New Jersey announces research center to study social media impacts

The announcement comes in the wake of states’ legal settlement with Meta, after they accused the tech company of knowingly designing social media apps with addictive and harmful features.

CDC lags in hiring behind other health agencies after DOGE cuts, union says

More than a year after cutting 30% of its workforce and disrupting dozens of public health programs, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is lagging in hiring compared to other health agencies in the federal government, according to the union representing current and former CDC employees.

EPA power plant emissions rollback challenged by former officials in both parties

Nonetheless, Monday’s rule is already facing a legal challenge, brought by a coalition of environmental and public health groups on Thursday.

As diseases loom, CDC's response to measles deaths stirs fears about agency's reliability

The worst measles resurgence in the U.S. in decades keeps growing. Vaccination rates keep falling. Flu, COVID-19, and RSV keep coming back. Against this backdrop, many public health experts are worried about the reliability of health information coming from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Public health expert blasts Trump’s executive order on childhood vaccines

President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order calling for revamped childhood vaccine recommendations, including separating the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine into three different single-disease shots.

F.D.A. Approves Moderna’s mRNA Flu Vaccine

At least 3.5 million people have lost food stamp access as Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ cuts take effect, analysis finds

A new analysis shows that nationwide almost 9% of individuals — more than 3.5 million — who were beneficiaries of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program...

White House to tighten grip on $1 trillion in federal grants

The White House is proposing a far-reaching rewrite of the rules on federal grants, consolidating its power over who benefits from federal financial assistance and what they can do with that money.

RFK Jr. & HHS: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

John Oliver discusses the budget and staffing cuts being made to public health agencies in the U.S. under RFK Jr.’s new leadership and the many ways those cuts will impact all of us.