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Public health experts worry the flurry of steps by the Trump administration about vaccines is undermining public access and confidence in vaccines.

Federal agencies identified listeria contamination in some Boar’s Head deli meats last year. Since Trump’s cuts to federal agencies, experts worry inspectors can’t keep up with demand. Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images …

Oona Zenda, KFF Health News Earlier this year, as President Donald Trump was beginning to reshape the American government, Michael, an emergency room doctor who was born, raised, and trained …

The H5N1 bird flu virus has been raising fears across the country and has spread into dairy cattle. thianchai sitthikongsak/Moment RF/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption thianchai sitthikongsak/Moment RF/Getty Images …

NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. Peter Hotez, co-director of the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, about the CDC’s new guidelines on COVID vaccines for kids and pregnant …

The CDC team responsible for aggregating and disseminating best practices around contraception has been cut. Liudmila Chernetska/iStockphoto/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Liudmila Chernetska/iStockphoto/Getty Images To most people, the eight-person …

Asbestos mining sickened generations of people in Libby, Montana. Now, a lawsuit has shut down a clinic set up to help them, even as others continue to be diagnosed.

Before fighting broke out over two years ago, Khartoum had nearly 100 public and private medical facilities. Today, not a single one remains operational. (Image credit: Faiz Abubakr for NPR)

Remember that big recall of deli meat last year? Food safety experts say its more likely to happen more often after job cuts to FDA, USDA and CDC.

The CDC is removing recommendations that children and pregnant people get the COVID vaccine. Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/Media News Group/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/Media News …