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Live updates: Trump, RFK Jr CDC questions swirl; Shutdown talks rise
August 29, 2025·2 min read

Live updates: Trump, RFK Jr CDC questions swirl; Shutdown talks rise

Health Care News – Read More President Trump and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are facing pressure over the Trump administration’s…

Former CDC officials point fingers at Kennedy, Trump administration amid shakeup
August 29, 2025·3 min read

Former CDC officials point fingers at Kennedy, Trump administration amid shakeup

Health Care News – Read More A group of top leaders who resigned from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) earlier this week cast…

How does your body make poop?
August 28, 2025·6 min read

How does your body make poop?

Health – The Conversation – Read More Your small intestine is lined with tiny protrusions called villi that play a big role in digestion. Sebastian Kaulitzki/Science…

Trump taps RFK Jr. deputy as interim CDC director
August 28, 2025·2 min read

Trump taps RFK Jr. deputy as interim CDC director

Health Care News – Read More The Trump administration has picked Deputy Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Jim O’Neill to serve as acting director of…

Sanders calls for bipartisan investigation into CDC director’s firing
August 28, 2025·3 min read

Sanders calls for bipartisan investigation into CDC director’s firing

Health Care News – Read More Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) called for a bipartisan investigation into the firing of Susan Monarez as director of the Centers…

Resigning CDC official: Monarez firing was last straw
August 28, 2025·2 min read

Resigning CDC official: Monarez firing was last straw

Health Care News – Read More The Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) former chief medical officer on Thursday said her resignation was spurred by…

GOP Health chair calls for CDC vaccine advisers’ meeting to be postponed
August 28, 2025·3 min read

GOP Health chair calls for CDC vaccine advisers’ meeting to be postponed

Health Care News – Read More Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), the chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, is calling on the…

Kennedy, White House say CDC must align with MAHA agenda
August 28, 2025·3 min read

Kennedy, White House say CDC must align with MAHA agenda

Health Care News – Read More The Trump administration said Thursday the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) needs to align with the president’s “Make…

White House defends Trump’s firing of CDC’s Susan Monarez
August 28, 2025·2 min read

White House defends Trump’s firing of CDC’s Susan Monarez

Health Care News – Read More The White House on Thursday defended President Trump’s decision to fire Susan Monarez as director of the Centers for Disease…

Only Trump can fire CDC director, Monarez’s lawyer says
August 28, 2025·3 min read

Only Trump can fire CDC director, Monarez’s lawyer says

Health Care News – Read More The lawyer representing Susan Monarez, the embattled director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said only President…