06-01-25 Federal News Update

Please note: Federal actions by the current Administration can be reversed or paused at any point by actions of the court. We will endeavor to keep you updated on this very fluid situation.

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Overview

Maryland sues Trump administration again, this time challenging scientific program cuts.

American doctors are moving to Canada to escape the Trump Administration: Doctors taking the first step to Canadian licensure up over 750%.

Opinion: Long-term care in the U.S. faces two existential threats: an immigration crackdown and Medicaid cuts: The already precarious system can’t handle even one.

HHS

New HHS document details deep NIH cuts as part of Trump budget request: Even the few institutes that would be left standing face multibillion-dollar cuts.

White House acknowledges problems in RFK Jr.’s MAHA report: News organization NOTUS found that some studies cited in the report did not actually exist.

Experts say the problematic — and in some cases nonexistent — citations underlying HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “MAHA Report” appear to have been generated by artificial intelligence.

Experts Blast HHS Leaders for Defying Norms, Sidelining CDC: Edicts come down from on high, while the CDC is adrift.

Researchers who helped run the annual National Survey on Drug Use and Health were axed as part of the HHS overhaul.

CDC

COVID vaccine guidance in pregnancy has shifted — But the science hasn’t: Pregnant women should still be considered an at-risk population.

Ending water fluoridation may cost billions of $$ and rot millions of teeth: Despite benefits, RFK Jr. has promised to remove fluoride from public water supply.