Is MAHA’s new food pyramid affordable and healthy? We asked experts.
Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. For…
Down Arrow Button Icon
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vision for a healthy America has triggered the most significant shift in federal nutrition…
Vaccine policy protects individual rights, not public health, top CDC adviser says
The chair of a federal vaccine advisory panel charted a new course for the committee in a podcast…
How ‘shared decision-making’ is being misused in vaccine policy
Listen to the Trump administration’s rhetoric about vaccines and you’ll hear a refrain. In September, what replaced the…
HHS Announces Changes to Childhood Immunization Schedule
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has updated the childhood immunization schedule to recommend 10, rather…
Childhood vaccine schedule slashed, ‘unknown risks’ of vaccination cited
WASHINGTON — Federal health officials are unilaterally reducing the number of recommended pediatric immunizations in response to an…
U.S. vaccine policy could see big changes in 2026
WASHINGTON — Vaccine policy has become a key issue for the Trump administration, especially under the leadership of…
Murdoch Paper New York Post Warns RFK Jr.’s ‘Lunatic’ Crusade Will Lead to More ‘Dead Kids’
One of Rupert Murdoch’s most pro-Trump newspapers is warning that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “anti-vax campaign”…
Kaiser Permanente to Pay $46M for Patient Data Breach
The health system is settling a class action lawsuit after finding that data-tracking technology used on its websites…
Vaccine makers see risk of shortages in Trump reformulation push
WASHINGTON — As the Trump administration moves ahead on what could be its most wide-reaching vaccine changes yet,…
Bird Flu’s Back And This Time Fewer People Are Keeping Tabs On It
Bird flu cases are on the rise across the country as wild flocks migrate south for the winter,…
SAMHSA cuts endanger people facing addiction or mental illness
O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming…