The $8 Billion Children’s Vaccine Fund Kennedy Would Oversee

When President Bill Clinton worked with a bipartisan Congress to enact a federal program to guarantee vaccines for poor children, they agreed that the authority over buying shots from drug…

Inside the $32 Billion Industry Transforming Marijuana

An email obtained by The Times shows that one committee leader, Representative Sharon Wylie, a supporter of the industry, shared a draft of the bill with a cannabis lobbyist. “Thank…

ExThera Claimed Its Device Could Cure Cancer. But Patients Died.

The private jet took off from the Caribbean island of Antigua in April carrying three highly flammable tanks of compressed oxygen and a terminally ill cancer patient. Kim Hudlow had…

Trump Administration Temporarily Mutes Federal Health Officials

The Trump administration, moving quickly to clamp down on health and science agencies, has canceled a string of scientific meetings and instructed federal health officials to refrain from all public…

Health Secretary Defends Biden’s Covid Vaccine Mandates and Social Media Efforts

Xavier Becerra, the man President Biden chose to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, does not want to talk about Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the man President-elect Donald…

RFK Jr. Sought to Stop Covid Vaccinations 6 Months After Rollout

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice to lead the nation’s health agencies, formally asked the Food and Drug Administration to revoke the authorization of all Covid vaccines…

FDA Moves Forward With Last-Minute Push to Cut Nicotine Levels in Cigarettes

The Biden administration unveiled a proposal on Wednesday to cut the level of nicotine in cigarettes, a last-minute push on a plan that could meaningfully cut cancer rates nationwide and…

F.D.A. Proposes New Food Labels to Detail Sugar, Fat and Salt Content

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday proposed requiring new nutrition labels on the front of food and beverage products, a long-awaited move aimed at changing eating habits associated with…