FRIDAY, March 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Senate Democrats are raising concerns about Dr. Mehmet Oz’s nomination to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), alleging he significantly underpaid Medicare and Social Security taxes in recent years. A memo from Democratic staffers on the Senate Finance Committee saysContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A key federal agency responsible for addiction and mental health services is facing deep staff cuts. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), which has a $7.2 billion budget, oversees vital services such as the 988 National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline,Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A group of former U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) employees is fighting to get their jobs back after being abruptly laid off last month. In a letter sent Monday to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Two key federal advisory committees on food safety have been shut down, raising concerns among food safety advocates. The move was part of a Trump administration push to cut costs and shrink the government. Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) eliminatedContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) — In a sweeping effort to downsize the federal workforce, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has offered buyouts of up to $25,000 to many of its 80,000 employees. The offer, announced in an email sent to a broad range ofContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A measles outbreak in Texas has grown to 159 cases, and now the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has sent a team to help local health officials respond. The CDC announced the plan on X, explaining that its Epidemic IntelligenceContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Race plays a role in whether a child is quickly and accurately diagnosed with asthma, a new study suggests. Outdated and flawed studies previously led to the belief that white children had “naturally higher” lung function compared to other races, researchers said. DiagnosticContinue Reading
Newly appointed health secretary believes processing the comments under the Richardson Waiver puts too heavy a burden on the departmentContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. government has ended funding for some 5,800 global health programs, cutting off critical support for projects that provide vaccines, life-saving medications and emergency health care to millions of people globally. The move came in a wave of emails from the U.S.Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Cancer deaths among Black men and women in the U.S. have declined during the past decade in the United States, a new American Cancer Society (ACS) report says. The cancer death rate decreased 49% among Black men and 33% among Black women betweenContinue Reading