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RFK Jr. says HHS will determine the cause of autism by September
Kennedy, who has linked childhood vaccines to the developmental disability, said the effort will be completed by September and involve hundreds of scientists.
Read MoreBIO’s John Crowley on RFK Jr. and tariffs, plus calls for more federal biotech funding
On The Readout LOUD podcast, STAT reporters talked with BIO's CEO John Crowley about RFK Jr. and tariffs, and discussed calls for more federal funds for biotech.
Read MoreHealth secretary RFK Jr. declares certain vaccines have ‘never worked,’ flummoxing scientists
Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has expressed another unorthodox view on vaccines, declaring that single antigen vaccines, used to prevent Covid and other conditions, do not work.
Read MoreMedPAC Says Yes to Increasing Medicare Physician Pay Based on Healthcare Inflation
(MedPage Today) -- Medicare fee-for-service payments to physicians should be based on the Medicare Economic Index (MEI), a measure of healthcare inflation, according to a recommendation approved unan
Read MoreCDC's STD Lab Shuttered By Trump Layoffs
(MedPage Today) -- A critical laboratory for surveilling sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the U.S. has been lost in the Trump administration's mass layoffs.
Read MoreSTAT+: Arkansas may force companies to choose between running a PBM or pharmacies
An Arkansas bill that would prohibit PBMs from operating retail and mail-order pharmacies may be the first such legislation to be signed in the U.S.
Read MoreCDC Officials Plan for the Agency's Splintering, but Questions Remain
(MedPage Today) -- A top CDC official told staff this week to start planning for the agency's splintering.
Read MoreCancer Screening Decline; Menstruation and Sickle Cell Pain; Weedkiller Cancer Suit
(MedPage Today) -- Prevent Cancer Foundation's 2025 Early Detection Survey showed that only about half of U.S.
Read MoreKFF Health News' 'What the Health?': The Dismantling of HHS
A week into the reorganization of the Department of Health and Human Services announced by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Read MoreCDC officials plan for the agency’s splintering, but questions remain
CDC officials are planning for the agency's splintering, but questions remain.
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