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RFK Jr. Shuts Down COVID Vaccine Pipeline

YAHOO! NEWS – Multiple vaccine projects have been paused by the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Kennedy paused a multimillion-dollar project to create a new Covid-19 vaccine in pill form on Tuesday, and the Food and Drug Administration canceled an advisory committee meeting on updating next season’s flu vaccine, an advisory committee said Wednesday. The Covid project was a $460 million contract with Vaxart to develop a new Covid vaccine...

“ESTABLISHING THE PRESIDENT’S MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN COMMISSION”

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. American life expectancy significantly lags behind other developed countries, with pre‑COVID-19 United States life expectancy averaging 78.8 years and comparable countries averaging 82.6 years. This equates to 1.25 billion fewer life years for the United States population. Six in 10 Americans have at least one chronic disease, and four...

With RFK Jr. in Charge, Supplement Makers See Chance To Cash In

KFF HEALTH NEWS – Last fall, before being named the senior U.S. health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the Trump administration would liberate Americans from the FDA’s “aggressive suppression” of vitamins, dietary supplements, and other substances — ending the federal agency’s “war on public health,” as he put it. In fact, the FDA can’t even require that supplements be effective before they are sold. When Congress, at the agency’s urging, last considered legislation to require...

Connecticut cannibal killer given conditional release after 2011 murder in which he ate victim’s brain, eye

In 2013, Tyree Smith was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2011 death of Angel Gonzalez

The smelliest member of Congress is unmasked: ‘The dude just stinks’

The 77-year-old Democrat is known for 'old-people smell' ...

RFK Jr. Outlines Priorities On Food, Vaccines, And Personnel

KFF HEALTH NEWS Morning Briefing Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations More news from the week ending Friday, Feb 14 2025 Time: RFK Jr. Outlines Priorities On Food, Vaccines, And Personnel In an interview just hours after his confirmation as Health and Human Services Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. outlined his priorities in response to specific prompts by Fox News host Laura Ingraham. “It’s MAHA time” read a chyron as Kennedy joined the program,...

CDC site scrubs HIV content following Trump DEI policies

The federal health agency began removing all content related to gender identity on Friday.

RFK Jr. Torches Bernie Sanders for Screaming ‘Health Care for All’ While Taking Big Pharma Cash

RED STATE – On Thursday, Health and Human Services Secretary-nominee Robert F. Kennedy sat before yet another Senate committee to answer questions, and it went about as well as expected. When Kennedy appeared before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday, he was questioned by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who went on a wild rant about whether he supported onesies with an anti-vax message on them. It was comedy gold. Sadly, Sanders also sits on the Senate...

With the OIG ousted, what happens to investigation of FSIS’s handling of Boar’s Head?

— OPINION — FOOD SAFETY NEWS – Federal Offices of Inspector’s General (OIGs) provide the vital role of: OIGs conduct investigations and reviews to oversee the financial health, safety, and efficiency of their agencies. OIGs work to prevent and detect fraud, waste, abuse, misconduct, and mismanagement. OIGs promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in their agencies’ operations and programs. On Friday night the Trump Administration put the oversight of the government’s largest agencies in limbo, as the...

‘Never seen anything like this’: Trump’s team halts NIH meetings and travel

In an unprecedented move, research-grant reviews have been suspended indefinitely at the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research.

Trump reverses Biden policies on drug pricing and Obamacare

Trump overturned a policy that had extended Obamacare’s open enrollment period an additional 12 weeks in 36 states, giving uninsured adults more time to sign up. He also rescinded an order aimed at strengthening Medicaid, which included providing more outreach funding to states.

Pedophiles could see death penalty under new House GOP bill: ‘Taken off the streets permanently’

Luna said President-elect Trump backs her bill.

FDA moves to cut nicotine from cigarettes, in plan first floated under Trump

CBS News – The Food and Drug Administration is moving to cut out addictive nicotine from cigarettes, according to a long-awaited proposed regulation released Wednesday. The rule aims to force the nearly 12% of Americans still using combustible tobacco products to switch to less dangerous alternatives, like vaping electronic cigarettes or using nicotine lozenges, or quit altogether while ending rates of youth starting to smoke traditional cigarettes. "The proposed product standard would limit the addictiveness of...

More than 15,000 doctors sign letter urging Senate to reject RFK Jr. as health secretary

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green, a physician, wrote in The New York Times that appointing Kennedy at the Department of Health and Human Services would jeopardize public health ...

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