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For my first POLITICO magazine article, I interviewed the Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine on her time with the Biden Administration, the anti-trans ads that targeted her, and what the future could hold for public health. politico.com/news/magazine/…

Some news: I’m taking on a new role on the POLITICO health care team as a co-author of morning Pulse! Excited to helm this newsletter with 🌸 Chelsea Cirruzzo and to continue reporting on the health insurance beat. 📫 Send tips and gossip to [email protected]!

Full story on Kennedy's confirmation, and what comes next w 🌸 Chelsea Cirruzzo Daniel Payne: politico.com/news/2025/02/1…

Trump order obtained by POLITICO to create MAHA commission. Details for pros w/ 🌸 Chelsea Cirruzzo subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…

If anyone would like to chat with me about what is happening inside CMS and CMMI don’t hesitate to reach out on Signal. You can be completely anonymous. Thank you.

Firings at FDA include cuts to inspectors and medical product reviewers. Deep concern about impacts to the medical device center. Overall, nearly 700 probationary employees appear impacted at the agency. w/ Adam Cancryn + Megan Messerly + more: politico.com/news/2025/02/1…

Trump officials conducted more mass firings at HHS this weekend, with cuts at the FDA, CMS and emergency preparedness office. In interviews with POLITICO, health staffers described the terminations as farther reaching and far more haphazard than Trump officials have claimed.

Among the other things RFK mentioned as worth investigating for links to chronic disease: SSRIs, glysophates, electromagnetic radiation, ultra-processed foods. full story w 🌸 Chelsea Cirruzzo: politico.com/news/2025/02/1…

Trump campaigned on making IVF free for everyone, either by having the government pay for it directly or forcing insurance companies to cover the full cost. The executive order he signed today doesn't do that. In fact, it doesn't make any policy changes. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…

MAHA PAC CEO Del Bigtree joins our health reporter 🌸 Chelsea Cirruzzo to discuss his working relationship with HHS Secretary RFK Jr., the recent mass firings across government health agencies and more. Tune into our @POLITICOlive chat👇 x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

More from MAHA PAC CEO Del Bigtree's POLITICO Live interview with our health care reporter 🌸 Chelsea Cirruzzo 👇 politico.com/news/2025/02/1…

NEW: RFK Jr. is preparing to remove members of CDC’s vaccine advisory committee and other outside health panels who he determines have conflicts of interest, sources tell Lauren Gardner David Lim Sophie Gardner & me. Process is early stages, no decisions yet on timing/scope.

Just out: RFK Jr. promised disruption at HHS — and he’s already more than delivering. From mass firings to abrupt policy shifts and simmering tensions, an inside look at the first tumultuous week in an RFK takeover that’s just getting started, w 🌸 Chelsea Cirruzzo Ruth 👇

NEW: Only one CDC employee — who was already embedded in the Texas Department of State Health Services — is helping w/ the Texas measles outbreak on the ground. The state has not asked for more. Story: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…

NEW: A CDC team is headed to Texas to help state and local health officials tamp down the measles outbreak. With Adam Cancryn Story: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…

The shrinking of the federal government — the capital city's factory — will cause a "mild recession" in D.C. in the next fiscal year, D.C.'s chief financial officer Glen Lee warned last week. One in five federal jobs in D.C. could disappear over the next four fiscal years.