Dec 03 WATCH: RFK Jr.'s CDC panel delays vote on hepatitis B shots for newborns By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press A federal vaccine advisory committee on Thursday voted to delay until Friday a decision on whether newborns should still get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they're born. Continue reading
Nov 24 RFK Jr. says the Trump administration is following 'gold standard' science. Here's what to know By Devi Shastri, Associated Press What type of research produces the best possible evidence?… Continue reading
Nov 10 WATCH: RFK Jr. says FDA will remove long-standing warning from hormone-based menopause drugs By Matthew Perrone, Associated Press The change announced Monday is a break from more than 20 years of FDA policy, in which the drugs carried the agency's most severe warning label. Continue reading
Nov 06 WATCH: Trump announces deal to expand coverage, lower costs on obesity drugs By Tom Murphy, Aamer Madhani, JoNel Aleccia, Associated Press President Donald Trump unveiled a deal Thursday with drugmakers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to expand coverage and reduce prices for the popular obesity treatments Zepbound and Wegovy. Continue reading
Oct 30 Surgeon general nominee Casey Means goes into labor, delaying confirmation hearing By Ali Swenson, Associated Press Means, 38, who has been pregnant with her first child, was set to appear virtually with the committee for her confirmation hearing. Continue reading
Oct 29 WATCH: Health Secretary RFK Jr. announces new FDA move to fast-track biosimilar drug approvals By Tom Murphy, Matthew Perrone, Associated Press Federal regulators are trying to make it easier to develop cheaper alternatives to powerful drugs that many Americans depend on to treat autoimmune diseases or cancers. Continue reading
Oct 28 Lawsuit by Trump ally Paxton asserts unproven claim of autism risk from acetaminophen By Associated Press Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday accused the companies behind Tylenol of deceptively marketing the pain reliever to pregnant mothers. Continue reading
Oct 10 Reupping unproven claims about Tylenol, Kennedy claims a link between circumcision and autism By Thomas Beaumont, Laura Ungar, Associated Press During a meeting with President Donald Trump and the Cabinet, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reiterated the connection, even while noting there was no medical proof to substantiate the claim. Continue reading
Oct 04 Watch 7:30 What to know about RFK Jr.'s efforts to address long COVID research and treatments By Ali Rogin, Kaisha Young More than two years after the WHO's COVID-19 public health emergency ended, millions of Americans are still living with long COVID. Symptoms vary from person to person, but range from mild to severe to physically debilitating. Recently, Health Secretary Kennedy kicked off… Continue watching
Sep 30 WATCH: Trump announces Pfizer deal to lower drug prices By Tom Murphy, Michelle L. Price, Associated Press Under the agreement, New York-based Pfizer will charge most-favored-nation pricing to Medicaid and guarantee that pricing on newly launched drugs, President Donald Trump said. That involves matching the lowest price offered in other developed nations. Continue reading