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
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
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
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
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
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
TUESDAY, April 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A major round of job cuts at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) could weaken efforts to protect American workers, according to federal health officials. About two-thirds of NIOSH staff — roughly 875 people — may lose their jobs asContinue Reading
MONDAY, March 31, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A top vaccine official at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is stepping down, warning that vaccine misinformation is coloring the country’s top health decisions. Dr. Peter Marks, director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, said he will resignContinue Reading
Even without these two expanding clusters, the total number of cases in the U.S. has exceeded the case count for the entire year of 2024Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Black babies and children are more than twice as likely to die as white kids, and that gap has grown since the 1950s, a new study says. Black kids died at a rate 2.15 times that of white children in the 2010s, researchersContinue Reading