President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order creating a board that would approve National Institutes of Health grant funding, giving the administration direct control over health research funding. The move is part of Trump's effort to eliminate what he characterizes as 'woke' programs and institutions in biomedical research.
President Trump announced he will demand pharmaceutical companies separate combined vaccines into individual doses, one day after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told an anti-vaccine conference that vaccine skeptics have a 'friend at the White House.'
Democrats are positioning healthcare issues, including rural clinic closures and potential congressional oversight, as a central campaign theme for the 2026 midterm elections, with the issue showing potential to sway traditionally Republican voters in states like Iowa while Senate races remain complicated by candidate controversies.
