Health
2024
2024-02-15 The Creating Hope Reauthorization Act, which was introduced in 2024 to incentivize drug manufacturers to develop new treatments for children with rare pediatric diseases, is set to expire with no motion by the Trump administration.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7384
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/4583/titles
https://everylifefoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Creating-Hope-Reauthorization-Act_ELF.pdf
2025 January
2025-01-29 During a confirmation hearing, Bernie Sanders asked RFK why his non-profit Children’s Health Defense is selling anti-vax propaganda onesies on their website. One set reads “Unvaxxed - Unafraid” and the other set reads “No Vax - No Problem”.
2025-01-31 The Trump administration purged federal health agency websites related to LGBTQ health, Civil Rights, Sexual and Gender Minority research, interactive tools for surveilling HIV, viral hepatitis, STDs and TB, and a Social Vulnerability Index. Among the purge they erased medical information on adolescent health such as the CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health, monitoring health-related behaviors among high schoolers, and the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System which tracked nutrition, physical activity, tobacco and drug use, and sexual behavior.
2025 February
2025-02-01 The Accelerating Kids Access to Care Act was reintroduced to Congress by Democratic Representative Lori Trahan of Massachusetts. This legislation aims to improve and speed up access to care for children with cancer that are enrolled in Medicaid.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4758
2025-02-03 A bipartisan law, the Give Kids a Chance Act, was passed to accelerate the development of new drug combinations for pediatric cancer patients.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1699227697408915
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=656096720871687
2025 September
2025-09-09 RFK unveiled his “Make Our Children Healthy Again” initiative, with a sweeping overhaul to policies based on his version of “gold-standard” pseudoscience”.
https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/maha-commission-report-childhood-disease-strategy.html
2025-09-15 Funding to the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium was set to run out after March 2026, and news outlets report the U.S. government is halting $4M per year in funding.
https://aacrjournals.org/cdnews/news/2629/Pediatric-Brain-Tumor-Initiative-to-End
https://coloradonewsline.com/2025/09/17/childhood-brain-tumor-research-colorado/
https://www.statnews.com/2025/09/15/pediatric-brain-tumor-consortium-disbanding-funding-trump/
https://www.childrensbraintumorproject.org/2025/08/29/nytimes_pbtc/
2025-09-22 During a live press conference, Trump suggested that Tylenol caused autism without citing studies, research, or support for the claim. According to one article, Trump stated, quote, “Don’t take Tylenol. There’s no downside. Don’t take it. You’ll be uncomfortable. It won’t be as easy, maybe, but don’t take it. If you’re pregnant, don’t take Tylenol”.
https://www.fda.gov/media/188843/download
https://jheor.org/post/3465-trump-claims-no-downside-to-avoiding-tylenol-during-pregnancy-he-s-wrong
https://www.politifact.com/article/2025/sep/15/Tylenol-acetaminophen-pregnancy-autism-RFK/