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Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) dismissed a recent report detailing concerns about his mental health, calling it a “hit piece.” (The Hill)
The NIH laid off several hundred more employees, including some at the National Cancer Institute. (CBS News)
Meanwhile, HHS formally revoked several layoff notices, restoring some CDC and FDA workers and some employees at the World Trade Center Health Program. (CBS News)
A bipartisan group of Senators warned that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s cuts across federal health agencies threaten care at Indian Health Services. (Axios)
Doctors remained the most trusted sources of vaccine information among the public, while less than half trusted President Trump or Kennedy on vaccines, according to a KFF tracking poll.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed a bill into law to stop local governments from adding fluoride or similar additives to the state’s public water supply. (Fox News)
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health declared a community-wide outbreak of hepatitis A.
Experts warned that cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget will harm Americans’ health. (The Guardian)
Republicans targeted a tax loophole involving hospitals and nursing homes that 49 states have used to increase federal matching funds. (New York Times)
Rite Aid filed for bankruptcy again. (ABC News)
The FDA said it will have more unannounced inspections at foreign manufacturing facilities.
And the agency has its first-ever artificial intelligence chief. (Politico)
Conversion therapy was tied to an elevated risk of cardiovascular disease in sexual and gender minority young adults assigned male at birth. (JAMA Network Open)
A Korean study linked live herpes zoster (shingles) vaccination and lower cardiovascular disease risk. (European Heart Journal)
The Women’s Health Initiative said its NIH funding was restored.
NPR looked at the Foundation for Government Accountability, a conservative policy think tank that’s behind legislation to restrict what food low-income people can buy using benefits in several states.
Health inequities have shortened lives dramatically, sometimes by decades, according to a World Health Organization global report.
Eating a healthy diet as a child was tied to having a first menstrual period at an older age, a prospective study showed. (Human Reproduction)
Asthma attacks may be more common in certain women taking progesterone-only oral contraceptives, a U.K. database study indicated. (ERJ Open Research)
Cannabis use during pregnancy was associated with a higher risk of adverse neonatal outcomes, a meta-analysis of 51 studies showed. (JAMA Pediatrics)
Pediatric gastroenterologist Philip Sunshine, MD, a Stanford University physician who revolutionized the care of premature newborns who had little chance of survival, died at age 94. (New York Times)
