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US surpasses 1,000 measles cases for 1st time in 5 years: CDC
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US surpasses 1,000 measles cases for 1st time in 5 years: CDC

The U.S. has surpassed 1,000 measles cases for the first time in five years, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published Friday. A total of…
Posted by John McCarthy May 9, 2025
Trump seeks an end to Head Start funding for the U.S. Virgin Islands
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Trump seeks an end to Head Start funding for the U.S. Virgin Islands

WASHINGTON — A recent draft of the Trump administration's fiscal year 2026 budget proposes eliminating all federal funding for the Head Start program nationally, the Virgin Islands Free Press has…
Posted by John McCarthy April 28, 2025
CDC’s cruise ship inspectors laid off amid bad year for outbreaks
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CDC’s cruise ship inspectors laid off amid bad year for outbreaks

of the full-time employees in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Vessel Sanitation Program are now off the job, multiple officials tell CBS News
Posted by John McCarthy April 12, 2025
RFK Jr. is a ‘conspiracy theorist’ endangering lives, say analysts at Howard Lutnick’s former firm
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RFK Jr. is a ‘conspiracy theorist’ endangering lives, say analysts at Howard Lutnick’s former firm

WASHINGTON (CNBC) — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine crusader, is not qualified to have any power at the agency that’s supposed to protect the…
Posted by John McCarthy April 1, 2025
Layoffs begin at US health agencies charged with tracking disease, researching and regulating food
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Layoffs begin at US health agencies charged with tracking disease, researching and regulating food

WASHINGTON (AP) — Employees across the massive U.S. Department of Health and Human Services began receiving notices of dismissal on Tuesday in a major overhaul expected to ultimately lay off up to…
Posted by John McCarthy April 1, 2025
Top FDA vaccine official Peter Marks resigns in opposition to RFK Jr.
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Top FDA vaccine official Peter Marks resigns in opposition to RFK Jr.

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine regulator Peter Marks has resigned, citing Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “misinformation and lies” around immunization, according…
Posted by John McCarthy March 29, 2025
Top US health agency makes $25,000 buyout offer to most of its employees
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Top US health agency makes $25,000 buyout offer to most of its employees

WASHINGTON (AP) — Most of the 80,000 federal workers responsible for researching diseases, inspecting food and administering Medicare and Medicaid under the auspices of the Health and Human Services Department…
Posted by John McCarthy March 9, 2025
Trump administration halts support for representing unaccompanied children in immigration court
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Trump administration halts support for representing unaccompanied children in immigration court

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Tuesday stopped support for legal representation in immigration court for children who enter the United States alone, a setback for those fighting deportation who can’t…
Posted by John McCarthy February 20, 2025
Republicans are eyeing cuts to Medicaid. What is Medicaid, and how is it different from Medicare?
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Republicans are eyeing cuts to Medicaid. What is Medicaid, and how is it different from Medicare?

In January, during a congressional hearing on his way to becoming secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. got basic details wrong about Medicaid — a program he…
Posted by John McCarthy February 19, 2025
RFK Jr.’s lawyer has asked the FDA to revoke polio vaccine approval
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RFK Jr.’s lawyer has asked the FDA to revoke polio vaccine approval

WEST PALM BEACH — An adviser and lawyer helping Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vet potential agency officials has filed over a dozen lawsuits challenging the availability of…
Posted by John McCarthy December 13, 2024

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