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Bernie Sanders demands Bill Cassidy hold a hearing to debunk RFK Jr.'s vaccine claims
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Bernie Sanders is demanding that Senate Health Committee Chairman Bill Cassidy hold a hearing to set the record straight that there is no link between vaccines and autism.
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Republican launches investigation into Trump admin FDA denials
Senator Ron Johnson has launched an investigation into the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over the agency's recent denials of treatments for rare diseases, the Wisconsin Republican said in an interview with Bloomberg.
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Preventive health advisory panel meeting postponed for third time
The March meeting of the U. S. advisory panel that determines what cancer screenings and other preventive health measures insurers must cover has been postponed, according to a spokesman for the U.
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Medicare Advantage Disenrollments Are A Growing Threat To Beneficiaries
In recent weeks, business periodicals have reported on the squeezing of profit margins in Medicare Advantage. But the more impactful story from the perspective of patients is that millions of some of our most vulnerable citizens are being forced to switch plans.
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Echoing RFK, Dr. Casey Means softens her social media persona in surgeon general bid
Dr. Casey Means, nominee for the medical director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service and U. S. surgeon general, testifies at a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Feb.
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Walz slams Trump admin for temporarily halting Medicaid funding to Minnesota: 'Campaign of retribution'
Audit reveals widespread vulnerabilities in Minnesota Medicaid system, estimated fraud scheme could exceed $9 billion, prompting federal action against state.
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Americans trust vaccines, school mandates, rejecting Trump agenda, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
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By Leah Douglas and Jason Lange
WASHINGTON, Feb 25 (Reuters) - A bipartisan majority of Americans believe vaccines are safe and that children should receive them to attend school, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, illustrating the challenges President Donald Trump's administration faces to win broad support for upending decades of health policy.
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RFK Jr. made promises to get his job as health secretary. He's broken many of them
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in as secretary of health and human services in the Oval Office on Feb. 13, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption
One year after taking charge of the nation's health department, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
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FDA declines to review Moderna application for new flu vaccine
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US regulators will not review Moderna's request to license a new, potentially more effective flu shot - even though the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) previously gave the green light to the project - in a decision that could have implications for all new and updated vaccines in the US.
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Investors Assumed Medicare Advantage Was Safe Under the GOP. They Were Wrong.
President Trump, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and CMS leader Dr. Mehmet Oz. Nathan Howard/Reuters
Wall Street is discovering that the Republican Party's longstanding romance with Medicare Advantage has entered a more complicated chapter.
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Trump administration announces 15 new drugs for Medicare price negotiation program
The Trump administration has unveiled 15 new drugs selected for a Medicare drug price negotiation program that allows the federal government to haggle directly with drug manufacturers
NEW YORK -- Drugs that treat Type 2 diabetes, HIV and arthritis are among 15 new medications chosen for a Medicare drug price negotiation program that allows the federal government to haggle directly with drug manufacturers, the Trump administration said Tuesday.
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HHS has new vaccine rules. They're doomed to fail.
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Public health debates often sound abstract until policy decisions start to land in pediatric clinics, schools and family kitchens.
