Listen: With Vital Health Research Defunded, Whoās Losing Out?Ā
From Florida to California, National Institutes of Health grant cuts have halted research studies on HIV, vaccines, and health equity ā affecting red and blue states alike.
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Readers Endorse Doctor Migration and Shun ‘Elderspeak’
Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
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What Are āImproperā Medicaid Payments, and Are They as High as a Trump Official Said?
The vast majority of improper payments stem from documentation mistakes and do not fit the definition of waste, fraud, or abuse. They also typically stem from health care providersā actions, not beneficiariesā abuse.
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Watch: RFK Jr. Dismisses All 17 Members of Vaccine Advisory Committee
Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā CĆ©line Gounder joined CBS Evening News to discuss the unprecedented move by the Health and Human Services secretary.
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āWe Dissentā: NIH Workers Protest Trump Policies That āHarm the Health of Americansā
A letter signed by more than 300 National Institutes of Health workers ā some still working, others who were fired this year ā is an extraordinary public rebuke of actions taken under Director Jay Bhattacharya and health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Tribes Question Kennedy’s Promise To Protect Them From Health Cuts
Get our weekly newsletter, The Week in Brief, featuring a roundup of our original coverage, Fridays at 2 p.m. ET.
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In Axing mRNA Contract, Trump Delivers Another Blow to US Biosecurity, Former Officials Say
The Trump administration is eroding national pandemic flu defenses as it guts health agencies, cuts research and health budgets, and withdraws funding for bird flu vaccines, health security experts said.
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In a Dusty Corner of California, Trump’s Threatened Cuts to Asthma Care Raise Fears
The Trump administration wants to shutter the CDCās National Asthma Control Program, which provides millions in funding to state-administered initiatives aimed at fighting the disease. The programās closure, combined with massive cuts to environmental programs, could put the 28 million Americans with asthma at increased risk.
Trumpās āOne Big Beautiful Billā Lands in Senate. Our 400th Episode!
Episode 400The Houseās gigantic tax-and-spending budget reconciliation bill has landed with a thud in the Senate, where lawmakers are divided in their criticism over whether it increases the deficit too much or cuts Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act too deeply. Meanwhile, the Congressional Budget Officeās estimate that the bill, if enacted, could increase the ranks of the uninsured by nearly 11 million people over a decade wonāt make it an easy sell. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Jessie Hellmann of CQ Roll Call, and Lauren Weber of The Washington Post join Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā Arielle Zionts, who reported and wrote the latest āBill of the Monthā feature, about a Medicaid patient who had an out-of-state emergency.
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Native Americans Hurt by Federal Health Cuts, Despite RFK Jr.ās Promises of Protection
The Indian Health Service was mostly spared in the federal governmentās widespread staffing cuts, but tribal governments and organizations have lost funding elsewhere in the melee of federal health agency cuts.
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Trump Administration Is Ending Multiple HIV Vaccine Studies, Scientists and Officials Say
The cuts will shutter two major HIV vaccine research efforts, and a National Institutes of Health senior official said the agency has been instructed not to issue any more HIV vaccine research funding in the next fiscal year, with few exceptions.
Live From AHCJ: Shock and Awe in Federal Health Policy
Episode 399This episode was taped live on Friday, May 30, at the annual conference of the Association of Health Care Journalists in Los Angeles. Host Julie Rovner moderated a panel featuring Rachel Nuzum, senior vice president for policy at The Commonwealth Fund; Berenice NĆŗƱez Constant, senior vice president of government relations and civic engagement at AltaMed Health Services; and Anish Mahajan, chief deputy director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. The panelists discussed the national, state, and local implications of funding cuts made over the first 100 days of the second Trump administration and the potential fallout of reductions that have been proposed but not yet implemented. The panelists also took questions from health reporters in the audience.
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RFK Jr. Says Healthy Pregnant Women Donāt Need Covid Boosters. What the Science Says.
Despite opposition by the leader of the Department of Health and Human Services, existing evidence on the safety and efficacy of getting a covid vaccine during pregnancy all points the same way: The shots are important for maternal and fetal health.
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Language Service Cutbacks Raise Fear of Medical Errors, Misdiagnoses, Deaths
Federal cuts are hurting community organizations in California that provide language assistance services to people who speak limited English. Despite President Trumpās executive order declaring English the national language, millions in the U.S. need help navigating the health system.
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Feds Chop Enforcement Staff and Halt Rules Meant To Curb Black Lung in Coal Miners
The Trump administration has paused implementation of a rule limiting minersā exposure to airborne silica dust days after a federal court agreed to put it on hold to hear an industry challenge. The protections are meant to head off a surge in cases of black lung disease. Meanwhile, any enforcement of new standards might be meager due to workforce cuts.
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Silence on E. Coli Outbreak Highlights How Trump Teamās Changes Undermine Food Safety
Food safety inspections are being scaled back and the public was not notified after an investigation into E. coli contamination.
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Federal Cuts Ripple Through a Bioscience Hub in Rural Montana
The National Institutes of Healthās Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton, Montana, is one of only a few dozen research facilities of its type. The threat of staffing and grant cuts has town leaders worried and has added to long-standing tension around the labās presence in this politically conservative region.
Bill With Billions in Health Program Cuts Passes House
Episode 398The House narrowly passed a budget reconciliation bill, including billions of dollars in tax cuts for the wealthy along with billions of dollars in cuts to health program spending. But the Senate is expected to make major changes to the measure before it can go to President Donald Trump for his signature. This weekās panelists are Julie Rovner of Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet, and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico.
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Trumpās Team Cited Safety in Limiting Covid Shots. Patients, Health Advocates See More Risk.
The FDA will encourage new clinical trials on the widely used vaccines before approving them for children and healthy adults. The requirements could cost drugmakers tens of millions of dollars and are likely to leave boosters largely out of reach for hundreds of millions of Americans this fall.
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3 Things To Watch on Mental Health in Trumpās Early Budget Proposals
President Donald Trumpās budget office says heāll continue to fund the new 988 suicide prevention hotline, but documents sent to Congress offer clues ā amid some mixed messages ā about the administrationās approach to two pressing public health issues: mental health and addiction.