Some of the National Institutes of Health‘s top brain scientists received layoff notices last month, weeks before Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified to Congress that no working scientists had been cut from his department. While the researchers were asked to continue working for a few more weeks in the labs […]
Pool fences and life jackets could save hundreds of lives, CDC estimates
Hundreds of lives could be saved each year by broader use of life jackets and more fences around swimming pools, according to new modeling from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers, in one of the last studies produced by some of the agency’s injury prevention experts before they were eliminated by layoffs this year. […]
‘Daily Show’ Host Leslie Jones Has Vulgar Trump, Musk Meltdown: ‘I Wouldn’t F**k You With My Enemy’s Pu**y’
Comedian Leslie Jones guest hosted Comedy Central’s The Daily Show on Wednesday where she ranted against White House adviser Elon Musk and the Trump administration at large. Jones fired off specifically on Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Vice President JD Vance, and Senior Advisor Elon Musk, calling them corrupt and “fucking loser incels.” “It’s […]
Watch Live: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Testifies Before the Senate
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the Senate on Wednesday, May 14. Kennedy will answer questions about the proposed budget for HHS in the coming year. RFK Jr. testified earlier Wednesday before the House Appropriations Committee. Source link
Head of worker safety agency NIOSH restored, ahead of RFK Jr. hearing
The head of the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health and a handful of teams at the agency had their layoff notices rescinded Tuesday, multiple officials say, and several worker safety programs that had been eliminated by layoffs last month are being restored. Letters reversing the layoffs arrived in the inboxes of some NIOSH […]
Watch Live: Donald Trump and RFK Jr. Hold Press Conference
President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hold a press conference on Monday, May 12. On Sunday, the president announced he would sign an executive order reducing the cost of prescription medications by 30 to 80 percent. “Our country will finally be treated fairly, and our citizens Healthcare […]
“The Food Babe” helps lead the charge against some food dyes
“The Food Babe” helps lead the charge against some food dyes – CBS News Watch CBS News This week, the FDA approved three new natural food color additives, a big step in the Trump administration’s push to phase out petroleum-based dyes. Adam Yamaguchi has the story. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for […]
HHS to withhold some bonus pay earned by laid-off employees
The Department of Health and Human Services has decided to effectively block the payout of overdue bonuses to many of its laid-off employees, multiple health officials say. The bonuses were tied to high performance by the workers last year, before they were cut from the department. “If the savings from the layoffs were pennies from […]
19 states and D.C. sue Trump administration over mass HHS layoffs
Over a dozen states sued the Trump administration Monday for laying off thousands of Health and Human Services staffers, urging a court to reverse job cuts that they argue brought work at large swaths of the Robert F. Kennedy Jr.-led health agency to a “sudden halt.” The lawsuit — filed in Rhode Island federal court by […]
California offering $25 gift cards to encourage bird flu testing
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now working with California on a project that is offering gift cards to encourage people to get tested or vaccinated near farms with bird flu, the state says. Some clinics in the state are giving $25 in gift cards to people in the community to get swabbed […]