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Marty Makary's tenure as head of FDA ends with 'difficulty'

12 May 2026 at 22:03
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary stepped down on Tuesday, capping weeks of pressure and rumors that his job was in jeopardy. The agency’s top food regulator, Kyle Diamantas, will take over, President Trump wrote on Truth Social. Trump told reporters ahead of his trip to China on Tuesday that Makary had been “having some difficulty” in the role. ...

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  • FDA Commissioner Marty Makary resigns Nathaniel Weixel · Joseph Choi
    Presented by Lilly {beacon} Health Care Health Care PRESENTED BY The Big Story Marty Makary out at FDA Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary officially stepped down from his role on Tuesday. © Greg Nash Makary managed to anger just about every constituency, from the pharma and biotech industries to the anti-abortion movement, but the...
     

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary resigns

12 May 2026 at 21:52
Presented by Lilly {beacon} Health Care Health Care PRESENTED BY The Big Story Marty Makary out at FDA Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary officially stepped down from his role on Tuesday. © Greg Nash Makary managed to anger just about every constituency, from the pharma and biotech industries to the anti-abortion movement, but the...

Major insurer backs MAHA food philosophy 

11 May 2026 at 21:55
Presented by Lilly {beacon} > Health Care Health Care PRESENTED BY The Big Story Major insurer backs MAHA food philosophy Centene, the largest Medicaid managed care provider in the U.S., is calling for Medicare Advantage plans to be allowed to offer “food as medicine” as part of supplemental benefits, aligning closely with the “Make...

Supreme Court extends pause on abortion pill restrictions through Thursday

Abortion pills will remain available through the mail until at least Thursday after Justice Samuel Alito extended a temporary pause on a lower court ruling that would have blocked access nationwide while a lawsuit is argued.  The earlier order from the conservative U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit had reinstated a requirement that women must visit a healthcare provider in-person to...

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  • White House proposal encourages companies to offer fertility treatment benefits Nathaniel Weixel
    A new proposed rule from the Trump administration aims to make it easier for employers to offer coverage of fertility treatments, as part of larger efforts to expand access to fertility services including in-vitro fertilization.  The new rule released Sunday from the Department of Labor would create a new exempted insurance benefit — in the same category as dental and vision benefit coverage— for treating infertility. Exempted...
     

White House proposal encourages companies to offer fertility treatment benefits

11 May 2026 at 19:22
A new proposed rule from the Trump administration aims to make it easier for employers to offer coverage of fertility treatments, as part of larger efforts to expand access to fertility services including in-vitro fertilization.  The new rule released Sunday from the Department of Labor would create a new exempted insurance benefit — in the same category as dental and vision benefit coverage— for treating infertility. Exempted...

Health insurance marketplace feels growing tremors from GOP cuts 

10 May 2026 at 10:00
State ObamaCare marketplaces are starting to feel tremors from the GOP-controlled Congress's ending of enhanced subsidies, as millions of Americans are dropping coverage. Experts and state officials say the impact varies from state to state, but enrollment decline is expected to grow this year and beyond, as policies from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act...

US to send charter flight for Americans on hantavirus-stricken cruise ship

9 May 2026 at 00:30
The U.S. will send a charter flight to bring home the remaining 17 Americans who are onboard the hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius cruise ship once it docks off the coast of Spain this weekend.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has deployed a team of epidemiologists and medical professionals to the Canary Islands, where the ship is...

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  • White House zeroes in on intoxicating hemp  Joseph Choi · Nathaniel Weixel
    Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story White House zeroes in on intoxicating hemp The Trump administration is signaling a crackdown on synthetic hemp products with high levels of THC. © Getty Images The administration’s sweeping National Drug Control Strategy released this week called those products a “growing concern” that have proliferated...
     

White House zeroes in on intoxicating hemp 

7 May 2026 at 21:43
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story White House zeroes in on intoxicating hemp The Trump administration is signaling a crackdown on synthetic hemp products with high levels of THC. © Getty Images The administration’s sweeping National Drug Control Strategy released this week called those products a “growing concern” that have proliferated...

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