In late October, Maine Family Planning announced three rural clinics in northern Maine would close by month’s end. These primary care and reproductive health clinics served about 800 patients, many uninsured or on Medicaid. “People don’t realize how much these clinics hold together the local health system until they’re gone,” George Hill, the group’s president…
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has floated a seismic idea: adding autism to the list of conditions covered by the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The program, known as VICP, provides a system for families to file claims against vaccine providers in cases where they experience severe side effects. Kennedy…
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to announce that the use of Tylenol by pregnant women may be linked to autism in children, according to a report Friday in the Wall Street Journal — which the Department of Health and Human Services said was “speculation.” This comes after Kennedy said in April that HHS…
RFK Jr. testifies on CDC turmoil, vaccine policies at tense Senate hearing – CBS News Watch CBS News HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced heated questions Thursday from Democrat and Republican senators over his vaccine policies and turmoil involving leadership at the CDC. CBS News’ Nikole Killion reports. Source link
Sen. Ron Wyden laid into Kennedy in his opening statement, saying the secretary was responsible for fueling “mistrust” in the U.S. health care system. “Families are confused,” Wyden said. “They’re scared about who to trust about their health care. Robert Kennedy and Donald Trump have done so much to feed that mistrust.” Wyden specifically went…
More than 1,000 current and former Health and Human Services employees penned an open letter Wednesday calling for HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to either resign or be fired. The letter — whose signatories were not publicly named — was released at a tense time for the health agency. Last week, Centers for Disease…
Four senior officials with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced their resignations in recent days, citing what they described as growing political interference in the agency’s scientific work, particularly regarding vaccines. Two of those — Dr. Debra Houry, the CDC’s Chief Science and Medical Officer, and Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who led the…
Four days after a gunman riddled the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s main campus in Atlanta with bullets, CDC employees say they are still looking for steady leadership and clear communication. The agency’s first all-hands meeting since the attack ran roughly 12 minutes, began late and was beset by technical problems, according to staff…
The federal government is calling off around $500 million worth of vaccine development projects that use mRNA technology, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Tuesday. The 22 now-terminated projects were funded through the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, or BARDA. Most of the projects that were cancelled were for…
The spotlight may have moved off the Department of Government Efficiency since the departure of Elon Musk, but the Trump administration’s DOGE continues to post about cost cutting on its so-called “wall of receipts.” And once again, some of its claims about savings appear to be significantly overstated, according to a CBS News review. The…