RFK Jr, public comment and US health policies

RFK Jr. rolls back transparency policy on Medicaid and NIH changes
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ended a longstanding transparency rule on Friday, supercharging his authority to change policies in areas ranging from Medicaid to the National Institutes of Health without advance notice to the public.
RFK Jr. kills policy on public comment for health regulations
The Department of Health and Human Services is reversing a decades-old policy of soliciting public comment before it issues regulations affecting government benefits and grants, including NIH funding.
Kennedy proposes scrapping public comment on major US health policies
By Ahmed Aboulenein, Julie Steenhuysen and Michael Erman WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is seeking to eliminate public participation in many of his department's policy decisions,
Kennedy moves to end public input on major U.S. health policies
WASHINGTON >> U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is seeking to eliminate public participation in many of his department’s policy decisions, a move that appears to contradict his pledge to Congress of “radical transparency.
RFK Jr. issues rule barring public comment on HHS rulemaking
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Friday released a policy prohibiting public comments during his department’s rulemaking process, ending more than 50 years of the public’s involvement in crafting his department’s rules.
US health secretary Kennedy proposes ending public comment on HHS decisions
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is seeking to eliminate public participation in many of his department's policy decisions, a move that appears to contradict his pledge to Congress of "radical transparency.
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What might an RFK Jr.-run U.S. health department mean for Michigan?
Kennedy, President Donald Trump's pick to run the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Senate confirmation hearings are scheduled Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 29-30.
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Washington state joins lawsuit against Trump's health research funding cuts
Washington Attorney General Nick Brown, along with 21 other attorneys general, has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the ...
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States sue Trump admin over billions in research cuts
WASHINGTON – A group of 22 states is suing the Trump administration over a cap the Department of Health and Human Services set ... the department and the National Institutes of Health ...
Huge cuts in National Institutes of Health research funding go before a federal judge
A federal judge in Massachusetts temporarily blocked the cuts from taking effect earlier this month in response to separate ...
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22 state AGs sue Trump administration over NIH funding cuts
BOSTON — Twenty-two state attorneys general are suing the Trump administration, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the National Institutes of Health over the funding cuts ...
‘Deadly consequences’: Health agencies reel from thousands of job cuts while critical research grants remain on hold
The first month of the Trump administration has brought chaos to US health agencies through mass firings, funding ...
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Restoring Trust in Public Health: Prioritizing Science Over Manipulative Messaging
The Biden administration used a $900 million PR campaign to influence how Americans responded to the administration’s COVID-19 policies.
Full speech: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's State of the State address
Michigan's Governor Gretchen Whitmer delivered her seventh State of the State address in Lansing Wednesday night.