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.

Not sure what Senator Merkley is reading but his understanding is easily debunked. HHS' list of terminated grants: taggs.hhs.gov/Content/Data... @scott-delaney.bsky.social & @noamross.net's database And so much news coverage - including us at @kffhealthnews.org kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

NEWS this morning: Hundreds of NIH workers sent a sharply worded letter to Trump officials this morning protesting their actions regarding the agency, saying they are causing a "dramatic reduction in life-saving research.” kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

⛔️ Big NIH update: We just learned of 726 more NIH grants that were terminated sometime over the past 2 months. A huge number of diversity supps, diversity F31s, and diversity training grants. See below ⤵️ View them here: grant-watch.us/nih-data.html h/t to @noamross.net for processing them.

An IT worker for the nat'l parks drove to a bridge & called a friend to talk him down. A Medicaid researcher killed herself after repeating "I’m not enough" to her family. A Social Security worker, whose data was under siege by DOGE, died at her cubicle. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

What happens when rural birthing units close? ➡️Sophie doesn't want an induction but is worried if she can't make it to the hospital (1.5-hours away) on time + has to deliver in the car ➡️A winter storm made it too dangerous to drive to a birthing hospital so Nanette delivered in an ER w/o an epidural

As I told @rachanadpradhan.bsky.social, the chaos at HHS's #FOIA offices is having a real detrimental effect on the public’s right to know. Read her latest reporting here: kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

A US judge to govt lawyers defending the NIH's grant terminations: "I understand the administration is against DEI. Respectfully, I just don't know what you mean. This isn't a teasing question. There has to be some working definition. This is research to advance healthcare for all our citizens."

HHS’ purge of workers who release gov't records under the Freedom of Information Act “raise grave transparency, accountability, and privacy concerns,” Sen. Ron Wyden told Secretary RFK Jr. on Thursday. He joins a growing chorus of voices criticizing the firings. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

My latest, for @kffhealthnews.org and @cbsnews.com: Social Security is cracking. It's declaring people wrongly dead. Beneficiaries and lawyers say records are getting misplaced. Checks are getting sent to the wrong address. The agency is getting worse, they think, at sending money to people:

New: In a reversal, at least some FDA workers who furnish government records in response to Freedom of Information Act requests have been reinstated, agency employees say. They were told to return to their jobs immediately. More @kffhealthnews.org kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

RFK Jr. intends to shift the way vaccines are tested, a move HHS says will up transparency but medical experts fear could limit access to vaccines & undermine the public’s trust in immunization depending on its implementation Our latest @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

RFK Jr. checks off a classic vaccine misinfo trope w/a requirement for placebo-controlled vax trials. Taking us back to the 1950s when 50 kids were killed or paralyzed since they were in a placebo group for a polio vax known to work. Our bingo card of tropes: kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

The Trump administration quietly restored federal family planning funds to 2 anti-abortion states, while wiping it out elsewhere. HHS documents say it gave money to TN and OK pursuant to settlement agreements w/the states. Except those settlements don't exist. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

NEW: My latest story is about a surprising turn of events. A handful of scientists had NIH grants terminated by the Trump administration earlier this year — and now those grants are getting *reinstated*. Yes, you read that right. www.chronicle.com/article/thes...