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\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\tJulie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News\u2019 weekly health policy news podcast, \u201cWhat the Health?\u201d A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the critically praised reference book \u201cHealth Care Politics and Policy A to Z,\u201d now in its third edition.\t\t<\/p>\n Two months into the new administration, federal workers and contractors remain off-balance as the Trump administration ramps up its efforts to cancel jobs and programs \u2014 even as federal judges declare many of those efforts illegal and\/or unconstitutional.<\/p>\n As it eliminates programs deemed duplicative or unnecessary, however, President Donald Trump\u2019s Department of Government Efficiency is also cutting programs and workers aligned with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\u2019s \u201cMake America Healthy Again\u201d agenda.<\/p>\n This week\u2019s panelists are Julie Rovner of KFF Health News, Jessie Hellmann of CQ Roll Call, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet, and Rachel Roubein of The Washington Post.<\/p>\n \tJessie Hellmann \t\t\t \t\t\t \tSarah Karlin-Smith \t\t\t \t\t\t \tRachel Roubein \t\t\t \t\t\t Among the takeaways from this week\u2019s episode:<\/p>\n Kennedy\u2019s comments this week about allowing bird flu to spread unchecked through farms provided another example of the new secretary of health and human services making claims that lack scientific support and could instead undermine public health.<\/p>\n The Trump administration is experiencing more pushback from the federal courts over its efforts to reduce and dismantle federal agencies, and federal workers who have been rehired under court orders report returning to uncertainty and instability within government agencies.<\/p>\n The second Trump administration is signaling it plans to dismantle HIV prevention programs in the United States, including efforts that the first Trump administration started. A Texas midwife is accused of performing illegal abortions. And a Trump appointee resigns after being targeted by a Republican senator.<\/p>\n Plus, for \u201cextra credit,\u201d the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week that they think you should read, too:<\/p>\n Julie Rovner:<\/strong> The Washington Post\u2019s \u201cThe Free-Living Bureaucrat<\/a>,\u201d by Michael Lewis.<\/p>\n Rachel Roubein:<\/strong> The Washington Post\u2019s \u201cHer Research Grant Mentioned \u2018Hesitancy.\u2019 Now Her Funding Is Gone.<\/a>\u201d by Carolyn Y. Johnson.<\/p>\n Sarah Karlin-Smith:<\/strong> KFF Health News\u2019 \u201cScientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants<\/a>,\u201d by Arthur Allen.<\/p>\n Jessie Hellmann:<\/strong> Stat\u2019s \u201cNIH Cancels Funding for a Landmark Diabetes Study at a Time of Focus on Chronic Disease<\/a>,\u201d by Elaine Chen.<\/p>\n Also mentioned in this week\u2019s podcast:<\/p>\n The Wall Street Journal\u2019s \u201cTrump Administration Weighing Major Cuts to Funding for Domestic HIV Prevention<\/a>,\u201d by Liz Essley White, Dominique Mosbergen, and Jonathan D. Rockoff.<\/p>\n The Washington Post\u2019s \u201cDisabled Americans Fear Losing Protections if States\u2019 Lawsuit Succeeds<\/a>,\u201d by Amanda Morris.<\/p>\n \tFrancis Ying \tEmmarie Huetteman To hear all our podcasts,\u00a0click here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n And subscribe to KFF Health News\u2019 \u201cWhat the Health?\u201d on\u00a0Spotify<\/a>,\u00a0Apple Podcasts<\/a>,\u00a0Pocket Casts<\/a>, or wherever you listen to podcasts.<\/em><\/p>\n KFF Health News<\/a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF\u2014an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about KFF<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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