Fenit Nirappil

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The latest GOP push to cut waste and spending: Work requirements

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Rachel Siegel |Daniel Wu |Fenit Nirappil

The latest GOP push to cut waste and spending: Work requirements (washingtonpost.com) The latest GOP push to cut waste and spending: Work requirements By Rachel Siegel; Daniel Wu; Fenit Nirappil 2025060310000000 The Trump administration and congressional Republicans are increasingly turning to work requirements as part of a wide-ranging effort to slash spending on welfare benefits — extending GOP messaging around waste and fraud to argue that many people who get federal aid don't deserve it....
The MAHA Report’s AI fingerprints, annotated

4 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Caitlin Gilbert |Emily Wright |Fenit Nirappil |Lauren Weber

The MAHA Report’s AI fingerprints, annotated (washingtonpost.com) The MAHA Report’s AI fingerprints, annotated The Post reviewed the more than 500 citations in the MAHA Report. Here are the patterns of AI use we found.
Contradicting RFK Jr., CDC keeps recommending covid vaccine for kids

4 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Fenit Nirappil

Contradicting RFK Jr., CDC keeps recommending covid vaccine for kids (washingtonpost.com) Contradicting RFK Jr., CDC keeps recommending covid vaccine for kids By Fenit Nirappil 2025053017422400 Coronavirus vaccines are still recommended for healthy children if their doctors approve, according to updated immunization schedules published late Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, contradicting Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s announcement earlier...
RFK jnr ends coronavirus shot recommendation for healthy children, pregnant women

1 month ago | nzherald.co.nz | Rachel Roubein |Fenit Nirappil |Lauren Weber |Lena Sun

Covid vaccines are no longer recommended for healthy kids and pregnant women in the US. Photo / 123RFHealth and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy jnr said on Tuesday that his agency would no longer recommend the coronavirus vaccine for healthy pregnant women and healthy children – an unprecedented move that bypasses the traditional system of vaccine advice from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
RFK Jr. ends coronavirus shot recommendation for healthy children, pregnant women

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Rachel Roubein |Fenit Nirappil |Lauren Weber |Lena Sun

RFK Jr. ends coronavirus shot recommendation for healthy children, pregnant women (washingtonpost.com) RFK Jr. ends coronavirus shot recommendation for healthy children, pregnant women By Rachel Roubein; Fenit Nirappil; Lauren Weber; Lena H. Sun 2025052715472900 Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
FDA’s plan to limit COVID vaccines worries some who won’t be eligible

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Fenit Nirappil |Rachel Roubein

The Trump administration’s shift to narrow approval for coronavirus vaccines to only those who are at high risk for severe disease has raised concerns among Americans who came to rely on annual shots, including the children of elderly parents, caregivers to the medically vulnerable, and people who want to avoid the risk of long COVID. Although most Americans do not receive updated shots, the proposed moves frustrate those who do.
FDA’s plan to limit COVID vaccines worries some who won’t be eligible

1 month ago | seattletimes.com | Fenit Nirappil |Rachel Roubein

The Trump administration’s shift to narrow approval for coronavirus vaccines to only those who are at high risk for severe disease has raised concerns among Americans who came to rely on annual shots, including the children of elderly parents, caregivers to the medically vulnerable and people who want to avoid the risk of long COVID. Although most Americans do not receive updated shots, the proposed moves frustrate those who do.
FDA’s plan to limit covid vaccines worries some who won’t be eligible

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Fenit Nirappil |Rachel Roubein

FDA’s plan to limit covid vaccines worries some who won’t be eligible (washingtonpost.com) FDA’s plan to limit covid vaccines worries some who won’t be eligible By Fenit Nirappil; Rachel Roubein 2025052610000000 The Trump administration's shift to narrow approval for coronavirus vaccines to only those who are at high risk for severe disease has raised concerns among Americans who came to rely on annual shots, including the children of elderly parents, caregivers to the medically vulnerable...
FDA’s plan to limit covid vaccines worries some who won’t be eligible

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Fenit Nirappil |Rachel Roubein

4 hours agoNorthern Ireland's Department of Health has said that it is considering whether to vaccinate people against the sexually transmitted infection, gonorrhoea. On Wednesday it was announced that England will be the first country in the world to start vaccinating people against the infection. The vaccine …
All Medicaid gender transition care is cut in late addition to GOP tax bill

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Fenit Nirappil |Casey Parks

All Medicaid gender transition care is cut in late addition to GOP tax bill (washingtonpost.com) All Medicaid gender transition care is cut in late addition to GOP tax bill By Fenit Nirappil; Casey Parks 2025052317414500 Transgender people of all ages would no longer receive gender transition care through Medicaid under a late addition to the massive tax and immigration legislation the House passed this week.