16 entries in the ledger
U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper in Washington ruled on Aug. 19 that the Department of Health and Human Services may not implement sweeping new conditions on grants under the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program while...
Congress appropriated $41 million this year for the CDC’s Alzheimer’s disease program and $246 million for its Office on Smoking and Health, but no one is staffing either, the Associated Press reported. The same is true...
President Trump signed an executive order on August 10, 2026 establishing what the White House calls “Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations.” Per the White House fact sheet issued the same day, the order...
Bloomberg reported on Aug. 6, 2026, that the administration is actively considering an executive order on vaccines and autism, possibly as soon as the following week, according to people familiar with the discussions...
The Senate voted 51-44 on Aug. 5, 2026, to confirm Dr. Erica Schwartz as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The vote fell along party lines except for Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, the only...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on July 24, 2026 that 2,318 measles cases have been confirmed in the United States this year, surpassing 2025's record of 2,289 and marking the highest total since...
On July 13, 2026, the Trump administration began barring U.S. citizens who have recently been in the Democratic Republic of Congo from boarding commercial flights directly to the United States, requiring them to spend at...
On July 9, 2026, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a proposed rule scaling back Biden-era standards limiting nitrogen oxide pollution from heavy-duty vehicles, which EPA called "unnecessary and unworkable." The...
Marty Makary resigned as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration after 13 months in the job, with the announcement reported on May 12 and 13. Coverage identified White House pressure to authorize flavored vaping...
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sent letters on May 11 removing Dr. John Wong and Dr. Esa Davis, the two vice chairs of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. The letters attributed the...