officials Say
The Trump administration has moved to end funding for a broad swath of HIV vaccine research, saying current approaches are...
