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WH aide Calley Means regularly accuses the nation's top medical institutions of financial corruption. But Means has his own stake in the health system as co-founder of a platform that pushes dietary supplements, herbal remedies and other wellness products apnews.com/article/calley…

Last year Vinay Prasad told Vivek Ramaswamy that Americans would likely be better off without the FDA in its current form: “If you’re talking about FDA 2024, I think they’d probably be better off as a result of not having the FDA.” youtu.be/7UwbNhkE2-I?si…

“I’m quite optimistic,” says Rick Doblin of MAPS, whose group has pursued the medical use of MDMA since the 1980s. “But I’m also worried that the message the public might get is ‘Well, RFK likes psychedelics and now it’s approved.’” youtube.com/watch?v=4V7C_b…

For decades, proponents of psychedelic drugs have come to Washington with a provocative message: mind-altering substances like LSD and MDMA should be approved for medical use. A presidential administration finally seems to agree. apnews.com/article/psyche…

The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it has expanded existing warnings on the two leading COVID-19 vaccines about a rare heart side effect mainly seen in young men. apnews.com/article/covid-…

Under questioning about 'radical transparency', @SecKennedy refuses to defend @CalleyMeans' conflict of interest benefiting his own 'wellness' business, which sells saunas & supplements.

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FDA will begin offering ultra-fast reviews to new medicines that Trump administration officials deem as promoting “the health interests of Americans,” under a new initiative announced Tuesday. apnews.com/article/fda-dr…

FDA advisers split Thursday on whether drugmakers need to update their COVID-19 vaccines for next season, a decision overshadowed by confusion over a new Trump administration policy that may limit which Americans can get the shots. apnews.com/article/fda-va…

Government advisers are meeting Thursday to decide if COVID-19 vaccines need updating to improve protection this fall and winter — even as a new Trump administration policy has thrown into question who may be eligible for a shot. apnews.com/article/fda-va…

The FDA will no longer routinely approve annual COVID-19 shots for younger adults and children who are healthy. Companies that want to market their vaccines to those Americans will need to conduct large, clinical studies, FDA leaders said Tuesday apnews.com/article/vaccin…

APNewsAlert: US regulators say annual COVID-19 shots for healthy younger adults and children will no longer be routinely approved

FDA has cleared the first blood test that can help diagnose Alzheimer’s and identify patients who may benefit from drugs that can modestly slow the memory-destroying disease. apnews.com/article/alzhei…

The FDA announced plans Tuesday to phase out fluoride-containing supplements sometimes prescribed to strengthen children’s teeth, opening a new front in Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s effort against a chemical mainstay of dental care. apnews.com/article/fluori…

FDA Commissioner Makary sits down for a conversation with the newly appointed director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) Dr. Vinayak “Vinay” Kashyap Prasad and Sanjula Jain-Nagpal, Associate Director of Policy & Research Strategy, Office of the…

FDA's vaccine panel will meet Thursday May 22 to make recommendations on COVID-19 strain selection the coming season's shots: public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-08083.pdf

The Food and Drug Administration has named a prominent medical contrarian and critic of the drug industry to head its vaccine center, replacing Dr. Peter Marks, who was forced out in March. apnews.com/article/vinay-…

For the second time since February, the FDA is bringing back some recently fired employees, including about 20 staffers who handle travel bookings for inspectors. FOIA staff and food scientists have also been informally told they will be reinstated. apnews.com/article/fda-st…

The Trump administration’s effort to impose new requirements on Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine — the only traditional protein-based option for the virus — is sowing uncertainty about updates to other vaccines, too. apnews.com/article/vaccin…

Exclusive: HHS has walked back a national autism registry. The new plan: $50 million for a different autism research initiative. #disability #autism statnews.com/2025/04/24/no-…