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Abortion medication faces RFK Jr. scrutiny
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story How RFK Jr. could restrict abortion medication Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ...The Hill - 17h -
How RFK Jr. could restrict abortion medication access
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has suggested that he is open to restricting access to abortion medication, the primary method used for abortions across the U.S. ...The Hill - 1d -
An Invisible Medical Shortage: Oxygen
Oxygen is vital to many medical procedures. But a safe, affordable supply is severely lacking around the world, according to a new report.The New York Times - 3d -
President Trump’s Cuts to Medical Research
How government cuts are slowing research.The New York Times - 3d -
RFK Jr. Announces New HHS Guidance Recognizing Only Two Sexes
The new guidance follows President Trump’s demand that the Health and Human Services Department align with his executive order barring transgender athletes from women’s sports.The New York Times - Feb. 19 -
Top FDA official resigns, warns firings will backfire on RFK Jr.
James Jones resigned as FDA deputy commissioner and said the Trump administration's "indiscriminate" job cuts show "disdain for the very people necessary to implement your agenda."CBS News - Feb. 20 -
RFK Jr. thrusts antidepressants into the spotlight — unnecessarily, advocates say
RFK Jr. plans to investigate SSRI and antidepressant use, particularly among children and teens, as part of the “Make America Healthy Again” movement.NBC News - Feb. 21 -
With RFK Jr. in charge, supplement makers see chance to cash in
The FDA is already limited in policing claims of health benefits by makers of supplements and herbal remedies — a $70 billion industry. Get ready for even less regulation.CBS News - Feb. 21 -
RFK Jr. targets childhood psychiatric drugs; doctors push back
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made psychiatric medications a focus of his review of the country’s childhood chronic disease crisis, claiming they’ve been ...The Hill - 2d -
'It's not unusual': RFK Jr. comments on growing Texas measles outbreak
When questioned about a growing measles outbreak in West Texas that has claimed at least one life, Health & Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told reporters "we have measles outbreaks ...NBC News - 2d -
NY Post challenges RFK Jr. on Texas measles outbreak: 'This vaccine is safe'
The editorial board of the New York Post is urging Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to clarify that the measles vaccine is safe amid a deadly outbreak in Texas. "Go to ...The Hill - 1d -
Some experts question RFK Jr. calling measles outbreak 'not unusual'
Public health experts are questioning RFK Jr's comments after he said the Texas measles outbreak was "not unusual."ABC News - 16h -
Judge Extends Block on N.I.H. Medical Research Cuts
A federal judge in Massachusetts indicated she would move quickly to consider a more lasting injunction after hearing a laundry list of potential adverse effects of the Trump administration move to ...The New York Times - 6d -
Reports: Yanks' Stanton in N.Y. for medical tests
Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton has left spring training and returned to New York for medical tests, according to multiple reports. The 35-year-old continues to battle tendinitis in both elbows, ...ESPN - 3d -
Healthy Returns: HHS Secretary RFK Jr. is making early moves that may affect vaccine access
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is making moves that could affect immunization uptake and policy in the U.S., while Oracle submits a formal application to join TEFCA.CNBC - 2d -
With RFK Jr. at his side, a measles outbreak could prove 'politically perilous' for Trump
Trump's choice of RFK Jr. to be HHS secretary poses a risk to GOP lawmakers in the midterm elections if measles, bird flu, ebola or another disease rips through the country.NBC News - 20h -
Google faces heat
Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Google caught in crossfire over gulf name change Google is back in the crosshairs of a geopolitical ...The Hill - Feb. 21 -
Is the U.S. facing a constitutional crisis?
Some Democrats are concerned over President Trump's use of executive power and are warning of a "constitutional crisis." The Trump administration rejects these claims, saying the president follows ...CBS News - 3d -
Texas lawmaker moves to outlaw medical research on corpses without consent
A Texas lawmaker horrified by an NBC News investigation into a medical school that profited from the bodies of the poor moved this week to ban the practice.NBC News - Feb. 21 -
Arizona moves to ban AI use in reviewing medical claims
Arizona state lawmakers passed new legislation Thursday aiming to restrict the use of artificial intelligence in reviewing medical claims.NBC News - Feb. 21 -
Arizona advances bill to keep AI from rejecting medical claims
Arizona state lawmakers advanced a bill Thursday that would ban the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to deny medical claims. The Arizona House of Representatives passed the legislation 58-0, ...The Hill - 6d -
Pope Francis' medical team says he is not out of danger yet
Pope Francis' medical team provided a health update as he battles pneumonia in both lungs. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Seth Doane reports.CBS News - 6d -
‘It’s not ethical and it’s not medical’: how UK rehab clinics are cashing in on NAD+
They are beloved by A-listers and surging in popularity. But claims that NAD+ infusions are a fix for addiction are unproven, risky – and possibly illegal, an Observer investigation reveals. It ...The Guardian - 5d -
Trump halts medical research funding in apparent violation of judge’s order
Health department orders NIH to hold Federal Register submissions – critical step in process for funding studies. The Trump administration has blocked a crucial step in the National Institutes of ...The Guardian - 5d -
Streeting to ask employers to pay for more staff medical checks
UK government wants to boost workplace preventive health measures to cut spending on hospital careFinancial Times - 4d -
Giancarlo Stanton leaves Yankees spring camp for medical testing in New York
Stanton has dealt with tendinitis in both elbows going back to last season, and the condition has apparently gotten worse.Yahoo Sports - 4d -
FDA moves to rehire medical device staffers fired only days earlier
The Food and Drug Administration is reinstating some of the hundreds of staffers it fired last weekABC News - 4d -
F.D.A. Reinstates Fired Medical Device, Food and Legal Staffers
The agency changed course just days after firing employees who oversee the safety of food and life-sustaining medical devices. Dozens of workers said they and others were back at work Monday.The New York Times - 3d -
Chinese medical devices are in health systems across U.S., and the government and hospitals are worried
Chinese-made medical devices are found in almost every corner of the medical ecosystem, from hospitals to clinics, and the government is getting more concerned.CNBC - 3d -
FDA rehires staff to its medical devices division after mass layoffs
Around 180 FDA medical device workers were laid off earlier this month by DOGE.NBC News - 3d -
Why high medical bills are bringing pain to China’s economy
The cost of paying for ‘catastrophic’ health conditions discourages consumption despite improvements in treatmentFinancial Times - 2d -
Influencers Call These Medical Tests Lifesaving. Here’s What You May Not Know.
New research examined nearly 1,000 posts on tests for fertility, testosterone levels and cancer risk.The New York Times - 2d -
VA begins reversing contract cancellations that support medical care, facilities
A day after the VA celebrated about $2B in savings on canceled contracts, it began reversing some that may have affected medical care, according to agency records.ABC News - 1d -
We need a new playbook to oppose Trump’s war on medical science
Despite the existential threat to American health, resistance from our leaders has been remarkably light.The Hill - 23h -
Graduates face an uphill battle to employment
University leavers should have benefited from a tighter labour market. Why are so many still searching for a job?Financial Times - 5d -
US aid freeze puts HIV-positive orphans in Kenya at risk as medical supplies dwindle
A U.S. aid freeze is threatening the lives of HIV-positive orphans at Nyumbani Children’s Home in NairobiABC News - Feb. 21 -
More than 160 Gazan medics held in Israeli prisons amid reports of torture
Senior doctors claim they were subjected to months of physical abuse, as UN calls for release of those still detained. ‘No rules’: Gaza’s doctors say they were tortured, beaten and humiliated in ...The Guardian - 3d -
6 babies have frozen to death in Gaza as displaced people shelter in tents: Medics
Palestinian medics say at least six infants have died from hypothermia in the last two weeks in the Gaza StripABC News - 3d -
Texas probes medical school's use of bodies without consent following NBC News investigation
The University of North Texas Health Science Center's failure to obtain permission before using corpses for research may have violated state law, authorities said.NBC News - 1d -
Africa’s medical system risks ‘collapse in next few years’, warns health leader
Focusing foreign aid on infectious diseases has allowed a rise in cancer and diabetes that African governments don’t have resources to fight, says Dr Githinji Gitahi. Health services in Africa are ...The Guardian - 1d