Inside the turmoil and leadership vacuum at the CDC The Trump administration intends to nominate a permanent director soon One person already turned the job down NEW [gift link] www.wsj.com/health/healt...

FDA's decision to review Moderna flu shot, after initially refusing, came after discussions with HHS and WH officials www.wsj.com/health/healt...

NEW- Our interview with Dr. Rick Pazdur on why he left FDA less than a month after his promotion to lead its drugs division And his concerns about the agency's future “This wall between the commissioner’s office and the review staff has been breached" www.wsj.com/health/healt...

via @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social Kennedy successfully petitioned a federal court in 2020 to force the FCC to review its wireless-radiation rules. RFK has also represented plaintiffs who have sued telecom comps, alleging cellphones caused their brain tumors. #Medsky #publichealth

NEW: ProPublica Publishes Unreleased Data on the Origins of Generic Prescription Drugs, by @bxroberts.org

RFK Jr persuaded medical associations to back the new dietary guidelines by compromising on saturated fat - a compromise that leaves a big contradiction in the government's advice Illuminating work from @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social

NEW: RFK Jr.'s health department is studying the health effects of cell phones 📳 and has removed FDA web pages saying cell phone radiation is not dangerous www.wsj.com/health/rfk-j...

NEW: Top RFK Jr. confidante Calley Means is taking a permanent role in the Trump administration www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

[I missed this at the time. Ck it out if you want to get caught up quickly.] Video from Sept. 19th after the CDC's vaccine panel met and voted on new guidance for immunization. @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social does a great job summarizing events. And interviews @drdebhoury.bsky.social. 4 minutes long.

excellently reported — and deeply revealing — piece by @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social www.wsj.com/health/healt...

Gift link! RFK Jr., HHS to Link Autism to Tylenol Use in Pregnancy and Folate Deficiencies "Kennedy has promised to reveal the cause of autism. 'By September we will know what has caused the autism epidemic.'" "Critics panned the promise as an impossible timeline" for a valid scientific inquiry.

News 🚨: The much-anticipated autism report from RFK Jr.'s HHS will point to Tylenol during pregnancy, folate deficiency, among other possible causes of autism. With @nidhisubs.bsky.social Link👇 www.wsj.com/health/healt...

Four major HHS leaders have been ousted this summer. One was rehired. Meanwhile, the MAHA movement backing Kennedy is impatient for bolder action on vaccines, pesticides and more. Natalie Andrews and I take you inside it all 👇

“Processed food is poison,” Kennedy said, recounting how tribes had drifted from traditional food. “Processed foods are literally killing them. They’re part of a genocide that is centuries old.” RFK Jr.'s latest challenge: bringing MAHA to Alaska www.wsj.com/us-news/alas...

The Trump administration is blocking funding for a swath of public health programs run by the CDC, the latest flashpoint in a push by the White House to withhold money already approved by Congress www.wsj.com/politics/pol... w @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social

The Trump administration is blocking funding for public health programs run by the CDC, the latest push by the White House to withhold money already approved by Congress @nidhisubs.bsky.social and @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social‬ report for @wsj.com www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

RFK Jr. and Mehmet Oz are fighting to save roughly 400 Canadian ostriches. So far their pleas have gone nowhere. “We don’t take our public health advice from RFK and Dr. Oz,” said David Eby, the leader of British Columbia’s provincial government. www.wsj.com/world/americ...

NEW The White House is blocking the NIH from awarding new research grants for the rest of the fiscal year Chokes off billions in research funding Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol... with @nidhisubs.bsky.social

The White House has put new limits on NIH awards to scientists, potentially restricting billions in grants www.wsj.com/politics/pol... New with @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social and Ken Thomas

NEW The Trump administration has put a halt on ALL new research grants flowing from the National Institutes of Health (Billions of $$), setting up a battle with lawmakers t.co/GEM6JmLCcG via me @nidhisubs.bsky.social and Ken Thomas

NEW The Trump administration aims to cut spending on Biden-era subsidies for Medicare drug plans by about 40% www.wsj.com/health/healt...

NEW from me and Anna Mathews Medicare drug plan premiums are set to rise. The Trump administration is aiming to soften the blow by keeping some Biden subsidies (though not all) and negotiating with insurers www.wsj.com/health/healt...

New exclusive 🗞️ Health secretary RFK Jr. plans to oust the members of an advisory panel that recommends which cancer screenings, HIV drugs and other preventive services insurers must cover at no cost www.wsj.com/health/healt...

A new bill would require hospitals to disclose more information about how they handle extremely premature births. The legislation is in part prompted by our Wall Street Journal investigation last year. www.wsj.com/health/healt...

Details on the drama that led to the departure of two members of RFK Jr.'s inner circle www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

The Trump administration is weighing kicking hospitals out of Medicaid if they do not cease offering gender-related care (surgeries, puberty blockers, hormones) to children and teenagers See the list of 9 children's hospitals that got letters from Dr. Oz... 👇 www.wsj.com/health/healt...

RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Panel Has a New Approach: Question Everything www.wsj.com/health/healt... @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social reports from Atlanta

Trump Administration Weighs Eliminating Funds for Hospitals Offering Gender Care to Minors www.wsj.com/health/healt... @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social reports

As RFK Jr.'s new immunization panel met in Atlanta and announced it would reconsider the childhood vaccine schedule, CDC director nominee Susan Monarez was on the Hill saying that vaccines save lives With Dominique Mosbergen: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

The new FDA commissioner plans to start new fast-track drug approval process that would reward companies that support "national priorities." And lots of other news in my story today: www.wsj.com/health/healt...

RFK Jr.'s picks for the CDC's key immunizations panel include a board member of an anti-vaccine organization, a management professor who has called for Covid-19 shots to be taken off the market, a doctor who raised doubts about vaccines on the Joe Rogan podcast. www.wsj.com/health/healt...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new picks for a key vaccine panel include vocal skeptics of immunizations www.wsj.com/health/healt... @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social and Dominique Mosbergen report

An anti-vaccine activist hired by RFK Jr. is hunting for proof of a cover-up. He's looking for evidence that federal officials buried data showing a link between vaccines and autism. Former CDC officials say no data was ever hidden. www.wsj.com/health/healt...

The MAHA report is out now. The White House cut from the report a discussion of the pharmaceutical industry's campaign contributions to Congress. Also:

WSJ SCOOP What's in RFK Jr.'s MAHA report Pesticides (though not as critical as earlier expected!), vaccines, screentime and more www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

New guidelines for Covid-19 vaccines from FDA today, unveiled in NEJM by Dr. Vinay Prasad and Dr. Marty Makary Clinical trials demanded for new covid vaccines for most healthy people Livestream to come at 1pm www.wsj.com/health/healt...

New from me and @briannaabbott.bsky.social: Joe Biden has aggressive, late-stage prostate cancer. But he could still live for many years. And more from the cancer doctors we consulted: www.wsj.com/health/healt...

Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine, which missed its target approval date after FDA political appointees intervened, has now been approved.

At universities from the Ivy League to state schools, a financial reckoning has started as President Trump’s funding cuts hit home www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

Scoop- HHS is planning to stop recommending the Covid-19 vaccines for pregnant women and children. www.wsj.com/health/healt...

RFK JR. on cuts to LIHEAP (which helps low-income people pay heating bills): “I think OMB’s rationale was that President Trump’s energy policies are going to reduce dramatically the cost of energy to this country."

Kennedy re: NIH, on the Hill: “When I was a kid, NIH was the premier gold standard scientific institution in the world. Over the years it was captured by industry," RFK Jr. says. "We should have the cure for Alzheimer's today. We don’t have it purely because of corruption at NIH.”

"I have Medicare Advantage and it works very well for me," RFK Jr. says to House subcommittee. “The services are much better.”

RFK Jr. answers a hypothetical in Hill hearing and says he would "probably" vaccinate his child for measles today. He says he doesn't believe people should get medical advice from him. He also hesitates on chickenpox and polio vaccines.

NEWS: The White House and agency officials are pushing back on a bid by RFK Jr. to label pesticides as a potential cause of U.S. health woes www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Swimming and wading are banned in Rock Creek "due to high bacteria levels," according to the National Park Service.

We have the exclusive look at the GOP plans for Medicaid, along with an exclusive interview with E&C Chairman Brett Guthrie. Hint: Work requirements and a provider tax crackdown. But no major FMAP changes or per-capita caps. GIFT LINK (Happy Mother's Day) www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

“When it comes to .. raw milk, I want to be free to form a relationship with a local farmer, look him in the eyes, pet his cow, and then decide if I feel safe to drink the milk from his farm.” — Casey Means, Trump’s latest surgeon-general nominee. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

WSJ Exclusive: RFK Jr. invests $500 million in flu vaccine project. @nidhisubs.bsky.social and @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social report for #WSJHealth and #WSJScience. www.wsj.com/health/healt... via @wsj.com

New exclusive- The Trump administration has grown so furious with Harvard after escalating fireworks between the two sides that it is planning to pull an additional $1 billion of the school’s funding www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...