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CDC allegedly cancels Emory's HIV self-testing program after not enough workers left to oversee it
On April 22, the CDC allegedly informed Emory University in Atlanta that its large HIV self-testing program was being ...
At HHS, proposed cuts to medical research and public health programs
The White House on Friday proposed a fiscal 2026 HHS budget that backs the “Make America Healthy Again” agenda of President ...
US FDA accepts Novo Nordisk's application for oral Wegovy for weight loss
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has accepted Novo Nordisk's marketing application for an oral version of its ...
The Latest: White House unveils Trump's 2026 proposed budget
The White House is unveiling President Donald Trump’s 2026 budget, a sweeping framework proposing steep reductions in ...
Kennedy issues demands for vaccine approvals that could affect fall COVID boosters
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday announced plans to require all new vaccines to be tested against placebos ...
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“Absolute Despair”: An NIH Worker on Job and Budget Cuts, RFK Jr., and Trump’s First 100 Days
How have the wild initial months of Donald Trump’s return to the White House landed on Washington? We asked the people who ...
FDA to rehire fired staffers who booked inspection trips, but other workers remain in limbo
The Food and Drug Administration is again trying to rehire some staffers who were recently fired amid mass layoffs at the ...
Food Safety Author Sounds FDA Alarm—'My Hair Is Gonna Catch on Fire'
Deborah Blum, who has written extensively on the history of U.S. food safety regulations, cited how an E. coli outbreak in November 2024, which killed one and hospitalized dozens, was never fully ...
Lawmakers and Advocates Denounce a Plan to Eliminate Critical Product Safety Agency
A leaked budget proposal would eliminate the Consumer Product Safety Commission as an independent agency. Safety advocates ...