Trump’s promises to overhaul health agencies with RFK met with some optimism and widespread expert dismay
Others, like Dr Tom Frieden, former director of the CDC, have praised Trump for adopting independent presidential candidate ...
Escaped primates open can of worms for South Carolina's Alpha Genesis research lab
Since the escape of 43 primates on Nov. 6 from the Alpha Genesis research laboratory in South Carolina, the facility has come ...
Column: Trump's appointment of anti-vaxxer RFK Jr. to his Cabinet has scientists fearing a catastrophe for public health
Putting enemies of science in charge of science policy is a formula for mass injury and death, history reminds us.
RFK Jr. Suggests Replacing Hundreds of Federal Health Employees
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said over the weekend that he intends to terminate 600 employees at the National Institutes of Health ...
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With Trump coming into power, the NIH is in the crosshairs
While the National Institutes of Health — which gets $48 billion annually for biomedical research — enjoys bipartisan support, the president-elect could cut its budget. Dr. Benjamin Jin, a biologist, ...
Why RFK Jr. nomination sets off alarms among many public health specialists
The anti-vaccine activist could oversee the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration and ...
Trump transition closes in on picks for top health posts
After former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) was picked by Trump to lead the Department of Justice last week, the health team revisited their lists of health candidates "to make sure they are interesting to ...
RFK Jr. would represent a serious threat as head of Health and Human Services | Letters
Doctor says Kennedy has promised to change or destroy our top medical institutions, the CDC, FDA and NIH. Urge your senators ...
How the states can protect public health from the federal fringe takeover
No matter where we live, we should ask what our state doing to protect our families against rancorous false cries against ...