Trump health officials issue advisory on children and teens’ excessive screen time HHS advisory says high screen time among youths can be linked to poor sleep and weakened in-person relationships The Guardian - US · May 21
RFK Jr. fires leaders of group that sets guidelines for preventive health screenings The Trump administration has fired the two leaders of an influential health group that determines when insurance must provide free preventive care like mammograms for millions of Americans The Independent UK · May 20
The real reason RFK Jr. hates SSRIs The HHS Secretary's attacks on psychiatric medication follow a pattern of putting politics over public health Salon · May 18
US takes unique approach to deal with Hantavirus, they appointed a specialist with little public health experience, a specialist in penile implants This is also a man who thought COVID was a government plot. We Got This Covered · May 17
Who is Brian Christine, the Urologist Leading the Hantavirus Response in the U.S. The Trump administration faces criticism for appointing a urologist, Dr Brian Christine, to lead the hantavirus response, sparking concerns over qualifications and public trust amid the outbreak. Latin Times · May 16
FDA drug center head fired after commissioner's exit, replaced by Davis The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's drug center sees a leadership change as acting head Tracy Beth Hoeg departs, replaced by deputy Michael Davis. This follows Commissioner Marty Makary's exit amid agency-wide shifts. Karim Mikhail now leads the biologics center, and Lowell Zeta is acting chief of staff. Hoeg's tenure… The Economic Times · May 16
RFK Jr. wants hospitals to serve more meat — despite cardiologists’ concerns As the White House restores red meat and full-fat dairy to the center of the American plate, a growing movement of clinicians is betting on plant-based defaults to defuse a looming ‘biological time bomb,’ writes Jasmine Fernández The Independent UK · May 16
Doctor leading Trump’s hantavirus response is a penile specialist who spread Covid conspiracies: ‘Erection Connection’ The physician, who has scant experience in public health, has compared the Biden administration to Nazi Germany, a report says The Independent UK · May 15
As RFK’s lifestyle seeps into policy, some fret over long-term effect When Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took the helm of the department in February 2025, he pledged to remove special interests from HHS and chart a new path focused on “gold-standard science.” He made his core policy interests clear in November 2024, even before he was President… Roll Call · May 15
RFK Jr's New War is With Antidepressants, MAHA Wants Americans to Quit or Curb SSRI Use Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has launched a federal initiative targeting psychiatric drug overprescription, sparking debate over mental health treatment and medication use. International Business Times UK · May 15
JD Vance threatens health funding to states that don’t comply with White House anti-fraud effort Medicare has already paused hospice and home healthcare agency signups as potential fraud is investigated The Guardian - US · May 13
FDA chief's resignation widens a leadership gap at the nation's health department Dr. Marty Makary's resignation from his post atop the Food and Drug Administration is widening a leadership gap that already existed at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services The Independent UK · May 13
Trump’s sudden cut in substance testing is ‘going to kill people’, experts warn Samhsa said funding cannot be used to purchase or distribute fentanyl test strips or other drug test kits The Guardian - US · May 12
‘This is not Covid’: CDC boss reassures concerned public over hantavirus outbreak as US cruise passengers taken to Nebraska quarantine facility CDC Director says hantavirus is ‘not like Covid’ amid concerns about outbreak The Independent UK · May 11
Reason · May 11 Don't Waste Time Arguing Over the Surgeon General Nominee. Abolish the Office. It’s a vestigial role that has morphed into a national annoyance.
The Guardian - US · May 11 Americans onboard hantavirus cruise ship to be repatriated to US as one tests positive Seventeen passengers to be taken to a Nebraska quarantine center to be assessed, with one testing positive and another showing symptoms
The Independent UK · May 7 US will start revoking passports for thousands of parents who owe child support, AP learns The State Department will begin revoking the U.S. passports of thousands of parents who owe a significant amount of unpaid child support
Salon · May 7 Trump's Silicon Valley bet on science Jim O'Neill, a longevity enthusiast and vaccine skeptic, is Trump's pick to head the National Science Foundation
We Got This Covered · May 7 ‘The RFK Jr. Spillover Effect’: Babies are bleeding to death at record rates in the U.S., and a Congresswoman is pointing fingers at RFK Jr. A fight doctors thought they’d already won.
The Guardian - US · May 7 ‘People should be talking about it’: moves to curtail vaccine information obscures important science, doctors say Quashed studies, halted publications and canceled research threaten damage to public health, critics say
International Business Times · May 6 HHS Studies That Found Covid, Shingles Vaccines Safe And Effective Pulled From Scientific Journals The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has withdrawn studies that suggested COVID-19 and shingles vaccines were safe and effective.
The Mary Sue · May 6 RFK Jr. just launched a crusade to pull antidepressants from millions, ignoring the doctors screaming about a gaping hole in his plan Robert F. Kennedy Jr. just launched a federal push to slash antidepressant prescriptions across the U.S., framing the move as a fix for overmedication. However, psychiatrists warn the plan ignores the real crisis: millions of people who can’t even get basic mental health care in the first place. The Department…
Latin Times · May 6 Experts Criticize F.D.A. Move to Withhold Studies on Vaccine Safety: 'A Pretty Active Act of Sabotage' Blocked publications on COVID and shingles vaccines come amid broader changes to federal policy under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime vaccine critic
The Guardian - US · May 5 FDA blocked studies finding Covid and shingles vaccines safe, HHS official says Serious side-effects from vaccines were rare, scientists found in studies funded by US taxpayer money
The Guardian - US · May 3 ‘Christofascism’ is here: inside the slow demolition of US public health From prescribing spiritual warfare to demonizing health experts, RFK Jr’s health empire has become a dangerous vehicle for a Christian nationalist worldview