President Donald Trump’s Day One executive order rescinding Biden-era Medicare and Medicaid price innovation programs signals sweeping changes to the drug and treatment pricing agency within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and perhaps a substantive shake-up in two of the largest federal social welfare programs.

Meetings designed to distribute grant money to fund research were canceled as part of a communications freeze at health agencies.

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has promised sweeping actions in his second administration. The president-elect has outlined a wide-ranging agenda that blends traditional conservative approaches to taxes, regulation and cultural issues with a more populist bent on trade and a shift in America’s international role.

Dr. Dorothy Fink, the acting secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services under President Donald Trump, has instructed the heads of every federal health agency to stop public communication.

Federal health agencies have paused public communications this week and canceled meetings as the Trump administration assesses ... Services on Tuesday instructed agencies, such as the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and ...

In his first week in office, President Donald Trump issued executive orders and took other actions with significant implications for the life

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel are expected to be grilled by senators during their confirmation hearings.

The cannabis industry and its financial partners see potential gains under Trump, either in the form of direct changes in policy, economic incentives or the nascent effort to curb debanking.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s nominee for health secretary, reportedly expressed openness to seizing drug patents of high-priced drugs as a way to lower prices.

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President Donald ... Biden administration. Viral social media posts claim that one of the orders revoked was one that lowered prescription drug costs for people on Medicare and Medicaid. Several VERIFY readers asked us if these posts are true. Trump ...

When politicians subordinate scientific institutions to electoral interests, they undermine immediate public health efforts and inflict lasting damage on institutional credibility.