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President Donald Trump’s plan to shrink the size of the federal work force targeted CDC training and other programs for the next generation of laboratory scientists and public health leaders. (New York Times)
The mass firings across HHS affected FDA and CMS staffers, including officials working on Medicare and Medicaid initiatives aimed at improving care for beneficiaries and the CMS office that oversees Obamacare. (Politico)
Trump administration firings also hit a key office handling bird flu response. (Politico)
U.S. bird flu hospitalizations rose to four after confirmations of inpatients in Wyoming and Ohio. (CBS News)
In West Texas, a measles outbreak has grown to at least 49 cases, up from 24 a few days earlier. (NBC News)
Following weeks of disruption to scientific federal grants, NIH research funding is about $1 billion behind levels of recent years. (New York Times)
Trump ordered that federal funding be withheld from schools and universities requiring COVID vaccines for students. (New York Times)
And as Trump says the federal workforce is too large, here’s what to know about its size. (CBS News)
Abortions will resume in Missouri after a judge blocked regulations that restricted providers even after voters moved to enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution. (AP)
A second federal judge paused Trump’s order against gender-affirming care for youth. (AP)
Johnson & Johnson aims to have a judge to sign off on a $10 billion proposal to end litigation alleging its baby powder caused ovarian cancer in a third attempt to resolve thousands of lawsuits. (Reuters)
After 2017, sportsbooks expanded from a single U.S. state to 38 states, wagers increased from $4.9 billion to $121.1 billion in 2023, and online searches for gambling addiction rose by 23%. (JAMA Internal Medicine)
Brazil is a global hot spot for criminals targeting and stealing popular weight-loss drugs like Ozempic (New York Times)
U.S. flu deaths may have surpassed those from COVID for first time since the beginning of the pandemic, early CDC data suggest. (CBS News)
The FDA approved GSK’s Neisseria meningitidis (groups A, B, C, W and Y) vaccine (Penmenvy) for people ages 10 through 25 years, the company announced.
New Jersey-based Zoetis announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Center for Veterinary Biologics issued a conditional license for the company’s avian influenza vaccine, H5N2 subtype, killed virus, for chickens.
Moderna’s norovirus vaccine trial was placed on a clinical hold by the FDA following a single report of a Guillain-Barré syndrome case which is under investigation, the company said.
Quaker Oats recalled 10,000 boxes of Pearl Milling Company pancake mix due to a milk allergy risk. (AP)
The Vatican said the pope’s illness is “complex” and he will remain hospitalized. (Washington Post)
Bachelorette alum Katie Thurston, 34, announced she has been diagnosed with breast cancer, saying she is “ready to fight this.” (People)
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