Jul 31 4 things to know about cane sugar vs. high-fructose corn syrup as Coca-Cola switches By Tsehai Alfred While studies have linked high-fructose corn syrup to conditions such as insulin resistance, nutrition experts told PBS News that cane sugar is not a healthier alternative. Continue reading
Jul 30 Ousted vaccine panel members say rigorous science is being abandoned under RFK Jr. By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press Seventeen experts ousted from a U.S. vaccine committee are expressing little faith in what the panel has become. Continue reading
Jul 28 Watch 6:34 AMA president warns against preventive services task force cuts By Stephanie Sy, Jackson Hudgins Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reportedly intends to remove all 16 members of the United States Preventive Services Task Force. The highly influential panel plays a key role in determining what treatments insurers must cover and makes recommendations about… Continue watching
Jul 16 RFK Jr. suggests psychedelic therapy for depression and trauma has Trump administration’s support By Matthew Perrone, Associated Press Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other Trump officials are signaling their interest in approving psychedelic drugs for hard-to-treat mental health conditions. Continue reading
Jul 14 WATCH: Rollins and RFK Jr. announce U.S. ice cream makers will stop using artificial dyes by 2028 By JoNel Aleccia, Associated Press The move is the latest voluntary effort by U.S. food manufacturers to heed calls from the Trump administration to remove synthetic dyes over potential health concerns. Continue reading
Jul 01 Mass layoffs at HHS were likely unlawful and must be halted, federal judge says By Associated Press “The executive branch does not have the authority to order, organize, or implement wholesale changes to the structure and function of the agencies created by Congress,” U.S. District Judge Melissa DuBose wrote in a 58-page order handed down in U.S. Continue reading
Jun 27 What is thimerosal? What the research says about the vaccine preservative under fire by RFK Jr. By Madison Czopek, PolitiFact Thimerosal has been at the heart of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s antivaccine activism for 20 years. Here’s what to know about the vaccine preservative and its removal from flu vaccines. Continue reading
Jun 26 Watch 7:09 Trump’s former surgeon general raises concerns about vaccine panel overhauled by RFK Jr. By Laura Santhanam, Azhar Merchant, Geoff Bennett A shift in a key vaccine advisory committee has raised alarms among public health experts. The ACIP routinely makes recommendations to the CDC. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired every prior member of the panel and appointed seven new… Continue watching
Jun 26 U.S. is pulling funding from Gavi, global group that has paid for more than a billion kids to get vaccinated By Maria Cheng, Associated Press U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the organization has “ignored the science" and “lost the public trust.”… Continue reading
Jun 26 What to know about thimerosal, vaccine preservative from bygone flu-shot debate By Associated Press The Trump administration’s vaccine advisers are bringing up an old debate: whether it’s time to wipe out the last small fraction of those vaccines that contain a controversial preservative. Continue reading