Hep B disproportionately impacts Asian Americans. HHS layoffs could devastate the fight against it
When Wendy Lo was pregnant with her first child, she lost sleep over whether she would transmit her chronic Hepatitis B infection to him. Her doctor reassured her that if they vaccinated him within 24 ...
What’s lost: Trump whacks tiny agency that works to make the nation’s health care safer
On April 1, the Trump administration slashed the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, or AHRQ, and fired roughly half ...
FDA layoffs could raise drug costs and erode food safety
Trump cutbacks were supposedly aimed at administrators. But scientists in food and drug-testing labs and policy experts who ...
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Cuts, ousters and drama at the FDA
On The Readout LOUD podcast, STAT reporters talk about new FDA commissioner Marty Makary's first week amid a swirl of layoffs ...
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Amid FDA tumult, agency misses decision deadline on Novavax's COVID shot
Amid a period of great upheaval at the agency, the FDA has missed its deadline to decide on approval for Novavax’s COVID-19 ...
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Trump’s healthcare leadership shakeup: 4 updates for ASCs
The Senate recently confirmed two of ​President Donald Trump’s selections to key healthcare leadership positions, and ...
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Pharmaceuticals are spared from tariffs, for now
President Trump yesterday announced a baseline tariff of 10% on all imported products and higher rates on certain countries ...
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Pharmalittle: We’re reading about a pharma tariff exception, FDA inspection cutbacks, and more
The Trump administration carved out an exception for pharmaceuticals from the president's new tariff regime, at least for now ...
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HHS layoffs hammer public health agencies, gut federal comms teams
Significant layoffs across the FDA, CDC and NIH are ushering in a new era of public health under the Trump administration.
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FDA Layoffs Will Likely Force Cutbacks In Food And Drug Inspections
CBS reports that roughly 170 workers were laid off from the FDA's Office of Inspections and Investigations. In related FDA news, the pharmaceutical industry is worried about the cuts; layoffs include ...
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Comment: Drug companies need to speak up about RFK Jr.’s FDA
Over the last two months, the pharmaceutical industry has remained on the sidelines as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency ...