Contexture, Arizona’s designated health information exchange, confirmed it was approached regarding a federal health data initiative championed by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., but declined to participate in the national effort seeking access to large-scale health data from state health information exchanges to support federal...Arizona Comings & Goings
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, traveled to Arizona this week as part of his national “Take Back Your Health” tour, meeting with healthcare, recovery, and community leaders to promote a prevention-focused approach to care.
The visit included stops across the state, from...Arizona News
Kennedy visited Banner Health on Tuesday to review the system’s prevention and early detection programs, including mobile screening initiatives aimed at expanding access to care across Arizona.
During a stop at Banner’s Sports Medicine High Performance Center, Kennedy toured the system’s BIG Pink Bus mobile mammography unit and...
A Massachusetts judge on Monday temporarily blocked changes to federal vaccine policy made under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., ruling that recent appointments to the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee are likely invalid under the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
Several medical organizations, including the American Academy of...
The White House has spent the past several weeks shaking up leadership within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), responding to criticisms and polling on the public's perception of the vaccine schedule overhaul. But the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement may be too entrenched in the anti-vaccine movement for that...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated the childhood immunization schedule to reduce the number of diseases prevented by routine vaccinations from 17 to 11.
The announcement was made on Monday and signals a major shift in federal vaccination policy guided by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F....
The Food and Drug Administration says that data shows that the COVID-19 vaccines caused the deaths of 10 children and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is using this conclusion to justify further review of childhood vaccines.
Over the weekend, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary announced that data "accumulated during the...
Last week, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. directed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to change information on the CDC's official website to include false messaging about childhood vaccines.
Despite decades of abundant and clear scientific research debunking any correlation between autism...Arizona News
A measles outbreak in Arizona has exploded in less than a month, making 2025 the highest year for measles diagnoses in the state since 1991. Also, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) revised the adult and childhood vaccine schedules last week.
The 42 measles cases...National News
CDC Director Susan Monarez was reportedly ousted from the agency on Wednesday less than a month after being sworn in; it was the shortest tenure in the agency’s 79-year history. Her attorneys said she is challenging her removal and accused HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of “weaponizing public health for political gain” by...National News
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced this week that he would rescind all grants totaling $500 million for mRNA vaccine development.
The decision ends the Department of Health and Human Services' funding through the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), and affects 22...National News
Six medical groups, including the American College of Physicians and the American Public Health Association, have filed suit against Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for changes to vaccine recommendations that he personally directed.
On May 19, Kennedy tweeted that the COVID-19 vaccine would no longer be...National News
In one of its final rulings of the season, the Supreme Court decided 6-3 that the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force continues to hold the authority to determine the preventative services that insurers are required to cover under the Affordable Care Act.
The ruling was issued in the case Kennedy v. Braidwood Management, which...Arizona News
Mass firings and structural overhauls at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) were halted by a federal court this week in response to a lawsuit filed by 19 states, including Arizona, and the District of Columbia.
The plaintiffs allege that HHS under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s purview has violated the...Arizona News
Earlier this month, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (RFK) fired every panel member on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), and replaced them with eight vaccine skeptics. The decision to remove members of the independent vaccine...Arizona News
A group of 20 Democratic state attorneys filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for mishandling appropriated funds and conducting improper layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Arizona's Attorney General Kris Mayes joined 19 states and Washington, D.C. to challenge the cuts in a lawsuit filed in...National News
The first 100 days of President Donald Trump's second term have been nothing short of eventful across all facets of the healthcare sector. From hirings to firings to rehirings, to unceremonious funding severances, to the appointment of a conspiracy theorist as Secretary of Health and Human Services, the shakeup has been historic and will...National News
Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., recently announced that he would be taking steps to research the causes of autism, in the hopes of addressing the roots of chronic illness in the U.S.
Kennedy characterized autism as a "rapidly growing epidemic," and explained that he personally suspects that there...
The measles outbreak in West Texas has now spread to a third state and experts believe the scope of the outbreak is much greater than reported. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., continues to downplay the role of vaccinations in stemming measles outbreaks.
As of Tuesday, the Texas Department of Health...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is undergoing a continued shakeup since Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. was confirmed as Secretary and the influence of Elon Musk's advisory "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE) task force and unclear guidance from the Trump administration creates conflicts between lifetime agency...
