Politics Aug 27 AP report: RFK Jr. said a Samoa trip had nothing to do with vaccines. New documents refute that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., then a prominent anti-vaccine activist, preempted the 2019 visit with a letter to the Samoan prime minister requesting to study the Pacific island nation’s measles, mumps and rubella vaccines after the deaths of two children who…
Politics Aug 19 Trump picks White House aide Dr. Heidi Overton to lead FDA Overton is a medical doctor and deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council who has worked on several of President Donald Trump's second-term health initiatives.
Health Aug 18 Trump is taking credit for sharply declining drug prices. The reality is more complex New federal data that shows U.S. prescription drug prices fell 0.8% in July and are down 3.1% from a year ago, the steepest year-over-year drop since 1963.
Health Aug 12 Trump's vaccine order hands some MAHA voters a win. It also gives Democrats an attack line President Donald Trump pivoted the nation’s attention back to vaccines this week with an executive order that aims to scale back the childhood immunization schedule and space out shots into separate visits.
Politics Aug 10 WATCH: Trump signs executive order on childhood vaccine recommendations The order recommends separating the MMR vaccine into three different shots administered in separate visits, and directs the nation's health department to improve vaccine research, says a White House fact sheet.
Politics Jul 29 WATCH: Fauci invokes 5th Amendment in GOP-led hearing about COVID-19 origins Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer dozens of questions from senators in a Republican-led committee hearing about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Politics Jul 27 Republicans decry a new Democratic Socialists of America platform as Dem primaries split the party A new platform from the progressive Democratic Socialists of America is sparking Republican attacks.
Politics Jul 17 Here's what makes American elections so complicated and secure One of the strongest security features of U.S. elections is the fact that they aren’t conducted at the federal level.
Politics Jul 10 The EPA promised a MAHA agenda. It has yet to materialize, frustrating activists After Make America Healthy Again activists drew up a petition to get him fired, EPA administrator Lee Zeldin pledged to release a formal agenda of MAHA priorities his agency would pursue. But eight months after its first mention, the so-called…
Health Jul 08 Obamacare premiums surged this year. A new analysis shows it's likely to happen again in 2027 Middle-income Americans straining to pay for Affordable Care Act health insurance are unlikely to get relief next year, according to a new analysis.