Scoop: The Trump admin is planning to overhaul the childhood vaccine schedule, per person familiar. The proposed new schedule would recommend fewer vaccines, bringing it close to or in line with Denmark’s schedule. Comes weeks after Trump demanded an expedited review: www.cnn.com/2025/12/18/h...

This summer, Brett Murphy, @peterdicampo.bsky.social and I went to South Sudan, where the U.S. had been supporting the response to a historic cholera outbreak in the world’s poorest country before pulling the plug. We found shuttered clinics and dead bodies. www.propublica.org/article/usai...

RFK laid out his plans to wreck vaccine science & policy in books, speeches, podcasts & films before becoming Health Secretary. @sherylnyt.bsky.social & @by-cjewett.bsky.social track how he's succeeding in impressive detail. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u... eg:

12 former commissioners of the FDA came together to write a Perspectives piece for the New England Journal of Medicine; raising our concerns about recent changes to vaccine approval policy at the FDA and its implications for patients and public health.

My latest, with @kffhealthnews.org and @usatoday.com: RFK Jr. wields the country's biggest bullhorn on health. Here's what he wants to talk about -- and what he doesn't. (For example, skipping Father's Day posts): www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

Nayra Guzmán was 15 days post C-section — going to see her baby in the NICU — when she was taken to Broadview and held in custody for about 34 hours. She slept on a bench and barely got food. She couldn't pump. Her story is a rare window into the growing detention of pregnant & postpartum people.

🧵HHS today announced that Martin Kulldorff has been hired to advise Secretary Kennedy on science policy. Kulldorff is one of many in government who share ties to the Brownstone Institute, a think-tank whose associates seek to limit the government’s role in protecting Americans from disease.

“In the U.S., if you’re receiving federal money, then we, essentially, we weren’t given any choice” — Why leading sources of U.S. cancer information will soon classify a patient’s sex as only male, female, or unknown. @rachanadpradhan.bsky.social reports ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

US Cancer Registries, Constrained by Trump Policies, To Recognize Only ‘Male’ or ‘Female’ Patients For decades, registries have been the most comprehensive U.S. tool for understanding cancer rates and identifying troubling trends. Via @kffhealthnews.org kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

KFF Health News and @thetrace.org are talking to people who’ve been wounded or families of those killed by gun violence to better understand how insurance affects such medical care. Click below to reach our reporting team ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

BREAKING: Common health conditions such as obesity and diabetes could prevent immigrants from obtaining U.S. visas under guidance the Trump administration issued Nov. 6. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Quite the lede on this Arthur Allen @kffhealthnews.org story on the medical freedom movement in Florida kffhealthnews.org/news/article... "...several hundred gathered to honor state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, his wife, and an unlicensed Canadian radiologist who treats cancer with horse paste."

Senators are demanding answers from Deloitte and other companies about errors in eligibility systems that determine who qualifies for Medicaid. The letters follow a KFF Health News investigation exposing problems that resulted in people losing health benefits. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

🚨 "Sick to my stomach." That's how the researcher who found a link between Tylenol and autism felt when she realized MAHA would link her analysis to vaccines. My latest exclusive @kffhealthnews.org kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

WOW. ACIP has decided it will NOT vote on whether to postpone the birth dose of hepatitis B at this meeting. They are not at all aligned on why, though. Some believe postponing to 1-month of age isn't long enough. Meissner now pointing out the "overwhelming evidence" supporting the birth dose

NEWS: By vaccinating babies at birth, the U.S. nearly eradicated hepatitis-B in children. Kennedy's vaccine advisory panel is expected this week to recommend delaying the shot, opening a window for kids to be infected. Exclusive by @jackie-fortier.bsky.social kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Meet the new vaccine panel advisors RFK Jr. is considering Two urged removal of mRNA coronavirus vaccines. One said physicians “blindly believed” in them. Another said covid isn’t “scary” noting Jesus touched lepers W @lenasun.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

We previously reported that the number of people receiving treatment at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center - known as America's research hospital - declined from February-April. Since then, I obtained newer data through mid-August. And it's gotten worse. youtube.com/shorts/yT5Vc...

We previously reported that the number of people receiving treatment at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center - known as America's research hospital - declined from February-April. Since then, I obtained newer data through mid-August. And it's gotten worse. youtube.com/shorts/yT5Vc...

As 40 states get ready to roll out Medicaid work requirements by 2027, the man in charge of Michigan’s former system says it would be “more honest” if Republicans just kicked people off insurance. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

"Kennedy wants to see the Pfizer and Moderna messenger RNA-based covid-19 vaccines pulled from the market, according to two people familiar with the planning who asked not to be identified because they’re not authorized to speak to the press," @stephaniearmour.bsky.social reports.

The Trump administration's cuts of public health funds to state and local health departments had vastly uneven effects depending on the political leanings of where someone lives, a new KFF Health News analysis shows. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

🚨🧵My latest: As measles took off in Texas, the Trump administration took actions that prevented CDC scientists from responding. The outbreak became the biggest in 30 yrs. It’s far larger considering the outbreaks it sparked in other states & Mexico. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Exclusive: CDC Director Susan Monarez met with its vaccine-focused center to talk about yesterday’s shooting. I listened to a recording. Scientists and officials are shaken & pointing fingers at RFK Jr. Many said his vilification and misinfo turned them into targets. www.msnbc.com/opinion/anal...

Federal immigration authorities detained a woman seeking medical care at the National Institutes of Health’s flagship research hospital after the patient presented a non-real ID while passing security.

NIH documents viewed by KFF Health News show a pronounced decline in patients at the 200-bed NIH hospital from February through April, after the Trump administration began mass firings of federal workers and its broad crackdown on immigration. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Are you a cancer patient whose care at the NIH Clinical Center has been affected by the Trump administration’s cuts? Are you a family member or caregiver of a cancer patient who has received care at the NIH? We’d like to hear about your experience. kffhealthnews.org/cancer-patie...

Important story from @kffhealthnews.org today about how firings and contract cuts have led to an exodus at the NIH Clinical Center, limiting how many patients can be treated. “Every day seems to be some type of breaking point,” one NIH worker said.

The renowned research hospital that cares for people with rare or life-threatening diseases has been pummeled by an employee exodus and the gutting of research, both driven by the Trump administration.

The number of people receiving treatment at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center — which cares for patients with rare or life-threatening diseases — has tumbled under the second Trump administration. My story based on interviews w/workers and gov’t docs kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Pandemic preparedness in the US has been leveled a crippling blow with the cancellation of multiple #BARDA contracts to help develop mRNA vaccines. No other vaccine platform produces vaccine so quickly; without mRNA, Americans will have a long wait for pandemic vax. www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/m...

The NIH can’t award ANY grants to outside researchers under new WH restriction, reports @wsj.com. The pause came in the form of a footnote from OMB Director Vought, in a document that doles out federal funds to the NIH. Prelude to rescissions, especially after his comments over the weekend?

The National Cancer Institute is being targeted by Trump administration’s downsizing. Part of the National Institutes of Health, the NCI has long been supported by bipartisan funding and plays a critical role in cancer research globally. buff.ly/ep5qfUX

Trump pledged to “make America affordable again.” His health care moves mean that’s not going to happen with people’s medical bills. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

My latest for @npr.org and @kffhealthnews.org: Researchers at the Department of Veterans Affairs have one of the biggest genomic databases in the world at their fingertips. They’re worried they won’t be able to use it if key agreements go unsigned by Trump officials: www.npr.org/sections/sho...

"It's a crap show" "People will die" The Trump administration’s broadsides against scientific research are causing unprecedented upheaval at the National Cancer Institute, which has spearheaded advances against the disease for decades. Me + @arthurallen202.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/07/08/h...

The dismantling of the National Cancer Institute and the FDA kffhealthnews.org/news/article... www.statnews.com/2025/07/08/f...

Under the Trump admin, the National Cancer Institute is cutting $ for a program designed to improve disparities in cancer care by linking U.S. cancer centers with minority-serving colleges and universities. These partnerships have trained 8,500+ scientists. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

"It's a crap show" "People will die" The Trump administration’s broadsides against scientific research are causing unprecedented upheaval at the National Cancer Institute, which has spearheaded advances against the disease for decades. Me + @arthurallen202.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/07/08/h...

Nineteen states poised to sustain major Medicaid reductions are led by Republican governors. Their silence on the bill’s biggest cuts is giving cover to GOP lawmakers as they seek to slash Medicaid coverage. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

NEW: Under GOP budget bill, 18.5 million Americans would need to prove they work to keep their Medicaid coverage. One of them is likely a Kansas City woman who already had to make an excruciating choice due to Medicaid rules: give up guardianship of her disabled son to work as his caregiver.

A sobering story about the price of vaccines in the current US health system for those who are under-insured. And a cautionary tale for the future, should the government & insurers stop covering this essential part of preventive care. www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...

Among the thousands of federal workers that HHS fired this year: CDC researchers who advised clinicians on how to prescribe contraception safely for millions of women with underlying medical conditions. My latest on @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy @kffhealthnews.org www.cbsnews.com/news/hhs-cdc...

@arthurallen202.bsky.social and @samuelwhitehead.bsky.social @kffhealthnews.org call a spade a spade - Secretary RFK Jr. is "a longtime anti-vaccine activist" and the new ACIP members he selected "reflected his unsupported claims about the safety of childhood inoculations." kffhealthnews.org

🚨My latest: I’ve been talking with HIV activists since Trump took office. Their organizing is rooted in pivotal social movements in America: AIDS to civil rights. My reporting started in a Black church in the Mississippi Delta. It was the perfect place to begin. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

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Americans Are Going to Die’ -- Why Dr. Fiona Havers, an influential vaccine researcher, left the CDC. The wholesale dismissal of the agency’s scientific advisers crossed the line, she said (Gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/h...

Health experts sound the alarm: An HHS document sent to members of Congress uses debunked studies to question the safety of covid vaccines. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

BREAKING: A federal judge in Massachusetts (the Reagan-appointed William Young) has declared the Trump administration's cuts to NIH grants — ostensibly over Trump's EOs on gender ideology and DEI — are "illegal" and "void." He's ordering many grants restored.

You do not have to say “pro vaccine groups.” You can say the vast majority of doctors and scientists and the American Medical Association.