Liz Essley Whyte (@lizessleywhyte.bsky.social)

NEW - The Trump administration finalized its plan to get Medicare to pay closer to what other nations pay for certain drugs

Companies that cut deals with the admin on drug pricing are expected to be exempt

w/Lizzy Lawrence

NEW scoop from me and
Laura Cooper

The Trump administration is planning a major move to speed authorizations of tobacco products, including flavored vapes

NEW exclusive from me:

Health officials moved money out of the Office of Minority Health to help pay for the ballooning costs of RFK Jr.'s security

NEW

At a lunch at his northern Virginia golf course in May, president Trump told his health secretary RFK Jr. that he had the yips.

Our look inside Trump's push to get Kennedy to do more on vaccines: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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The White House is blocking the NIH from awarding new research grants for the rest of the fiscal year

Chokes off billions in research funding

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