Four states sue Trump administration over cuts to public health fundingFour Democratic-led states have filed a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration from cutting $600 million in public health funds. Californ...
12 Feb, 2026, 08.11 AM IST
Five states sue Trump administration for withholding billions in social safety net fundsAttorneys general from five Democratic-led states have sued the Trump administration, calling its freeze on billions in public benefit fund...
09 Jan, 2026, 09.03 AM IST
CDC reverses course: Hundreds of firings halted amid ongoing US shutdown chaosThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reversed hundreds of planned layoffs for its employees. This action occurred during the seco...
12 Oct, 2025, 08.54 PM IST
RFK Jr., proud anti-vaxxer, drops COVID vaccine recommendation for kids and pregnant women as new variants spreadU.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has removed COVID-19 vaccinations for healthy children and pregnant women fr...
28 May, 2025, 06.42 PM IST
Trump cuts threaten free vaccine program for kids amid measles outbreakA surge in measles cases, exceeding 600 infections and resulting in three deaths, has prompted increased vaccinations facilitated by the Va...
23 Apr, 2025, 05.44 PM IST
From firing to re-hiring: RFK Jr says some US health staff will be reinstated after being 'mistakenly' cutSome of the roughly 10,000 employees fired from the Department of Health and Human Services are being asked to come back. HHS Secretary Rob...
04 Apr, 2025, 08.25 PM IST
Top US vaccine official busts RKF Jr's 'lies, misinformation' in resignation letter after being forced to quitTop FDA vaccine official Dr. Peter Marks has resigned from the department and according to multiple reports, he was forced out of his posit...
30 Mar, 2025, 06.33 PM IST
Top US health agency makes $25,000 buyout offer to most of its employeesMost of the 80,000 federal workers in the Health and Human Services Department have been offered up to $25,000 to leave their jobs as part ...
09 Mar, 2025, 08.01 PM IST
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s viral video sparks mystery over blue liquid. What Is Methylene Blue?Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was seen on a plane adding a blue liquid to his drink, leading to online speculation. The substance is believed to be...
06 Feb, 2025, 08.38 PM IST
US health agencies cancel external meetings, travel after Trump admin directivesUS health agencies, including the CDC, have canceled meetings, paused publications, and instituted a travel freeze following directives fro...
24 Jan, 2025, 06.40 AM IST
US states sue over Biden rule extending health insurance to DACA immigrantsSeveral Republican-led states have sued to prevent the Biden administration from permitting up to 200,000 immigrants, brought to the U.S. i...
11 Aug, 2024, 09.42 AM IST
US to declare monkeypox a public health emergencyThe declaration would come from Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, who is expected to discuss the plan at an afterno...
04 Aug, 2022, 11.40 PM IST
A COVID-19 shot for $150? Online scams surge as slow vaccine rollout frustratesScams include emails promising entry to supposedly secret lists for early vaccine access and robocallers impersonating government agencies....
05 Jan, 2021, 06.36 PM IST
Next for Biden: Naming a health care team as pandemic ragesBiden is expected to announce his choice for HHS secretary next week. That person has to have ``the confidence of the president, the abilit...
03 Dec, 2020, 04.24 PM IST
Trump administration funds Carolina plasma company based out of the owner's condoPlasma Technologies LLC, has received seed money to test a possible COVID-19-fighting blood plasma technology. But as much as $65 million m...
01 Nov, 2020, 07.19 PM IST
Bayer's chloroquine donation to U.S. raises concern about FDA standards in pandemicOn Mar 21, two days after President Trump first touted chloroquine drugs as a "gamechanger" in the fight against COVID-19, administration o...
17 Apr, 2020, 08.22 AM IST
Big pharma returning to US price hikes in January after pausePfizer has already announced plans to hike prices on 41 of its drugs in mid-January.
20 Dec, 2018, 01.26 PM IST