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RFK Jr. removes all members of CDC panel advising U.S. on vaccines
U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the Senate Committee on Appropriations hearing on ...

National Guard arrives after Trump order
Members of the California National Guard stand outside the Edward R. Roybal federal building after their deployment by U.S. President ...

RFK Jr. changes Covid vaccine recommendation
A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to ...

FDA outlines stricter Covid vaccine approval standards
Brandon Guerrero, of Compton, California, is given both a flu and Covid vaccine at CVS in Huntington Park, California, Aug. ...

Trump most favored nations drug price executive order: What to know
President Donald Trump, joined by National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jay Bhattacharya, speaks during a press conference in the ...

Novo Nordisk legal win bars many compounded Wegovy, Ozempic drugs
Flags with the logos of Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk, maker of the blockbuster diabetes and weight-loss treatments Ozempic and Wegovy ...

FDA guts education, training division as part of RFK Jr.’s cuts
The Food and Drug Administration has gutted a division responsible for training agency staff and outside health-care professionals on an ...

Trump drops Biden proposal for Medicare to cover obesity drugs
A combination image shows an injection pen of Zepbound, Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug, and boxes of Wegovy, made by ...

Vaccine stocks fall after FDA’s Peter Marks resigns over RFK Jr.
Rafael Henrique | Lightrocket | Getty Images Shares of major vaccine makers dropped on Monday after a key U.S. health ...

Disney, ABC receive FCC investigation notice
The main gate at The Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California, on Sept. 25, 2023. Mario Anzuoni | Reuters The ...