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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 He also rescinded an order aimed at strengthening Medicaid, which included providing more outreach funding to states.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 ...

Leaked Memo Requesting Paramedics at Inauguration Sparks Alarm

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) The Department of Veterans Affairs insider shared a Department of Health and Human Services memo with James O’Keefe’s O’Keefe Media Group (OMG) that requested “presidential inauguration support deployment.” “What concerned me was that this has never been requested before, especially not from HHS,” the VA insider said.  The revealed internal memo requested medical personnel before the 2025 presidential inauguration and detailed a formal appeal for paramedics, emergency nurses and doctors. Derrick Jaastad, the Executive Director for the Veterans Health Administration (VHA)...

A record 24 million people now get Obamacare health plans. Will it last under Trump?

Shots Health News – Nearly 24 million Americans are buying their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act — and there's still a week to go for open enrollment sign-ups. "We've once again set a new all-time record for marketplace enrollment," Neera Tanden, domestic policy adviser to President Biden, said on a press call Tuesday. "In fact, every year of the Biden-Harris administration, we've set a new all-time record for ACA marketplace enrollment." As ACA sign ups...

Questions for RFK Jr.’s Senate Confirmation

RFK Jr. will soon be asked questions about heading the Department of Health and Human Services. Here are some suggestions. Mr. Kennedy, you have been nominated to be the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), the largest department in the United States government. HHS has an annual budget of $1.85 trillion and supervises 80,000 employees. I have some concerns about your appointment: Question #1: On July 6, 2023, while appearing on a popular podcast, you...

Federal Court Stops Joe Biden From Using HIPAA to Promote Abortions

LifeNews – A federal district court granted a Texas doctor an injunction against Biden administration regulations that illegally restrict how doctors can protect patients from the harms of abortion and “gender transition” while a lawsuit proceeds. Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed suit on behalf of a Texas physician in October to challenge rule changes by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The changes to regulations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act added...

How the Freedom Caucus Rose to Power in Wyoming

“We’re going to unwoke the state,” Representative Jeremy Haroldson, the next speaker pro tem, said. Members chose Representative Chip Neiman, also of the Freedom Caucus, as House speaker.

Trump vows to stop ‘transgender lunacy’ and recognize only two genders as ‘official policy’

“Under the Trump administration, it will be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders, male and female.”

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Wants to Ban Drug Ads on TV. It Wouldn’t Be Easy.

THE NEW YORK TIMES – Since the late 1990s, drug companies have spent tens of billions of dollars on television ads, drumming up demand for their products with cheerful jingles and scenes of dancing patients. Now, some people up for top jobs in the incoming Trump administration are attacking such ads, setting up a clash with a powerful industry that has long had the courts on its side. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald J. Trump’s...

Drinking and driving leads to costly consequences in Colorado, $13,000+ for first offense

CBS Colorado – With Christmas only a week away, the Colorado State Patrol is warning drivers of the costly effects of a DUI. Troopers tell CBS Colorado they have arrested more than 4,100 drivers in 2023 for DUIs. Troopers say one-third of their traffic fatalities involved an impaired driver. Troopers are warning drivers about the financial impacts a DUI can create. Troopers say a recent calculation finds that the average first-time DUI in Colorado costs $13,530. The...
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