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Health secretary demurs on questions about vaccine stance and defends Republican plans to cut healthcareThe US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, refused to say whether he would vaccinate his children if he had to choose today, and defended Republi…
Vinay Prasad, outspoken critic of pharmaceutical industry and of his peers in public health, to take over CBERVinay Prasad, an oncologist and hematologist who has called for more regulatory scrutiny of pharmaceuticals, including Covid vaccines, was nam…
Andrew Witty exits as nation’s largest health insurer suspended full-year financial outlook due to higher-than-expected medical costsUnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty is stepping down for personal reasons and the nation’s largest health insurer suspended i…
US senator says Republicans must choose whether to back working Americans or rich corporate executivesUS politics live – latest updatesJosh Hawley, the influential US senator from Missouri, has warned that his Republican party is suffering from an “ide…
Key programs from child-support services to HIV treatment also gutted, leaving global populations vulnerableMass terminations and billions of dollars’ worth of cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have gutted key programs – from ch…
President taps wellness influencer after withdrawing initial pick, former Fox News contributor Janette NesheiwatDonald Trump has tapped Dr Casey Means, a wellness influencer with close ties to Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, as nominee fo…
Industry says levies would hit supply chains, making medicines potentially unaffordable for some US patientsAmericans would suffer most if Donald Trump imposed tariffs on imports of pharmaceuticals, as medications would become more expensive and potent…
Trump and Musk have gut National Institutes of Health and experts are wary of private efforts’ ability to replicate public serviceThe federal government has slashed research since Donald Trump took office – hacking away at the National Institutes of He…
Health secretary is planning wide-ranging monitoring of autistic people’s health record and cuts to disability servicesAutism experts and autistic people are pushing back on Robert F Kennedy’s “terrible” approach to autism as the health secretary plans…
The National Institutes of Health claims it is fulfilling RFK’s promise to find cause of autism by SeptemberUS politics live – latest updatesThe National Institutes of Health (NIH) is collecting the private medical records of many Americans from severa…