17 Feb, 2026

Inside Kennedy’s Rise at HHS: Meeting MAHA Priorities for Trump

WASHINGTON — On Independence Avenue, inside a brutalist gray building considered by many to be the ugliest in this city, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. built a monument to his family. In the well-lit, royal blue hallway leading to his private offices, framed historic American flags are interspersed with pennants representing the campaigns and slogans of […]

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Does coffee mix with AFib and other new data from heart meeting

Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart disease, stroke and metabolic diseases. You can reach Liz on Signal at LizC.22. This is the online version of AHA in 30 seconds, tIt is the newest scientific session of the American Heart Association. Hello from New Orleans. Coming from Boston, running on the […]

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Government shutdown prevents many CDC experts from participating in crucial meeting

ATLANTA — CDC researchers are being forced to skip a crucial infectious disease conference this week because of the government shutdown, missing high-level discussions shortly after measles and whooping cough surged in the United States. IDWeek, the nation’s largest annual meeting of infectious disease experts, is the premier venue for experts to exchange information on […]

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