Apr 14 Pfizer abandons potential obesity treatment pill By Tom Murphy, Associated Press The drugmaker said Tuesday that it would stop studying danuglipron after a participant in one of its trials experienced a possible drug-induced liver injury that ended once the person stopped taking the treatment. Continue reading
Apr 13 1 in 5 Americans are on Medicaid. Some enrollees have no idea By Anna Claire Vollers, Stateline Some Americans who rely on Medicaid to pay for their health care don’t realize their insurance is funded by that very program, which congressional Republicans are looking to shrink. Continue reading
Apr 13 Watch 5:48 Why insurance companies are denying coverage for prosthetic limbs By Ali Rogin, Andrew Corkery More than 2 million Americans are living with limb loss. A federal report says that number is expected to almost double by 2050. Recent reporting by KFF Health News found that many who have lost limbs are hitting roadblocks when… Continue watching
Apr 12 Watch 7:59 Why patients are getting hit with surprise hospital fees for routine medical care By Megan Thompson In recent years, hospital systems have been buying up medical practices at a rapid pace. Now, patients getting routine medical care are being hit with high costs and unexpected hospital fees — even if they never visited a hospital. Special… Continue watching
Apr 11 Trump will undergo his annual checkup. He has a history of keeping his medical details secret By Will Weissert, Associated Press His annual physical on Friday could potentially give the public its first details in years about the health of a man who in January became the oldest in U.S. history to be sworn in as president. But if history is… Continue reading
Apr 10 CDC officials start planning for the splintering of their agency By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press Several parts of CDC — mostly those devoted to health threats that aren't infectious — are being spun off into the soon-to-be-created Administration for a Healthy America, the agency official told senior leaders in calls and meetings. Continue reading
Apr 10 FDA reverses course on telework after staff reductions threaten basic operations By Matthew Perrone, Associated Press A spokeswoman for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the administration is returning to “pre-COVID telework arrangements for reviewers, whose read and write work output is tracked in 15-minute increments to ensure productivity and accountability.”… Continue reading
Apr 10 WATCH: RFK Jr. orders HHS to determine the cause of autism by September By Amanda Seitz, Associated Press Anti-vaccine advocates, including Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have for years inaccurately claimed that routine childhood shots may cause autism. Continue reading
Apr 08 Watch 5:51 Man whose blood helped develop measles vaccine weighs in on recent outbreak By Deema Zein, Maea Lenei Buhre, Tim McPhillips A second child died from measles-related causes in Texas where an outbreak has infected at least 505. Until this year, the U.S. had no reported measles deaths in a decade. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a former anti-vaccine advocate,… Continue watching
Apr 08 Employees say a plan to reorganize HHS will have health and safety consequences By Ali Rogin The Trump administration says the merging and downsizing of some Health and Human Services agencies is aimed at realigning them toward the “core mission” of ending chronic disease. But some HHS workers are skeptical that the restructuring will achieve Secretary… Continue reading