Month: June 2025

The panelists will review measles vaccine recommendations and discuss a preservative that the health secretary has falsely claimed causes autism. View original article Contributor: Apoorva Mandavilli

The administration has gutted agencies like U.S.A.I.D., and President Trump has denigrated their work as wasteful and rife with fraud. His views on humanitarian assistance have seesawed since he entered political life. View original article Contributor: Andrew Jacobs, Saurabh Datar and Antonio de Luca

A new drug that gives almost complete protection against the virus was to be administered across Africa this year. Now, much of the funding for that effort is gone. View original article Contributor: Stephanie Nolen

The Senate health committee chairman said new members of a key advisory panel who were appointed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “lack experience.” View original article Contributor: Sheryl Gay Stolberg

A coalition of health insurance companies is vowing to make changes to the prior authorization process, after years of patients and providers’ complaints over a system they say delays care and endangers people’s health. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] On Monday, federal health officials met with representatives from some of the country’s major insurance companies, including Aetna, Blue … Read more

If you want to protect yourself from mosquitoes and ticks—which seem to be everywhere this year—you might need to enlist a heavy-hitter. Insect experts reach for one thing: permethrin. Here’s what to know about the synthetic insecticide, plus how and when to use it. How permethrin works Permethrin, which is derived from the chrysanthemum flower, … Read more