(Maire Clayton, Headline USA) Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are looking into a claim that Pfizer delayed announcing the "success" of the COVID vaccine until after the 2020 election, according to the Wall Street Journal.
British drugmaker GSK brought the claim after one of its senior scientists, who previously worked at Pfizer,...
(José Niño, Headline USA) A recent study reveals a staggering financial burden on U.S. taxpayers, exceeding $1 billion yearly, due to a legal provision enabling pharmaceutical giants to deduct their marketing expenses.
This finding, released last Tuesday by The Campaign for Sustainable RX Pricing (CSRxP), sheds light on the significant...
(Casey Harper, The Center Square) U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has unveiled an online tool that allows users to search for chemical contaminants in their food and other products.
The online tool appears to be an early effort in Kennedy’s leadership at HHS to provide transparency and...
(Maire Clayton, Headline USA) Call it a publicity stunt, but five Republican Minnesota senators are introducing a bill to classify "Trump derangement syndrome” as a mental illness.
The proposed bill would define TDS as "the acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal persons that is in reaction to the policies...
(José Niño, Headline USA) A mural at the National Institutes of Health commemorating Dr. Anthony Fauci has reportedly been taken down.
The mural had a phrase that read "science is telling us that we can do phenomenal things if we put our minds and our resources to it.”
According to a Washington Post...
(Headline USA) The White House has withdrawn the nomination of Dr. David Weldon, a former Florida congressman, to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Senate health committee announced Thursday morning that it was canceling a planned hearing on Weldon's nomination because of the withdrawal.
A person familiar with the...
(Maire Clayton, Headline USA) The National Institutes of Health plans to cancel or cut back on dozens of grants that were looking into why people are reluctant to get vaccinated, according to The Washington Post.
The outlet obtained an email Monday that was titled “required terminations — 3/10/25.” The internal email...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Saturday that he is running for mayor of New York City, relaunching his political career following a yearslong exile over a barrage of sexual harassment accusations. Meanwhile, Donald Trump's Justice Department hasn't indicated whether it will pursue House...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) China is introducing coronaviruses as if they were the latest models of Apple’s iPhone—this time unveiling the newest version of the virus with the potential to cause a pandemic.
Researchers at the controversial Wuhan Institute of Virology have identified the new strain, HKU5-CoV-2, in bats—similar to how COVID-19...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Though it didn’t cite any sources, the Daily Mail reported Wednesday that the Trump administration’s top public health officials support suspending the use of all COVID vaccines on the grounds that they could be causing adverse health reactions.
“Dr Jay Bhattacharya, who has been nominated to...
(Headline USA) The Trump administration’s effort to slash the size of the federal workforce reached the Food and Drug Administration this weekend, as recently hired employees were fired.
Probationary employees across the FDA received notices Saturday evening that their jobs were being eliminated, according to three FDA staffers who spoke to...
(Headline USA) Nearly 1,300 probationary employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — roughly one-tenth of the agency's workforce — are being forced out under the Trump administration's move to downsize the federal bureaucracy.
The Atlanta-based agency's leadership was notified of the decision Friday morning. The verbal notice...