Bloomberg – President-elect Donald Trump nominated surgeon and author Marty Makary to lead the Food and Drug Administration, picking a physician who openly criticized the agency during the pandemic to run the nation’s top drug regulator.
“I am confident that Dr. Makary, having dedicated his career to High-Quality, Lower-Cost Care, will restore FDA to the Gold Standard of Scientific Research, and cut the bureaucratic red tape at the Agency to make sure Americans get the...
NEWSWEEK – Planned Parenthood saw a 1,200 percent rise in vasectomy appointments scheduled on November 6, the day after Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election.
Responding to new calls to defund Planned Parenthood, Alexis McGill Johnson, president and CEO of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said:
"Patients are already preparing for the incoming Trump administration by taking control of their sexual and reproductive health care."
Johnson pointed to the rise in vasectomies scheduled on November...
NATIONAL REVIEW – If the Senate confirms President-elect Donald Trump’s pick of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be secretary of health and human services, it would be a monumental disaster.
A lot of attention in the coming weeks will be focusing on RFK Jr.’s opposition to vaccines and other oddball stances such as his warnings about fluoride in the water, which is to be expected. After all, in this role he would be put in...
"There’s a rumor about me having a mental breakdown and getting checked into a hospital. Not true. Also f–k you if you’re out there spreading that." – Ella Emhoff
KFF Health News – Health care might not have been the biggest issue in the campaign, but the return of Donald Trump to the presidency is likely to have a seismic impact on health policy over the next four years.
Changes to the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, and the nation’s public health infrastructure are likely on the agenda. But how far Trump goes will depend largely on who staffs key health policy roles and on...