Takeaways on turmoil surrounding FDA fast-track drug program
WASHINGTON (AP) — A plan to slash drug review times at the Food and Drug Administration is sparking…
FDA commissioner’s drug review plan sparks alarm
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration commissioner’s effort to drastically shorten the review of drugs favored…
Trump admin awards hepatitis B vaccine contract to Europeans working in Guinea-Bissau
NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration has awarded a $1.6 million, no-bid contract to a Danish university…
Federal employees in mental health and disease control were among targets in weekend firings
NEW YORK – Hundreds of federal employees working on mental health services, disease outbreaks and disaster preparedness were…
HHS moves to strip thousands of federal health workers of union rights
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has moved to strip thousands of…
Ousted CDC vaccine committee members criticize meeting held by their successors
NEW YORK (AP) — The 17 experts who were ousted from a government vaccine committee last month say…
Judge blocks Trump administration’s efforts to defund Planned Parenthood
A federal judge on Monday ruled Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide must continue to be reimbursed for Medicaid funding…
Kennedy vaccines lawsuit: Doctors and public health organizations sue over policy change
NEW YORK (AP) — A coalition of doctors’ groups and public health organizations sued the U.S. government on…
Trump Administration official restricted COVID vaccine approvals, overruling FDA staff
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government’s top vaccine official working under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently restricted…
California, other states sue over Trump use of immigrants’ Medicaid data
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration violated federal privacy laws when it turned over Medicaid data on millions…