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Public health
fromMedCity News
2 days ago

60 Cancer Patient and Provider Orgs Call on RFK Jr. to Protect USPSTF - MedCity News

USPSTF recommendations are essential for cancer prevention and early detection, and organizations urge protecting the panel to ensure timely, no-cost preventive services.
SF politics
fromArs Technica
1 week ago

First vaccines, now mammograms? RFK Jr.'s latest firings have doctors outraged.

Two highly qualified USPSTF members were terminated immediately amid claims of insufficient transparency and politicization concerns.
US news
fromwww.npr.org
10 months ago

Medical groups are concerned that RFK Jr. may dismiss a panel of primary care experts

Potential dismissal of USPSTF members by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. raises concerns among medical professionals.
US politics
fromABC7 Los Angeles
10 months ago

RFK Jr. plans to oust 'woke' advisory panel on cancer screenings, preventive health: Sources

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to remove all members of the United States Preventive Services Task Force due to views on their recommendations.
fromArs Technica
10 months ago

RFK Jr. may be about to demolish preventive health panel, health groups fear

"This is very worrying, because if past is prologue, it may suggest that they are preparing to eliminate or emasculate the committee," Peter Lurie, executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, told The New York Times.
Public health
Public health
fromArs Technica
11 months ago

SCOTUS upholds part of ACA that makes preventive care fully covered

The Supreme Court upheld the authority of the health secretary over the USPSTF, ensuring preventive health recommendations remain protected under the ACA.
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