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  • Inside the booming, gray-market world of injectable peptides  Joseph Choi
    Injectable peptides are all the rage for many health-conscious Americans, thanks in part to the hype coming from the nation’s top health official. But enthusiasm might be outpacing regulatory controls and public understanding of what these products truly are. Peptides, which are combinations of amino acids, are easy to buy. Store shelves are lined with...
     

Inside the booming, gray-market world of injectable peptides 

30 April 2026 at 10:00
Injectable peptides are all the rage for many health-conscious Americans, thanks in part to the hype coming from the nation’s top health official. But enthusiasm might be outpacing regulatory controls and public understanding of what these products truly are. Peptides, which are combinations of amino acids, are easy to buy. Store shelves are lined with...

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  • Health costs still a top voter concern, poll finds Joseph Choi
    Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Poll shows health costs driving voter concerns Health costs continue to top the public’s list of affordability worries, and while Democrats have an edge over Republicans, both parties need to do more to convince independents, according to a...
     

Health costs still a top voter concern, poll finds

29 April 2026 at 22:41
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Poll shows health costs driving voter concerns Health costs continue to top the public’s list of affordability worries, and while Democrats have an edge over Republicans, both parties need to do more to convince independents, according to a...

Former Fauci aide charged for evading records requests

28 April 2026 at 22:52
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Former Fauci aide charged for evading records requests The Justice Department on Tuesday indicted David Morens, a former top official at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, for an alleged scheme to keep his dealings with...

Iran war throttles global fluoride supply, impacting US waterworks

25 April 2026 at 21:00
Fluoride is becoming harder to source as the war in Iran places more strain on global supply chains, leading some local governments to reduce their own use of the widely used cavity-fighting agent. Two major water supply systems in Maryland, which serve the Baltimore and suburban D.C. areas, announced this month they would be temporarily...

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  • Insurers step up prior authorization reforms  Joseph Choi · Nathaniel Weixel
    Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Insurers step up prior authorization reforms Major health insurance companies on Friday said they were accelerating efforts to streamline prior authorization requirements and reduce administrative burdens for providers. © Getty Images The commitment was signed by about 50 companies,...
     

Insurers step up prior authorization reforms 

24 April 2026 at 22:29
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Insurers step up prior authorization reforms Major health insurance companies on Friday said they were accelerating efforts to streamline prior authorization requirements and reduce administrative burdens for providers. © Getty Images The commitment was signed by about 50 companies,...

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  • Trump eases medical marijuana restrictions  Joseph Choi · Nathaniel Weixel
    Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Trump eases medical marijuana restrictions The Trump administration moved to boost research into medical marijuana by loosening longstanding restrictions on it. The administration officially reclassified marijuana as lower risk, a major shift that’s been long sought by advocates. ...
     

Trump eases medical marijuana restrictions 

23 April 2026 at 21:54
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Trump eases medical marijuana restrictions The Trump administration moved to boost research into medical marijuana by loosening longstanding restrictions on it. The administration officially reclassified marijuana as lower risk, a major shift that’s been long sought by advocates. ...

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  • Kennedy grilled by GOP doctors Joseph Choi · Nathaniel Weixel
    Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} View Online Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Kennedy faces tough questions from GOP doctors Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was grilled on vaccines and other issues Wednesday by two top GOP senators who are also physicians. Greg Nash Kennedy has long sought...
     

Kennedy grilled by GOP doctors

22 April 2026 at 22:55
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} View Online Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Kennedy faces tough questions from GOP doctors Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was grilled on vaccines and other issues Wednesday by two top GOP senators who are also physicians. Greg Nash Kennedy has long sought...

RFK Jr. apologizes for comments about Black kids he claims he didn't say

22 April 2026 at 21:18
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday apologized for past comments he made about Black children being "re-parented," while maintaining that he didn't make those remarks despite there being a recording of him doing so. Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) asked Kennedy whether he could admit to saying that he had...

HHS posts, then removes notice to remake preventive services task force

21 April 2026 at 22:51
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story HHS posts, then removes notice to remake preventive services task force Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is seeking to remake an influential but little-known task force that determines what preventive medical services insurers must cover for free. © Jacquelyn Martin, Associated...

Kennedy denies pressure to back off vaccines, but casts focus elsewhere

21 April 2026 at 22:07
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Congress on Tuesday that he has not faced pressure from the White House to scale back his vaccine skepticism, even as a top Trump health adviser recognized "ongoing conversations about where to prioritize." The denial contradicts a mounting body of reporting from sources inside...

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  • RFK Jr. heads back to Capitol Hill Joseph Choi · Nathaniel Weixel
    Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story RFK Jr. heads back to Capitol Hill Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will return to Congress this week for a second round of hearings, where Democrats and even some Republicans will likely press him about sweeping changes to the childhood vaccine schedule and proposed cuts to...
     

RFK Jr. heads back to Capitol Hill

20 April 2026 at 21:46
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story RFK Jr. heads back to Capitol Hill Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will return to Congress this week for a second round of hearings, where Democrats and even some Republicans will likely press him about sweeping changes to the childhood vaccine schedule and proposed cuts to...

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