FDA, NYT Downplayed Evidence Showing Covid Shots May Have Killed KidsThe pharmaceutical industry was intent on protecting its profits, and influential media outlets have downplayed evidence of Covid vaccine deaths and attack those who’ve tried to bring them to light.The Federalist2d agoWhole story →CultureHealth
Children's Toothpaste Among 4M Tubes Recalled Over Potential Health RiskThe FDA recall affects 17 toothpaste varieties, including some featuring Barbie, Hot Wheels and Crayola characters.Newsweek3d agoWhole story →Healthfda toothpaste recall
Arizona is great with detection of kids with muscular dystrophy, but bad on treatmentThe maxim that the government which governs closest governs best is usually sound. Local leaders understand their constituency better than someone, say, 2,000 miles away federal policymakers. However, with some recent, bizarre healthcare decisions, some state leaders have decided to buck that trend – with a vengeance. Last year, New York’s Drug…Arizona Capitol Times3d agoWhole story →Healthmedicaid coverage controversy
EXCLUSIVE: Big Pharma Insider Backing RFK Jr.’s Pick To Lead FDA‘Key ally’Daily Caller5d agoWhole story →Healthfda leadership nomination
‘It’s insane’: GOP operatives torch Trump’s closing message as Senate strongholds wobbleRepublican operatives are venting their frustration with President Donald Trump as he spends the final two weeks of the midterm campaign on distractions and attacks on his own party. GOP candidates want to talk about the tax cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill, Trump accounts for children and the administration’s push to lower prescription drug prices,…Raw Story5d agoWhole story →EconomyHealth
RFK Jr.’s Peptide Plan Makes Compounders Report Side EffectsThe White House is reviewing a proposal to broaden access to peptides that includes more patient protections than initially expected, according to people familiar with the matter.Bloomberg2d agoWhole story →Healthpeptide regulation review
Opinion: Sen. Cassidy should block FDA nominee Heidi OvertonDr. Heidi Overton, who is President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Food and Drug Administration, has a very worrisome record on vaccination policy. Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy should try to vote down her nomination.Baton Rouge Advocate1d agoWhole story →HealthBill Cassidy
Nationwide recall on these compound GLP-1 drugsThe compounded GLP-1s are not FDA-approved nor name-brand.The Hill1d agoWhole story →CommerceHealth
Kennedy rolls out US-caught seafood labeling, Seafood.govThe Trump administration unveiled new initiatives for U.S. fishermen Friday, including a new government website known as Seafood.gov. At a rally in Fort Myers, Fla., Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the creation of a voluntary label made for U.S.-caught fish, which the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began…The Hill21h agoWhole story →FoodHealth
Why experts are pushing RFK Jr. to release a federal definition of ultraprocessed foodsMore than 100 science, medical and nutrition experts signed and sent an open letter Friday to the Office of Management and Budget, urging the administration to release the first-ever government definition of ultraprocessed foods.PBS News1d agoWhole story →FoodEconomy
NYC Mayor Mamdani unveils $29M antisemitism plan without a definitionNew York Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveiled plans to combat antisemitism but did not include a formal definition of anti-Jewish hate or recognize Israel's existence.Fox News23d agoWhole story →CultureJusticeZohran Mamdaninyc antisemitism plan
Mamdani's definition of socialism sounds like state-controlled 'totalitarianism': criticsFar-left New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani offered an impassioned definition of socialism this week -- one critics say rivals state-controlled totalitarianism -- claiming in a podcast interview that it’s the job of the government to ensure the masses have "whatever you need."New York Post21d agoWhole story →GovernmentZohran Mamdanimamdani socialism definition
Chuck Schumer's definition of 'antisemite' could include Mamdani, Senate hopeful El-SayedCritics who don't believe that Israel should exist as a Jewish state are antisemites, Sen. Chuck Schumer said.New York Post25d agoWhole story →GovernmentSecurityisrael policy debate
"WNBA Need Some Help": U.S. Senator Challenges League Over Definition of a Woman as Enes Kanter Freedom Faces Arena RejectionU.S. Senato Marsha Blackburn slams WNBA of definition of a woman after Enen Kanter says he got kicked out of Game 3.Essentially Sports2d agoWhole story →GovernmentCultureMarsha Blackburnwnba trans athlete debate
CFTC Defends Prediction Markets Turf with New ‘Swap’ DefinitionThe Commodity Futures Trading Commission proposed defining financial swaps to explicitly include event contracts based on sports, politics, culture and weather-related wagers as the legal fight escalates over the booming prediction markets industry.Bloomberg15d agoWhole story →GovernmentEconomycftc prediction markets ruling
JD Vance Trots Out Completely Bogus Definition Of Socialism — And No One's Buying ItThe vice president tried to blur the idea of pro-worker politics with petty culture war slop... to little avail.HuffPost16d agoWhole story →Governmentvance definition of socialism
Investigating the definition of ‘woman’Back on May 2, 2024, standing beside anti-trans activist Riley Gaines, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed an executive order essentially nullifying Title IX rules established by the Biden administration, saying, "Biden thinks anybody can be a woman just because they say so. ... I can't think of anything more offensive and dismissive of the very real,…Arkansas Online3mo agoWhole story →GovernmentCultureSarah Huckabee Sanderstitle ix rules dispute