‘You see that beautiful milk?’
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Hospitals and doctors are ignoring RFK Jr.’s new vaccine schedule and relying on pediatricians’ guidance instead
WASHINGTON — Last week, the Trump administration unilaterally cut the number of recommended pediatric vaccines, removing shots for diseases like rotavirus, influenza, and hepatitis A from the schedule. Health secretary Robert F.
Kaiser Permanente, DOJ reach $556 million Medicare Advantage fraud settlement, the largest of its kind
The Justice Department won its biggest Medicare Advantage fraud settlement yet on Wednesday, notching a $556 million deal with Kaiser Permanente. The settlement resolves the government’s long-running allegations that Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser,
U.S. overdose deaths fell through most of 2025, federal data reveals
NEW YORK — U.S. overdose deaths fell through most of last year, suggesting a lasting improvement in an epidemic that had been worsening for decades. Federal data released Wednesday showed that overdose deaths
Trump administration reverses course on $1.9 billion in cuts to addiction and mental health grants
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect that the Trump administration reversed the grant cancellations late on Wednesday. The Trump administration on Wednesday reversed course on major funding cuts to
Trans rights are once again at the Supreme Court
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STAT+: HHS dismisses member of vaccine injury advisory panel
WASHINGTON — At least one member of a committee that advises the federal government on its vaccine injury compensation program has had her term prematurely ended, potentially foreshadowing further changes to the
Kennedy adds two OB-GYNs to vaccine advisory panel amid review of shots for pregnant women
WASHINGTON — Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appointed two new members to the main federal vaccine advisory board, his latest change to a group that has made a series of controversial
STAT+: At JPM 2026, Mehmet Oz and top Trump health officials explain their thinking to hospital leaders
SAN FRANCISCO — At an exclusive yacht club packed with hundreds of top hospital and health insurance leaders, Mehmet Oz and other Trump administration health officials took the stage Monday to explain
Judge says HHS move likely had a ‘retaliatory motive’
Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. As a symbolic show of resistance to the Trump administration, former NIH leader Jeremy