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A year into the second Trump administration, trust in federal health institutions, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in particular, has declined considerably while also becoming deeply partisan, according to a new poll. The poll, conducted by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the de Beaumont Foundation’s Public Health Listening Lab, found...
Read full article →The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Monday that numerous medical school accrediting organizations and assessors have agreed to increase nutrition requirements for U.S. medical education. HHS said in a release that eight medical school organizations had agreed to "increase nutrition requirements at every level of U.S. medical education, competency-evaluation, training, and residency."...
Read full article →The intoxicating hemp industry and its allies are quickly running out of time to convince Congress to delay or stop a looming ban on their products. Without action, a ban on hemp-derived intoxicants will take effect in November. There's bipartisan interest in disrupting the ban — which was championed by Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and included the last fall's government funding...
Read full article →President Trump on Friday announced that over 100 prescription medications would be added to his administration's direct-to-consumer drug platform, TrumpRx, the second expansion of the initiative in as many months. “I am pleased to announce that TrumpRx.gov is adding another 160 Prescription Drugs, at highly discounted prices, for a new total of over 800 of the...
Read full article →The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed a second case of a flesh-eating screwworm parasite in Texas on Friday, as it races to contain and eradicate the outbreak before it severely impacts the cattle population. A New World screwworm was detected in a one-month-old calf in Zavala County after testing a “number of suspected cases,” according...
Read full article →The number of U.S. measles cases in 2026 has now exceeded 2,000, quickly approaching the full annual total of last year. As of June 4, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed 2,030 cases so far this year, with 93 percent — or 1,890 cases — associated with outbreaks. Throughout all of...
Read full article →Fast food chain Steak 'n Shake is touting its political prowess after the Republican candidate it endorsed for Iowa governor defeated a challenger backed by President Trump. The restaurant posted on social platform X that it is "100% in political predictions, just like we are serving 100% grass-fed Steakburgers and 100% beef tallow fries. We...
Read full article →The New World screwworm fly is threatening the $113 billion U.S. cattle industry for the first time in more than a half century, with an infestation from its flesh-eating larvae confirmed in south Texas. The infestation was discovered in a single 3-week-old calf in La Pryor, Texas, about 100 miles (161 kilometers) southwest of San...
Read full article →The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is moving ahead with a safety review of the abortion pill mifepristone, according to an administration official. The move marks a victory for anti-abortion groups that could pave the way for the Trump administration to restrict its use and how it can be distributed. The retrospective analysis of data...
Read full article →A group of six Democratic senators sent letters to two tobacco companies on Thursday, asking for details on their dealings with the Trump administration in the wake of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) easing restrictions on vapes. Last month, the FDA granted marketing authorization to four flavored vaping products and issued new guidance allowing...
Read full article →Acting Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Jay Bhattacharya defended the Trump administration’s response to the Ebola outbreak Thursday, writing in The Wall Street Journal that the measures being taken are scientifically stronger than those implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic. Bhattacharya said the COVID-19 public health response measures such as “lockdowns,” school closures, and mask...
Read full article →The Trump administration is cutting off $3 million in federal funding to Hawaii’s Medicaid fraud control program after it failed to bring a single indictment or conviction over the past four years. In a letter sent to Hawaii Attorney General Anne Lopez, Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General March Bell said his agency would not recertify the state’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU),...
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