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At least 600 CDC employees being terminated in US, union says

Sackings come as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr pushes to significantly downsize department.

Al Jazeera

At least 600 CDC employees are getting final termination notices, union says

At least 600 employees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are receiving permanent termination notices

The Independent UK

US health agency workers accuse RFK Jr of fueling violence against them

More than 750 workers in letter say HHS secretary’s rhetoric played a role in recent attack at CDC’s Atlanta headquarters

The Guardian - US

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Trump's health agency streamlining goals hit roadblock - Roll Call

Five months since the Trump administration rolled out grand plans for a signature health agency, Congress has shied away from making it happen.

Roll Call

RFK Jr denies 2028 presidential ambitions after attacks from Trump influencer Laura Loomer

HHS chief took to social media with deference to president after ‘Trump’s Rasputin’ said he was plotting move

The Guardian - US

Judge orders RFK Jr’s HHS to stop sharing Medicaid info with ICE

Trump administration can’t tap into Medicaid data for millions of people to help make arrests, judge says

The Independent UK

RFK Jr. has been using Medicaid information to violate the Constitution, but a judge just put an end to it

Another illegal thing on Junior Kennedy's long list.

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“It’s crazy that White Pony was 25 years old this year, even crazier that one of our fans owns one of the ESPs used to record it”: Stephen Carpenter’s ESP Horizon Custom from Deftones’ Back to School video has been valued at $55,000

The S-style – which was used on Around the Fur – has been verified by Carpenter himself

Guitar World

RFK Jr.’s plans to overhaul ‘vaccine court’ system would face legal and scientific challenges

For almost 40 years, people who suspect they’ve been harmed by a vaccine have been able to turn to a little-known system called the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program – often simply called the vaccine court.

The Conversation

Laura Loomer sets her sights on her next target to get the boot from the Trump administration

‘I’m not naive enough to think that the president is going to get rid of RFK, but I will say that … there are concerns about some of the staffing decisions over at HHS,’ Laura Loomer said this week.

The Independent UK

‘Distracting the public’: group of health professionals call for RFK Jr to be removed

Ahead of the second Maha report, grassroots Defend Public Health warns that everything HHS is doing is ‘horrifying’

The Guardian - US

The future of cancer treatment is ‘personalized’ mRNA vaccines. Experts fear RFK research cuts will jeopardize that

HHS announced last week that it would slash hundreds of millions in grants for Covid, flu and infectious disease research

The Independent UK

CDC Shooting Linked To Suspect's COVID-19 Vaccine Beliefs, Former Staff Blame RFK Jr. Hostility Toward Agency

A group of former U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) employees are blaming HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for vilifying the agency’s workforce through “his continuous lies about science and vaccine safety, which have fueled a climate of hostility and mistrust."

Benzinga

Trump law will cut food stamps for 2.4 million people as work rules widen

Parents of teens, adults up to 64 years old and veterans must work, volunteer or train to keep benefits, CBO finds

The Guardian - US

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The Guardian view on RFK Jr’s vaccine cuts: an assault on science from a politician unfit for his office

Editorial: The decision by the US health and human services secretary to remove mRNA research funding is ill-informed and dangerous

Benzinga

Vinay Prasad's Comeback To FDA Sparks Debate Over Regulatory Direction

In a stunning reversal, Dr. Vinay Prasad is returning to his role as director of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), just days after his resignation.

The Guardian - US

Atlanta CDC gunman believed Covid vaccine made him suicidal, official says

Shooter, a 30-year-old man who died during violence, fired dozens of rounds into buildings and killed police officer

Al Jazeera

How RFK Jr’s vaccine funding cuts fit with Trump’s vision

Latest move to cut funding for vaccines is not down to US health secretary. It is part of Trump’s wider war on science.

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Benzinga

AbbVie Inclusion In Medicare Drug Talks Fails To Justify Lawsuit, Court Rules

AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:ABBV), the manufacturer of Imbruvica, is at the center of a constitutional challenge to the federal government's new Drug Price Negotiation Program.

LiveScience

'These decisions were completely reckless': Funding cuts to mRNA vaccines will make America more vulnerable to pandemics

mRNA expert Jeff Coller spoke with Live Science about the future of mRNA vaccines in the United States in the aftermath of huge federal funding cuts.

Benzinga

RFK Jr. Sued By Eli Lilly, Amgen Over Drug Discount Program

Three major pharmaceutical companies — Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ:AMGN), Eli Lilly and Co (NYSE:LLY), and UCB SA (OTC:UCBJY) (OTC:UCBJF) — are suing U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over the way his department is handling a drug discount program.

Roll Call

HHS phases out mRNA vaccine trials for COVID-19, bird flu - Roll Call

HHS says the elimination of 22 mRNA vaccine development projects for COVID-19 and bird flu signals a shift in vaccine priorities.

The Guardian - US

RFK Jr’s health department to halt $500m in mRNA vaccine research

Agency to end 22 federal contracts, questioning safety of technology credited with helping end Covid pandemic

International Business Times

US Axes MRNA Vaccine Contracts, Casting Safety Doubts

President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday announced it would terminate 22 federal contracts for mRNA-based vaccines, questioning the safety of a technology credited with helping end the Covid pandemic and saving millions of lives.

The Independent UK

RFK Jr pulls funding for vaccine development

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