FDA head falsely claims no scientists laid off, as agency shutters food safety labs
The head of the Food and Drug Administration has repeatedly claimed in recent interviews that no scientists have been laid off at ...
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CDC scraps plan to help Texas schools curb measles over layoffs, employee says
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has scrapped a plan to offer help curbing measles in Texas schools ...
RFK Jr. aides accused of censoring NIH’s top ultra-processed food scientist
The National Institutes of Health's top researcher on ultra-processed foods announced Wednesday he was stepping down from the agency, accusing ...
Autism rate rises to 3% of children in CDC study
One out of 31 children — more than 3% of kids — have been identified with autism, according to the ...
CDC redeploys to Texas measles outbreak after layoffs, as RFK Jr. calls vaccine
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has begun redeploying staff to respond to the deadly outbreak of measles in ...
FDA bird flu testing efforts disrupted by RFK Jr.’s layoffs, officials say
Some of the Food and Drug Administration's efforts to support testing for the ongoing bird flu outbreak have been disrupted ...
RFK Jr. purges CDC and FDA’s public records teams, despite “transparency” promises
Teams handling Freedom of Information Act requests at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug ...
CDC, NIH and more health agencies brace for layoffs with DOGE and RFK Jr.’s restructuring. Here’s what we know.
Officials at agencies throughout the Department of Health and Human Services say they are bracing for steep layoffs, as Secretary ...
Why RFK Jr.’s top spokesperson abruptly resigned from HHS last week
The top communications official under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. abruptly resigned last week, just two ...
Vaccine critic RFK Jr. backs measles vaccine amid deadly Texas outbreak
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a noted vaccine skeptic, voiced support for the measles vaccine Sunday ...
