The draft ‘MAHA’ plan to improve kids’ health leaked. Here’s what’s in it. washingtonpost.com/health/2025/08…

As Medicaid cuts loom, North Carolina shows the stakes: washingtonpost.com/health/2025/08…

RFK, to Senate Finance Committee: "I don't anticipate a change in the MMR vaccine."

I've listened to a lot of cabinet members testify before congressional committees. Rarely have I heard someone talk over senators more than RFK is doing at this Senate Finance hearing.

NEW: We listened to RFK Jr’s hearing before Senate committee today. Here are some takeaways. washingtonpost.com/health/2025/09…

.Ami Bera, M.D. tells Paige W. Cunningham, “We just let social media kind of evolve, that was a mistake ... AI is evolving so quickly that we really do have to put up guardrails that protect from bad things happening, but also don't stifle innovation. That's the sweet spot of legislation."

.@Ron_Alfa tells Paige W. Cunningham, “We are excellent at pharmacology these days ... The hard problem is we don't understand how to connect pre-clinical work to understand which drugs are going to work in which patients when we get to the point of running a trial."

CDC advisers make their first childhood vaccine edit washingtonpost.com/health/2025/09…

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Shutdown fight over Obamacare highlights drawback of health care law washingtonpost.com/health/2025/09…

scoop from @dandiamond washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

Other bit of news here is Thune does not support the 3-4 week CR being floated by Democrats to align the deadline with ACA marketplace open enrollment “And what? The House going to come back and vote on a one month as opposed to seven weeks? I mean, think about this right now.

If you want to understand what this shutdown fight is about: youtube.com/shorts/oXTJTio…

The vast majority of US parents like MAHA's food goals but Democratic parents are far less likely to identify with the movement as a whole. Per Post/KFF poll reported by me and Rachel Roubein washingtonpost.com/health/2025/10…

I lost some excellent colleagues today. 😭 If you're hiring for health and science reporters, I know where to find the best of the best.

But I've talked to insurers who say if Congress extends the subsidies, they're open to lowering premiums before the end of the year (if given the opportunity by states or CMS). So Nov. 1 isn't drop dead, even if Dems decide to message that way.

Three week into a gov't shutdown over health insurance, millions of Americans can now view what they'll be paying next year and it ain't pretty folks. washingtonpost.com/health/2025/10…

SCOOP: Average ACA benchmark premiums will rise 30 percent next year, gov't documents show. This will be the second-largest annual premium hike since the marketplaces started 12 years ago. washingtonpost.com/health/2025/10…