Democratic leaders on the House Oversight Committee are urgently seeking a briefing with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) staff on the changes to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), and demanding the agency hand over documents on how HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s hand-picked new members were selected.
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Groups Ask Congressional Health Leaders To Protect USPSTF
Over 100 health organizations are urging Senate and House health leaders to protect the United States Preventive Services Task Force, listing key elements of the task force they say must stay intact, after HHS suddenly postponed USPSTF’s July 10 meeting on cardiovascular disease and innovative approaches to child health.
HHS’ Abrupt Cancellation Of USPSTF Meeting On Cardiovascular Disease, Child Health Sparks Questions
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$50B Rural Health Program Open For Applications Amid Skepticism Over Its Ability To Offset Medicaid Cuts
Rural states will have until the end of the year to apply for a share of the $50 billion rural health fund included in the GOP’s reconciliation package, which was added in the final stretch of negotiations to help rural hospitals absorb the blow of looming Medicaid cuts -- but health policy experts at KFF say the fund appears more like a political gesture than a meaningful fix, and warn it falls far short of offsetting the deep funding losses that rural hospitals now face.
KFF State-By-State Breakdown Reveals Stark Disparities In Medicaid Cuts
Democrats Turn GOP Medicaid Cuts Into 2026 Rallying Cry
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The Senate Appropriations Committee voted to advance the fiscal 2026 appropriations bill for FDA and the Department of Agriculture with a bipartisan voice vote, reflecting a greater level of consensus than in the House, where Democrats have protested a budget cut to FDA of about 11% included in both chambers’ bills.
Generic mifepristone manufacturer GenBioPro has filed a citizen petition with FDA seeking to keep the drug available without changes to its prescribing conditions, such as a roll back of telehealth availability sought by abortion opponents.
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew Ferguson Wednesday (July 9) signaled he wants to go after gender-affirming care for minors as an unfair or deceptive trade practice, and said targeting physicians offering such care would not cross into the practice of medicine.
FDA has updated its list of food guidance priorities to include topics related to the “Make America Healthy Again” push for increased oversight of artificial additives and other food ingredients.
Senate Democrats are threatening to stop all collaboration on appropriations negotiations for fiscal 2026 if Republicans approve President Donald Trump’s rescission request that includes cuts to foreign aid, including slashing HIV prevention and other global health initiatives, coming as Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins (R-ME) weighs offering amendments that would scale back the cuts.