Meanwhile, NBC News reported this afternoon that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is pulling back $11.4 billion in funding from the agency, which it allocated to state and local health departments as well as partners.

Susan Monarez has been acting chief at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention since January. Her nomination came after David Weldon withdrew.

Anti-vaccine advocate and health secretary for the United States, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., ordered the nonprofit he once chaired to delete a webpage that mimicked the design of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention while wrongly linking vaccines to autism. The New York Times earlier reported on the development.

Kennedy Jr. is slashing 10,000 jobs at his department and merging sections to create a new "Administration for a Healthy America" (AHA). Kennedy made the announcement on Thursday morning. The cuts will hit the Food and Drug Administration (FDA),

HHS Secretary RFK Jr., with help from DOGE, is planning a restructuring with sweeping cuts expected at multiple agencies.

A researcher hyped by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s health secretary, for his work linking vaccines to autism, has been hired by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to lead a major federal study on immunizations,

Bill Cassidy said RFK Jr. pledged to keep communication lines wide open and to consult with the senator on vaccine policy.

The CDC has rescheduled a key advisory committee meeting on vaccine experts to April following a delay in February, a week after Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation as the Secretary of Health & Human Services (HHS).

The Florida surgeon general who said COVID-19 vaccines are the “anti-Christ” is gaining steam to be Donald Trump’s pick to run the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Florida’s top doc, Joseph Ladapo,