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
Trump Administration Orders More Cuts to CDC Budget
2025-04-04
FRIDAY, April 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has not only lost nearly a fifth of its workforce, it has also been directed to slash $2.9 billion in contract spending. That’s about 35% of its total contract budget. The agency has beenContinue Reading
FDA Delays Final Approval of Novavax COVID Vaccine
2025-04-04
FRIDAY, April 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has delayed the full approval of Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine. The decision had been expected by April 1, but the agency now says it needs more information before moving forward. The Novavax shot is already available underContinue Reading
Longtime Head of 9/11 Health Program Let Go Amid Federal Job Cuts
2025-04-03
THURSDAY, April 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The longtime leader of a federal health program for 9/11 survivors and first responders has been fired, worrying many advocates and lawmakers. The program serves more than 100,000 people. Dr. John Howard, head of the World Trade Center Health Program, lost his jobContinue Reading
23 States Sue Over $12B in Public Health Cuts
2025-04-03
THURSDAY, April 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A group of 23 states and Washington, D.C., is suing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) over a sudden cut of $12 billion in public health funding. The lawsuit says the rollback will disrupt vital services. It was filed TuesdayContinue Reading
How Cory Booker Prepped His Body To Break 25-Hour Senate Speech Record
2025-04-03
THURSDAY, April 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — U.S. Sen. Cory Booker stood on the Senate floor and spoke for 25 hours and 5 minutes this week, breaking the modern record for the longest Senate speech ever. Senate rules allow a member who is recognized by the presiding officer to speakContinue Reading
FDA Removes Top Expert on Vaping and Tobacco
2025-04-02
WEDNESDAY, April 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) top tobacco regulator, Brian King, has been placed on leave as part of a large wave of cuts across federal health agencies. King, who led the FDA’s tobacco control efforts, told his staff Tuesday that heContinue Reading