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Trump proposed budget sharply cuts domestic health and other programs, boosts defense spending v

Fri, 2025-05-02 14:24 — mike kraft
Trump budget proposes $1 trillion for defense, slashes education, foreign aid, environment, health and public assistance | CNN Politics The White House unveiled a budget blueprint Friday that would pump more money into defense and homeland security, while taking an ax to programs that the Trump administration has already targeted, including education, foreign aid, environment, health and public assistance programs. Tami Luhby CNN

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Analysis: How federal health programs have been upended during Trump administration's first 100 days

Fri, 2025-05-02 11:54 — mike kraft
How public health has been upended in Trump’s first 100 days More than 20,000 jobs were eliminated, billions of dollars in scientific research has been threatened or paused, and a budget draft proposes a major restructuring of Health and Human Services. Washington Post staff The Washington Post
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Analysis: Trump administration's cost cutting, policies, hinders campaign against bird flu --experts

Fri, 2025-05-02 11:05 — mike kraft

The campaign to curb bird flu on the nation’s farms has been slowed by the chaotic transition to a new administration that is determined to cut costs, reduce the federal work force and limit communications, according to interviews with more than a dozen scientists and federal officials.

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U.S. HHS plans research on universal flu, coronavirus vaccine, while casting doubt on future of Covid-19 booster shots

Fri, 2025-05-02 10:41 — mike kraft
HHS touts universal flu, coronavirus vaccine initiative while casting doubt on future of seasonal Covid-19 shots | CNN The US Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday that it aims to accomplish within four years a scientific feat that hasn’t been achieved for the past 45: the development of a universal flu vaccine that could protect against multiple virus strains with pandemic potential, including H5N1 avian influenza. Meg Tirrell, Brenda Goodman CNN

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Vaccine delay: Moderna's flu/COVID combination vaccine hit by deprioritization, FDA delay

Thu, 2025-05-01 10:37 — mike kraft
Moderna's flu/COVID combination vaccine hit by deprioritization, FDA delay Moderna is deprioritizing< | Moderna is deprioritizing its flu/COVID combination vaccine in younger adults amid a push to cut about $1.5 billion from its operating expenses. The biotech disclosed the changes alongside news of a delay to the expected approval of the vaccine in older adults. Nick Paul Taylor Fierce Biotech

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Analysis: Congressional Republicans considering medicaid cuts that could affect millions

Thu, 2025-05-01 10:01 — mike kraft
Republicans weigh cuts to Medicaid that could dramatically affect millions President Donald Trump's fellow Republicans in the U.S.
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Trump administration's FDA signals uncertainty about approving future COVID vaccines

Wed, 2025-04-30 09:52 — mike kraft
FDA chief says they're looking at whether to approve COVID shots for next winter FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary said there is a "void of data" on the COVID booster shots. CBS News

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His answer marks a change from during the Biden administration, when FDA officials backed plans to routinely update the COVID-19 vaccines each year.

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US officials cancel science workshop on preventing human bird flu infections

Tue, 2025-04-29 20:30 — mike kraft

US CDC cancels science group workshop on preventing human bird flu infections

WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - The National Academy of Sciences has canceled a workshop on preventing human bird flu infections after being told to stop work on the event by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to an email sent to one of the workshop presenters and seen by Reuters. ...
 
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Trump's draft budget reportedly proposes billions of cuts in health, child care and other domestic programs

Tue, 2025-04-29 09:47 — mike kraft

Trump's 2026 budget proposal plans billions in cuts, New York Times reported

President Donald Trump's administration aims to cut billions of dollars from programs that support child care, health research, education and housing in its fiscal 2026 budget proposal, the New York Times reported on Friday.
The plan would also hit community development and housing assistance and is being finalized by the White House's Office of Management and Budget, according to the report, which cited preliminary documents.
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Women's health research gets reprieve from Trump administration's proposed budget cuts

Mon, 2025-04-28 10:39 — mike kraft
Women's Health Initiative gets reprieve from HHS cuts The WHI is the largest and longest study of women's health funded by the National Institutes of Health. Tina Reed Axios

The Trump administration said it's reversing course on a plan to end funding for a decades-long study of women's health after outcry from the research community.

 The Women's Health Initiative was threatened by funding cuts to clinical studies aimed at reducing cancer rates or studying hormone therapy in menopause. Despite the reprieve, researchers remain fearful about its future.

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