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RFK Jr. Struggles to Navigate Frustrated Supporters and a Demanding Boss
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115172.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- After the Senate voted to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary, supporters of his "Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA) movement cheered at having a champion in the federal government. Now...


The U.S. Organ Transplant System Is Undergoing Massive Change
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115197.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- The need to revamp the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) is dire. Nearly 25% of livers and 33% of kidneys collected for donation go unused. The average transplant wait time is 3-5 years, but it can stretch...


It's Time for Meaningful Action on Medical AI
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115189.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- It is the policy of the United States to sustain and enhance America's global AI dominance in order to promote human flourishing, economic competitiveness, and national security. -- Executive Order on "Removing Barriers to...


Video Shows Doctor With Measles Treating Kids. RFK Jr. Later Praised Him.
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115199.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- A Texas doctor who has been treating children in a measles outbreak was shown on video with a measles rash on his face in a clinic a week before HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. met him and praised him as an "extraordinary...


SCOTUS to Mull Whether Insurers Must Offer Certain Preventive Services for Free
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115201.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday in a case that could affect what kind of preventive care is covered at no charge under Americans' health insurance plans. The case, known as Kennedy v. Braidwood, involves Christian...


Trump Turns COVID Info Website Into a Promotion Page for 'Lab Leak' Theory
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115198.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- A federal website that used to feature information on vaccines, testing, and treatment for COVID-19 has been transformed into a page supporting the theory that the pandemic originated with a lab leak. The covid.gov website shows...


FDA Approves New Option for Chronic Hives
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115194.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved dupilumab (Dupixent) for chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) in patients 12 years and older, the first new targeted drug for the inflammatory skin disease in over a decade, drugmakers Regeneron and Sanofi announced...


Our Green-Energy Future Hangs in the Balance
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115188.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- At 39 years old, Danny Smith should have been enjoying the prime of his life. Instead, he was struggling to breathe after receiving the devastating diagnosis of progressive massive fibrosis, more commonly known as complicated...


FDA Hiring Contractors to Replace Fired Staff Who Supported Safety Inspections
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115186.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- When HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced sweeping job cuts at his department last month, he said that safety inspectors who oversee U.S. foods and drugs wouldn't be impacted. Those employees remain at the FDA, but...


Leaked HHS Budget Draft Deletes Federal Spending for SHIP Counseling Programs
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115185.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- The leaked "pre-decisional" HHS budget for fiscal year 2026 would eliminate some $55 million in discretionary funding for the State Health Insurance Assistance Programs (SHIP), whose counselors help seniors navigate and understand...


Beyond Ivy League, RFK Jr.'s NIH Slashed Funding Across States That Backed Trump
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115182.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- The NIH's sweeping cuts of grants that fund scientific research are inflicting pain almost universally across the U.S., including in most states that backed President Trump in the 2024 election. A KFF Health News analysis underscores...


American Doc Told to 'Self-Deport'; FDA Ends Food Inspections; New Measles Outbreaks
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115181.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. MedPage Today is collecting stories of HHS staffers across all agencies affected by Trump administration cuts. If you want to share your story, please email MPT_Editorial...


Medical Journals Get Letters From DOJ
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115180.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- A federal prosecutor sent a letter to a medical journal editor, probing whether the publication is "partisan" when it comes to "various scientific debates." Edward R. Martin Jr., U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, sent...


State Bans PBMs From Owning Pharmacies
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115175.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) signed legislation Wednesday prohibiting pharmacy benefit managers from owning or operating pharmacies, becoming the first state to enact such a restriction. The measure comes as other...


Clinicians Worry About Loss of a Critical CDC Contraceptive Guideline
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115176.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- The team behind CDC's U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use (MEC) was another casualty in the mass layoffs at HHS -- and clinicians worry what losing this critical guideline will mean for patient care. The...


Leaked Budget Document Confirms Axed CDC Offices
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115174.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- A leaked HHS budget document confirms that a number of CDC offices are eliminated in their entirety, as the Trump administration sets out to refocus the agency on infectious diseases. It also proposes to eliminate two CDC journals...


NIH Centers Slashed, Consolidated in Leaked HHS Budget Document
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115170.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- The Trump administration wants to cut down the number of NIH institutes and centers from 27 to just eight, according to an HHS budget proposal first shared by MedPage Today editor-in-chief Jeremy Faust, MD. NIH's budget would...


Which AI Would Make the Best Doctor?
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115169.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- In this video, Mikhail Varshavski, DO, who goes by "Dr. Mike" on YouTube, takes a look at the best artificial intelligence (AI) platforms that are broadly available. Following is a partial transcript of the video (note that...


What's at Stake if CDC's Infection Control Practices Committee Is Cut
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115168.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Whether you are placing a central line, managing a Clostridioides difficile case, or keeping a surgical field sterile, you're likely following standards influenced by the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee...


PAs Sue Over Wages; Doc's 'Goody Bag' Scheme; Resident's New Secret Peeping Charges
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115165.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Over 300 female physician assistants (PAs) have sued Michigan Medicine, alleging they were paid, on average, $9,000 less per year than their male counterparts doing the same work. (Click On Detroit) Pennsylvania doctor Neil...


Trump's Plan to Lower Drug Prices Takes Aim at IRA 'Pill Penalty'
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115164.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- President Donald Trump's latest executive order outlines the administration's plan to lower costs for healthcare. The plan includes making changes to the Inflation Reduction Act -- including the so-called "pill penalty" ...