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1 month ago | yahoo.com | Sophie Gardner |Ruth Reader |Lauren Gardner |David Lim |Chelsea Cirruzzo

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is making good on his promise to lay off thousands of employees across the government’s health care agencies. Overnight, employees of the Department of Health and Human Services lost their jobs as part of a reduction in force that aims to cut 10,000 of the department’s approximately 80,000 workers. The cuts hit staff across the panoply of HHS agencies, including the Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institutes of Health.

Nov 25, 2024 | yahoo.com | David Lim |Adam Cancryn |Lauren Gardner

President-elect Donald Trump is considering nominating Jim O’Neill, an associate of billionaire investor and early Trump backer Peter Thiel, as HHS deputy secretary, three people familiar with the deliberation granted anonymity to discuss transition planning told POLITICO. O’Neill held several roles at HHS during the George W. Bush administration including principal associate deputy secretary — but he does not have formal medical training.

Nov 22, 2024 | yahoo.com | Lauren Gardner |David Lim

President-elect Donald Trump has selected Marty Makary, a Johns Hopkins surgeon who criticized the Biden administration’s Covid response, to lead the FDA. "FDA has lost the trust of Americans, and has lost sight of its primary goal as a regulator," Trump said in a statement late Friday, adding Makary would "course-correct" the agency if confirmed. "He will work under the leadership of Robert F.

Nov 20, 2024 | yahoo.com | Lauren Gardner

Bill Nye, an engineer best known for his 1990s TV show “Bill Nye the Science Guy,” panned Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s selection as the incoming Trump administration’s top health official. “I think he’s lost his way,” he said on Wednesday while speaking to reporters in the Capitol. Nye touted the benefits of fluoride in cavity prevention, noting that he believes his dental health is better because the mineral is added to drinking water supply, in Washington, D.C., where he grew up.

Nov 12, 2024 | theconversation.com | Amy-Leigh Rowe |Lauren Gardner |Siobhan O'Dean

If you experience trauma during childhood, there’s a greater chance you’ll use substances such as alcohol, tobacco and other drugs later. But what does the evidence say about vapes? Our new study is the first to investigate the links between childhood trauma and vaping habits in Australian teens. Those who’d had traumatic experiences before the age of 12 were more likely to have tried vaping, vape regularly or intend to in the future.