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U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Martin Makary announced a new policy directive limiting employees of companies the agency regulates, such as pharmaceutical companies, from serving as official members of FDA advisory committees. “While the FDA should be partnering with industry to ensure a user-friendly review process, the scientific evaluation of new products should be independent,” Makary said. “Industry employees are welcome to attend FDA advisory committee meetings, along with the rest of the American public, but having industry employees serve as official members of FDA advisory committee members represents a cozy relationship that is concerning to many Americans,”...

President Donald Trump entered UFC 314 on Saturday night in Miami on Saturday night. President Trump walked out flanked by his two grandchildren at his side. He was followed by Dana White, Elon Musk, gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds, and several more. Before President Trump reached his seats he greeted DNI Tulsi Gabbard, FBI Director Kash Patel, HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy, Jr….. But NOT his wife Cheryl Hines who he skipped over. Ouch!

The U.S. is still reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic with more and more long COVID cases emerging. Bird flu is a growing threat. Measles outbreaks have been occurring. Antibiotic-resistant organisms continue to spread in healthcare settings. So what do you do next if you are in charge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which is supposed to protect the health of humans in the U.S.? How about lay off the entire staff of the U.S. government’s Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy?

An Israeli biotech firm says it is nearing human trials for a breakthrough drug that could extend human lifespan by up to 30 percent by targeting the age-regulating protein SIRT-6, which the company says would also improve brain function, organ health, and overall vitality. On Friday, Israeli news site N12 reported that Tel Aviv-based Sirtlab is preparing to launch clinical trials on a drug designed to stimulate SIRT-6, a protein associated with youth, vitality, and disease resistance. The treatment could be available within three years, pending successful trials and regulatory approval. Professor Haim Cohen, the company’s chief scientist and head...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., now serving as Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Trump, made waves on Monday when he joined Sean Hannity for an interview at a Florida Steak ‘n Shake location. The two conservative powerhouses dug into burgers and fries while discussing the real health crisis gripping America—one caused by decades of government-endorsed junk science that pushed seed oils and ultra-processed foods on the public. Earlier this year, Steak ‘n Shake announced that by February 2025, all its locations will transition away from vegetable oil—a product long criticized for its links to inflammation, obesity, and chronic...

John Solomon @jsolomonReports HHS offers $25,000 buyout option to about 80,000 workers From justthenews.com 6:30 PM · Mar 9, 2025

During the final months of the Biden administration, the National Institutes of Health awarded $28 million to a mysterious venture-backed company called Vaccine Company Inc., a biomedical firm founded in 2022 whose chief financial officer happens to be one of former president Joe Biden’s top COVID advisers. To Sen. Joni Ernst (R., Iowa), the September 2024 grant from the NIH’s Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health doesn’t pass the smell test. Vaccine Company has left virtually no public footprint showing what it has done with the taxpayer funds, which the Biden administration doled out to a seemingly random post office...

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has halted a Biden-era contract to create a new COVID-19 vaccine, Fox News Digital reported on Tuesday. “While it is crucial that the Department [of] Health and Human Services (HHS) support pandemic preparedness, four years of the Biden administration’s failed oversight have made it necessary to review agreements for vaccine production, including Vaxart’s,” Kennedy told the outlet in a statement. “I look forward to working with Vaxart and medical experts to ensure this work produces safe, effective, and fiscal-minded vaccine technology,” he added. The HHS contract is with...

Breitbart News @BreitbartNews . @robertkennedyjr Claps Back at Journo Saying He Sounds "Under the Weather" 4:00 PM · Feb 26, 2025

Newly confirmed Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert Kennedy, Jr., has been assigned the chair of the newly established Make America Healthy Again Commission and, apparently, antidepressants will finally get a much-needed review. Specifically, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) long have been the antidepressant “treatment” of choice for numerous alleged mental disorders. That’s right…” alleged.” Let’s just get it straight at the beginning so there’s no mistake about what is and is not being “treated.” There is no science to support any objective, confirmable abnormality, that is any psychiatric diagnosis. That does not mean that people...

Jack Poso 🇺🇸 @JackPosobiec NEW: RFK Plans at HHS: Replace Vaccine Advisers: Overhaul CDC’s advisory committees, removing industry-tied members Focus on Chronic Diseases Probe Disease Causes: Investigate vaccines, psychiatric drugs, and other chronic disease triggers Curb Industry Influence: Enforce strict conflict-of-interest rules at NIH, FDA, and CDC Change Vaccine Messaging: Stop CDC vaccine promotions, prioritize informed consent Cut Workforce: Fire thousands 5:46 PM · Feb 23, 2025

In one of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s first moves as secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, the agency released guidance Wednesday for the US government, external partners and the public that offers a narrower definition of sex than the ones used by many scientists and that aligns with a January executive order signed by President Donald Trump. The department also launched a website promoting these definitions and created a video defending a ban on transgender women participating in women’s sports. ...

In a stunning move that has sent shockwaves through the public health sector, newly appointed Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has launched an unprecedented shake-up at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), firing nearly half of its famed “disease detectives” on his first day in office. This drastic overhaul, aimed at cutting bureaucratic waste and eliminating conflicts of interest, marks a turning point in U.S. health policy. With backing from President Donald Trump and operational insights from billionaire Elon Musk, Kennedy is spearheading a revolution in government transparency and accountability—one that also threatens...

“President Trump signed an executive order to establish the MAHA Commission to study what has caused the precipitous decline in American health over the past two generations. Some of the possible factors we will investigate were formerly taboo or insufficiently scrutinized: a childhood vaccine schedule, electromagnetic radiation, glyphosate, other pesticides, ultra-processed foods, artificial food additives, SSRIs and other psychiatric drugs, PFAs, PFOAs, microplastics—nothing is going to be off limits.”

Jim Jones, head of the FDA’s food division resigned in protest of the Trump Administration’s mass firings. Jones reportedly resigned on Monday after the Trump Administration fired thousands of employees in the HHS. “I was looking forward to working to pursue the department’s agenda of improving the health of Americans by reducing diet-related chronic disease and risks from chemicals in food,” Jones said in his resignation letter, according to Bloomberg News. Jones said that because of the mass firings it would be “fruitless for me to continue in this role.”

Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson 🚨🔥Secretary of Health and Human Services RFK Jr: “We literally have the sickest population in the world... We're going to turn health policy over to people who are actually concerned with public health." MAHA!! From Derrick Evans 8:26 PM · Feb 13, 2025

Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson It’s so beautiful—> @SecKennedy 9:17 PM · Feb 13, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who flies around on private planes so as to tell larger numbers of people how they must live their lives in order to save the planet, wrote a column last year on the lack of winter weather in Washington, D.C. "In Virginia, the weather also has changed dramatically. Recently arrived residents in the northern suburbs, accustomed to today's anemic winters, might find it astonishing to learn that there were once ski runs on Ballantrae Hill in McLean, with a rope tow and local ski club. Snow is so scarce today that most Virginia children probably...

RFK Jr.’s swearing in ceremony is scheduled for 2 pm ET following an executive order signing and press conference by President Trump. The Gateway Pundit reported that President Trump is signing an executive order and speaking to the press about reciprocal tariffs. This was scheduled for 1 pm ET but did not start until shortly after 1 pm. RFK’s swearing in ceremony will likely begin shortly after 2 pm ET. Watch live below:

As Fox News’s Chad Pergram reported, McConnell gave a nasty speech on the Senate floor following the vote explaining why he voted against RFK Jr and the Make America Healthy Again movement. McConnell first turned to a predictable target every critic has used against RFK. Jr: vaccines. “I’m a survivor of childhood polio,” McConnell said. “In my lifetime, I’ve watched vaccines save millions of lives from devastating diseases across America and around the world. “I will not condone the re-litigation of proven cures, and neither will millions of Americans who credit their survival and quality of life to scientific miracles.”...