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Kennedy鈥檚 Vaccine Advisers Sow Doubts as Scientists Protest US Pivot on Shots
A new vaccine advisory panel appointed by the HHS secretary, a longtime anti-vaccine activist, reflected his unsupported claims about the safety of childhood inoculations.
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Too Sick To Work, Some Americans Worry Trump鈥檚 Bill Will Strip Their Health Insurance
Republicans claim 4.8 million Americans on Medicaid who could work choose not to. The GOP鈥檚 work-requirement legislation could sweep up disabled people who say they鈥檙e unable to hold jobs.
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Thune Says Health Care Often 鈥楥omes With a Job.鈥 The Reality鈥檚 Not Simple or Straightforward.
Sixty percent of Americans have health insurance through their own workplace or someone else鈥檚 job. But not all employers provide health insurance or offer plans to all their workers. When they do, cost and quality vary widely, making Thune鈥檚 statement an oversimplification.
Live From Aspen 鈥 Governors and an HHS Secretary Sound Off
Episode 403In this special episode taped before a live audience at Aspen Ideas: Health, three former governors 鈥 one of whom also served as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services 鈥 discuss how state and federal officials can work together to improve Americans鈥 health. Democrat Kathleen Sebelius, former Kansas governor and HHS secretary under President Barack Obama; Republican Chris Sununu, former New Hampshire governor; and Democrat Roy Cooper, former North Carolina governor, join 吃瓜不打烊鈥 Julie Rovner.
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At Some Federal Beaches, Surf鈥檚 Up but the Lifeguard Chair鈥檚 Empty
Some of the nation鈥檚 most well-known beaches are managed by the National Park Service, which saw about 1,000 employees laid off in February by the quasi-agency Department of Government Efficiency, then led by Elon Musk. The void has become a serious public health and safety concern.
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Dual Threats From Trump and GOP Imperil Nursing Homes and Their Foreign-Born Workers
Understaffed nursing homes face a workforce crisis if President Donald Trump and Republicans further curtail immigration and cut Medicaid.
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What RFK Jr. Isn鈥檛 Talking About: How To Make Vaccines Safer
Vaccines are under fire from the top of the Trump administration. Federal programs to monitor them and make them safer have always been underfunded.
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鈥榃e Need To Keep Fighting鈥: HIV Activists Organize To Save Lives as Trump Guts Funding
While Congress fails to stave off cuts to HIV care, community leaders in Mississippi and beyond race to limit the damage.
By Amy Maxmen Supreme Court Upholds Bans on Gender-Affirming Care
Episode 402The Supreme Court this week said Tennessee may continue to enforce its law banning most types of gender-affirming care for minors. The ruling is likely to greenlight similar laws in two dozen states. And the Senate is preparing to vote on a budget reconciliation bill that includes even deeper Medicaid cuts than the House version. Victoria Knight of Axios, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, and Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call join 吃瓜不打烊鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more.
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Trump Team鈥檚 Reworking Delays Billions in Broadband Build-Out
A Trump administration reworking of a $42 billion broadband expansion program will trigger delays as millions of rural Americans wait for promised connections and the telehealth services they bring.
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Q&A: What Does the Budget Bill Mean for Your Health?聽
吃瓜不打烊 chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner answers listeners鈥 questions about how the 鈥淥ne Big Beautiful Bill鈥 could affect health care in Washington, D.C., and beyond.
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鈥楳AGA鈥 Backers Like Trump鈥檚 鈥楤ig Beautiful Bill鈥 鈥 Until They Learn of Health Consequences
A new poll finds that most adults oppose the GOP bill that would extend many of President Donald Trump鈥檚 tax cuts while reducing spending on domestic programs including Medicaid. Most Trump backers support the plan until they learn that millions would lose health coverage and local hospitals would lose funding.
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The Price You Pay for an Obamacare Plan Could Surge Next Year
An estimated 4 million Americans will lose health insurance over the next decade if Congress doesn鈥檛 extend enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act marketplace coverage, which expire at the end of the year. Florida and Texas would see the biggest losses, in part because they have not expanded Medicaid eligibility.
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Journalists Assess RFK Jr.’s Remaking of Vaccine Committee and Trend of Kids Caring for Elders
吃瓜不打烊 journalists made the rounds on national or local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here鈥檚 a collection of their appearances.
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NIH Workers Risk Retaliation by Openly Protesting Trump Policies
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CDC Staffing Upheaval Disrupts HIV Projects and Wastes Money, Researchers Say
Researchers laid off in April were putting the finishing touches on in-depth HIV surveys that guide treatment and prevention. Some staff have been reinstated, but data remains in limbo.
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Kennedy鈥檚 HHS Sent Congress 鈥楯unk Science鈥 To Defend Vaccine Changes, Experts Say
A look inside the Department of Health and Human Services document citing vaccine misinformation that could influence congressional perceptions.
RFK Jr. Upends Vaccine Policy, After Promising He Wouldn鈥檛
Episode 401Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week did something he had promised not to do: He fired every member of the scientific advisory committee that recommends which vaccines should be given to whom. And he replaced them, in some cases, with vaccine skeptics. Meanwhile, hundreds of employees of the National Institutes of Health sent an open letter to the agency鈥檚 director, accusing the Trump administration of policies that 鈥渦ndermine the NIH mission.鈥 Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet, and Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine join 吃瓜不打烊鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more.
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Listen: With Vital Health Research Defunded, Who鈥檚 Losing Out?聽
From Florida to California, National Institutes of Health grant cuts have halted research studies on HIV, vaccines, and health equity 鈥 affecting red and blue states alike.