Karma Comes for Kennedy
Like the divine intelligence of the universe, the list of reasons that the wellness influencer Casey Means should not be surgeon general is vast. For one thing, she never completed her medical residency. She’s said that she dropped out of her program …
Josh Hawley: Don’t Cut Medicaid
Polls show Democrats down in the dumps at their lowest approval level in decades, but we Republicans are having an identity crisis of our own, and you can see it in the tug of war over President Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill.” The nub of the …
Scientists Hail This Medical Breakthrough. A Political Storm Could Cripple It.
Therapies involving mRNA, a key to Covid vaccines, hold great potential in treating several diseases, but some lawmakers want to ban them and the government is cutting funding.
Trump Budget Cuts Funding for Chronic Disease Prevention
Kennedy has warned of an epidemic of chronic disease, but the budget blueprint would close the C.D.C. center focused on prevention.
Kennedy Orders Search for New Measles Treatments Instead of Urging Vaccination
Decades of research have turned up no miracle treatment for measles, but studies show the M.M.R. shot is 97 percent effective in preventing the disease.
What Medicaid Cuts Would Do to My Rural Hospital
If you have ever felt stress after passing a highway sign warning, “No gas next 90 miles,” you understand the importance of my hospital. I am the chief executive of Lincoln Health, a 25-bed county-owned hospital in Hugo, Colo., a town of about 800 …
Citing N.I.H. Cuts, a Top Science Journal Stops Accepting Submissions
With federal support, Environmental Health Perspectives has long published peer-reviewed studies without fees to readers or scientists.
U.S. Officials to Cut Funding for Landmark Study of Women’s Health
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced thousands of research papers, altering medical care for patients around the world.
Milwaukee’s Lead Crisis: Flaky Paint, Closed Schools and a C.D.C. in Retreat
Some children were exposed to lead and investigators found flaking paint inside aging schools. Two federal experts, expected to help guide the response, have lost their jobs.