Two of President Donald Trump’s key public health nominations advanced at the committee level Thursday morning, moving them ...

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The White House March 13 withdrew the nomination of former Republican congressman Dave Weldon for director of the Centers for ...

While federal judges tried to halt the funding freeze, in some cases the Trump administration did not comply with their ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. addressed the worsening avian flu crisis, saying vaccinating birds turns them into “mutation factories.

1. FDA, NIH nominees clear first hurdle. The HELP Committee voted March 13 to advance both Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, as NIH director in a 12-11 vote and Marty Makary, MD, as FDA commissioner in a ...

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions (HELP) Committee voted Thursday to recommend that the Senate confirm ...

The White House has withdrawn its nomination of Dr. Dave Weldon to serve as the director of the US Centers for Disease ...

The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued recommendations for the composition of influenza shots for the ...

But beware. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has called for “conflict-free” advisory committee ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s failure to install a fellow vaccine critic to a key government post is testing the limits of how far the US health secretary can go to promote his public-health agenda.

Weldon was told Wednesday night that his nomination was being withdrawn, another Trump administration official said. The ...