Christina Jewett

NEW details on the federal budget plan (out late Friday) to slash $163 bn in federal spending. Pell grants, cancer research and HUD housing help take a big hit. Needy mothers who rely on WIC food assistance will see a $54 benefit fall to $13 per month. GIFT:

Major @KatherineEban investigation into @calleymeans is out: "a six-month Vanity Fair investigation raises questions about whether Means has embellished his personal story. Nine of Means’s former PR colleagues dispute some of his key biographical assertions. As well, his health

RT @gingerthomp1: Trump says the migrants he deported to prison in El Salvador are “rapists” and “savages.” ⁦@propublica⁩ and reporting par…

RT @MEPFuller: The MAHA report made up at least seven of its citations. Dozens of other citations in the report have broken links, incorr…

RT @Jonesieman: My book, "Dragon on Centre Street," is out this week! I still can’t quite believe it. The book focuses on Donald Trump’s s…

RT @HelenBranswell: Rubber hitting road: The elimination of US funding for programs that help countries fight neglected tropical diseases l…

RT @SherylNYT: The MAHA Commission report calls American children "the sickest generation." It singles out food, chemicals, lack of physica…

Roni Rabin of @nytimes takes a smart look at whether we indeed have the "most obese, depressed, disabled, medicated population in the history of the world," as FDA commissioner Makary said this morning in teeing off the new #MAHA report. https://t.co/c8y3Uyx8y1

Not to troll FDA, but they fired so many people ... Apparently including the people who know who is who: Hint: @VPrasadMDMPH is on the right: https://t.co/oHpd0HsNyG

The F.D.A. is prepared to approve Covid vaccines for 65+ and for those with an underlying condition. If you're 65 and under and healthy? You may need to wait. FDA wants more data: w/ @apoorva_nyc https://t.co/hdqsiEqdvs

SCOOP: FDA Approved the Novavax Covid shot with a catch: It's for people 12-64 who have an underlying condition. That will make it harder for many, such as those caring for a sick loved one, to get the jab: w/@apoorva_nyc https://t.co/rq2s96NVTB

NEW: Combatting chronic disease is a top priority for @SecKennedy. But deep cuts to tobacco control funding have decimated efforts to curtail the top driver of preventable death and disease. In N.C., for instance, 9 of 12 tobacco control staff have been laid off: GIFT:

NEW: FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said at a conference in DC that he wants Covid shots to remain available for "high risk individuals." Concerns about availability arose after HHS said it wanted placebo-controlled studies for all new vaccines, including the Covid boosters.

Here's something that @SecKennedy is not cutting from the HHS budget: Billions for 'unproven and unnecessary' bandages sold to Medicare patients. https://t.co/wq0OvatJn0

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is testifying about $33 billion in cuts to HHS, or about 25% of federal funding, including funding for HIV, tobacco control, gun violence prevention and dealing with lead exposure: https://t.co/8FthoasNXa