RFK Jr.'s Lawyer Asks FDA to Pull Polio Vaccine; Pollution-VTE Link; H5N1 in Cats
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The lawyer helping Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pick health officials to serve in the upcoming Trump administration has petitioned the FDA to revoke approval of the polio vaccine. (New York Times)
In other Trump administration news, Ed Martin, an activist who raised the idea of jailing women for abortions, has been selected as chief of staff at the Office of Management and Budget.
Drugmakers last year raised prices on five widely used medications without any clinical evidence to justify the increases, resulting in an additional $815 million in U.S. spending, according to an Institute for Clinical and Economic Review report.
The number of U.S. children receiving flu shots is falling, with just over a third getting flu shots through the end of November. (NBC News)
"Delay, deny, depose. You people are next." A woman in Florida was arrested after police said she ended a phone call to her insurance provider with threats echoing those of the person who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. (ABC News)
Meanwhile, the man charged with killing Thompson was not a client of the insurer, police said. (AP)
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