With CDC in free fall, RFK Jr. faces bipartisan rebuke at Senate hearing Kennedy calls CDC “the most corrupt agency at HHS and maybe the government.”

ACIP charter is renewed as meetings remain on indefinite hold

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, renewed its charter April 6. In an announcement in the Federal Register, new criteria for ACIP members were rolled out with a focus on “geographical balance” and a “balance of speciality areas.”

Health groups urge Bhattacharya, in his position of acting CDC director, to restore staff in the Office on Smoking and Health

A coalition of public health groups sent a formal letter to NIH Director and Acting CDC Director Jay Bhattacharya April 15 highlighting the need for the immediate restoration of full staffing and resources to the CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health.

HHS Secretary Kennedy’s diet advice is heavy on meat and light on scientific consensus

The new 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, or DGA, which inform federal nutrition policies, school meals, and public health education were announced by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. earlier this year.

April 08, 2026

News Analysis

HHS presents new protein-forward dietary guidelines, turning the food pyramid upside down
The Kennedy guidelines are mum on cancer risks associated with red meat and alcohol

Recently, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted a video montage featuring himself shirtless in jeans, working out with Kid Rock. The duo is in a blue-lit grotto with a cold plunge and sauna. Set to Kid Rock’s “Bawitdaba” and intercut with a selection of patriotic imagery, the video ends with the two men in a hot tub, chugging what appears to be milk.

April 03, 2026

Vol.52 No.13

By Claire Marie Porter

Cancer Policy

Hepatitis B vaccine birth dose down 2% in children under 2 years old, CDC immunization report finds

Immunization rates are declining in infants and toddlers 24 months and younger, according to the most recent National Immunization Survey-Child report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

ACA Marketplace enrollees are pinched by steeper healthcare costs, KFF follow-up survey finds

Four out of five people returning to the ACA Marketplace say their healthcare costs are “higher,” compared to last year, according to a survey conducted by Kaiser Family Foundation in mid-February and early March. More than half of respondents reported these costs (premiums, deductibles, co-pays, or coinsurance) were “a lot higher.”

March 27, 2026

Vol.52 No.12

By Sara Willa Ernst

With CDC in free fall, RFK Jr. faces bipartisan rebuke at Senate hearing

Kennedy calls CDC “the most corrupt agency at HHS and maybe the government.”

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With CDC in free fall, RFK Jr. faces bipartisan rebuke at Senate hearing

Kennedy calls CDC “the most corrupt agency at HHS and maybe the government.”

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ACIP charter is renewed as meetings remain on indefinite hold

Health groups urge Bhattacharya, in his position of acting CDC director, to restore staff in the Office on Smoking and Health

HHS Secretary Kennedy’s diet advice is heavy on meat and light on scientific consensus

HHS presents new protein-forward dietary guidelines, turning the food pyramid upside downThe Kennedy guidelines are mum on cancer risks associated with red meat and alcohol

Hepatitis B vaccine birth dose down 2% in children under 2 years old, CDC immunization report finds

ACA Marketplace enrollees are pinched by steeper healthcare costs, KFF follow-up survey finds

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HHS presents new protein-forward dietary guidelines, turning the food pyramid upside down
The Kennedy guidelines are mum on cancer risks associated with red meat and alcohol