THURSDAY, April 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Weeks after ordering staff back to the office, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is now letting some employees work from home again. The move follows major staff cuts and resignations that threaten the agency’s ability to approve new medicines among otherContinue Reading
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WEDNESDAY, April 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The Trump administration has removed 11 guidance documents that helped businesses follow the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a new report says. The documents were withdrawn last month as part of a federal effort to reduce rules that businesses must follow. The DepartmentContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — America’s emergency rooms are near the breaking point, causing long wait times and boarding of patients awaiting care, a new study says. Essentially, ERs are being asked to serve as health care hubs that offer services far beyond emergency care, according to aContinue Reading
New appointments also made to lead the NIH and as Commissioner of Food and Drugs at the FDAContinue Reading
MONDAY, April 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Some recent cuts at U.S. government health agencies may be reversed, including a key program that tracks lead exposure in children, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said last week. The lead poisoning prevention and surveillance branch of theContinue Reading
MONDAY, April 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. government has shut down or paused several major anti-smoking efforts. Public health leaders say the cuts could reverse decades of progress that have smoking rates in the country at all-time lows. Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)Continue Reading
FRIDAY, April 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A federal judge has stopped the Trump administration from cutting $11 billion in public health funding — at least for now. U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy, who was appointed by President Donald Trump in 2019, said Thursday that she would grant a temporaryContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has not only lost nearly a fifth of its workforce, it has also been directed to slash $2.9 billion in contract spending. That’s about 35% of its total contract budget. The agency has beenContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has delayed the full approval of Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine. The decision had been expected by April 1, but the agency now says it needs more information before moving forward. The Novavax shot is already available underContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The longtime leader of a federal health program for 9/11 survivors and first responders has been fired, worrying many advocates and lawmakers. The program serves more than 100,000 people. Dr. John Howard, head of the World Trade Center Health Program, lost his jobContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A group of 23 states and Washington, D.C., is suing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) over a sudden cut of $12 billion in public health funding. The lawsuit says the rollback will disrupt vital services. It was filed TuesdayContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — U.S. Sen. Cory Booker stood on the Senate floor and spoke for 25 hours and 5 minutes this week, breaking the modern record for the longest Senate speech ever. Senate rules allow a member who is recognized by the presiding officer to speakContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) top tobacco regulator, Brian King, has been placed on leave as part of a large wave of cuts across federal health agencies. King, who led the FDA’s tobacco control efforts, told his staff Tuesday that heContinue Reading