FDA Announces Plan to Phase Out Some Animal Testing
2025-04-14
New strategy aims to enhance drug safety, expedite evaluation process, and decrease animal experimentationContinue Reading
CDC Denies Milwaukee’s Request for Help on Lead in Schools
2025-04-14
MONDAY, April 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — When officials in Wisconsin’s largest city asked the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for help dealing with high levels of lead in city schools, the answer wasn’t what they expected. The CDC said no — because it no longer hasContinue Reading
HHS Launches New Autism Study Despite Experts’ Concerns
2025-04-11
FRIDAY, April 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will launch a “massive testing and research effort” to explore the causes of autism, Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Thursday. Kennedy, a longtime critic of vaccines, shared the plan with President Donald TrumpContinue Reading
FDA Reverses Office Order, Lets Staff Work From Home
2025-04-10
THURSDAY, April 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Weeks after ordering staff back to the office, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is now letting some employees work from home again. The move follows major staff cuts and resignations that threaten the agency’s ability to approve new medicines among otherContinue Reading
Trump Administration Withdraws Key ADA Documents
2025-04-09
WEDNESDAY, April 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The Trump administration has removed 11 guidance documents that helped businesses follow the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a new report says. The documents were withdrawn last month as part of a federal effort to reduce rules that businesses must follow. The DepartmentContinue Reading
America’s ERs In Peril, Report Says
2025-04-09
WEDNESDAY, April 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — America’s emergency rooms are near the breaking point, causing long wait times and boarding of patients awaiting care, a new study says. Essentially, ERs are being asked to serve as health care hubs that offer services far beyond emergency care, according to aContinue Reading
Mehmet Oz Confirmed as Head of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
2025-04-08
New appointments also made to lead the NIH and as Commissioner of Food and Drugs at the FDAContinue Reading
Health Secretary Says Some Cuts to CDC Will Be Reversed
2025-04-07
MONDAY, April 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Some recent cuts at U.S. government health agencies may be reversed, including a key program that tracks lead exposure in children, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said last week. The lead poisoning prevention and surveillance branch of theContinue Reading
CDC Cuts Key Smoking Programs Despite Success in Curbing Smoking Rates
2025-04-07
MONDAY, April 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. government has shut down or paused several major anti-smoking efforts. Public health leaders say the cuts could reverse decades of progress that have smoking rates in the country at all-time lows. Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)Continue Reading
Judge Blocks Cuts to $11 Billion in Public Health Funding
2025-04-04
FRIDAY, April 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A federal judge has stopped the Trump administration from cutting $11 billion in public health funding — at least for now. U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy, who was appointed by President Donald Trump in 2019, said Thursday that she would grant a temporaryContinue Reading