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Cementing his turn from daytime TV star to D.C. bureaucrat, Dr. Oz leveraged his physician bona fides to waltz through the confirmation process and helm the agency that regulates health insurance for millions of Americans. My latest The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/health/2025/04…

“Top health officials” As Rachel Roubein LenaSun Fenit Nirappil and I wrote last month: “Kennedy’s statements on vaccines stand in stark contrast to prior health officials’ promotions of the shot amid outbreaks, including during President Donald Trump’s first term.”

Trump has faced measles before. The difference this time is RFK Jr. The CDC has been muzzled, messaging has been muddled, and public health funding has been slashed. Me, LenaSun Rachel Roubein Fenit Nirappil The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/health/2025/04…

Medicare spending on bandages made out of dried placenta skyrocketed to $10 billion last year, our new The New York Times story finds — possibly representing one of the largest cases of Medicare waste in the program's history. nytimes.com/2025/04/10/hea…

“If you’re smoking three packs of cigarettes a day, should you expect society to pay when you get sick?” RFK Jr. asked in a CBS news interview yesterday. He said something similar for those who choose to “eat donuts all day” My latest The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/health/2025/04…

RFK Jr. announces new studies to find potential environmental causes of autism, saying they could be coming from “our air, our water, our medicines, our food.” washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

The Trump administration is seeking to deeply slash budgets for federal health programs, a roughly one-third cut in discretionary spending by the Department of Health and Human Services, according to a preliminary budget document obtained by The Washington Post. The Washington Post

The White House has embraced the lab-leak theory as the "true" origin of the pandemic, launching new page to replace covid website The claim — disputed by some U.S. intelligence agencies — appears to rest entirely on a House GOP report that no Democrats signed. w Lauren Weber

RFK Jr. intends to shift the way vaccines are tested, a move HHS says will up transparency but medical experts fear could limit access to vaccines & undermine the public’s trust in immunization depending on its implementation Our latest The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/health/2025/04…

The Ed. Dept. Covid money. Sigh. .Lauren Weber and I in 2021: "The sting is a rare example of enforcement in an arena where money is gushing like a geyser but oversight is nearly nonexistent." kffhealthnews.org/news/article/g…

RFK Jr. leans into the bully pulpit as he seeks food agenda wins w/ Lauren Weber washingtonpost.com/health/2025/05…

Sunday read from me: Unpacking RFK Jr.'s "doublespeak" on vaccines The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/health/2025/05…

RFK Jr. to Congress today: “I don’t think people should be taking medical advice from me” From me and Rachel Roubein for The Washington Post with the health team washingtonpost.com/health/2025/05…

Want to know what's in the MAHA Report? We're covering over The Washington Post Fenit Nirappil Caitlin Gilbert Amudalat Ajasa Walk through the Trump admin internal tensions and scientific contradictions, as well as landmark statements on food here: washingtonpost.com/health/2025/05…

On Thursday, President Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. released a report about the uptick in chronic childhood diseases and what they say are the underlying causes. The report was issued by a panel of top administration officials who make up

BREAKING: In a rare move, RFK Jr. ends the CDC recommendation that pregnant women and healthy kids should get a covid shot. By Rachel Roubein Fenit Nirappil Lauren Weber and LenaSun washingtonpost.com/health/2025/05…

Seven of the cited sources in the MAHA report don’t appear to exist at all. “The paper cited is not a real paper that I or my colleagues were involved with,” Keyes told NOTUS via email. New on NOTUS from Emily Kennard and Margaret Manto notus.org/health-science…

NEW: The Washington Post reviewed the more than 500 citations in the WH #MAHA Report. Here are the patterns of AI use we found. By Caitlin Gilbert Emily Wright margaret kelliher and Lauren Weber Edited by Lenny Bernstein Joe Moore Gaby Morera Di Nubila (and me) washingtonpost.com/health/2025/05…