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By Andrew Goudsward and Nate Raymond WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Justice Department official Emil Bove denied advising President Donald Trump’s administration to defy court orders as he faced Democratic criticism on Wednesday over his nomination by Trump to serve on a federal appeals court. Bove at a Senate committee hearing disputed claims by a former Justice …

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By Daniel Wiessner and Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Republican President Donald Trump’s administration from eliminating union bargaining for hundreds of thousands of federal workers at 21 agencies. U.S. District Judge James Donato in San Francisco agreed with the American Federation of Government Employees and other unions that Trump’s March 27 …

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(Reuters) -The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee is set to meet for the first time since Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired the entire panel and named eight new members, half of whom have advocated against vaccines. The meeting, scheduled for June 25-26, will review existing data and vote on …

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By Mariam Sunny and Jennifer Rigby (Reuters) -The U.S. will no longer contribute funding to Gavi, a global alliance that helps buy vaccines for the world’s poorest children, because it ignores safety, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Wednesday, without providing evidence. In a video statement seen by Reuters and shown at a …

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By Chad Terhune LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Nearly two-thirds of patients who started on weight-loss drugs Wegovy or Zepbound last year were still taking them a year later, according to an analysis of U.S. pharmacy claims. That level of persistence is higher than what prior analyses have shown, suggesting that more patients might be staying on …

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(Reuters) -A newly appointed panel of vaccine advisers by U.S. Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. is now down to seven after a member withdrew ahead of the committee’s first meeting, a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said on Tuesday. Earlier in June, Kennedy had named eight members to serve on …

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(Corrects Alan Cohen’s title to chief product officer from chief project officer in paragraph 14) By Amina Niasse and Julie Steenhuysen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Health insurers are considering new expert sources to help determine which vaccines to pay for as anti-vaccine activist and now U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. begins to revise government …

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By Julia Harte (Reuters) -From her corner of the United States near Houston, Texas, stay-at-home mother Loretta Torres, 38, admires President Donald Trump’s confidence and bargaining style. She has no complaints with his presidency. In Des Moines, Iowa, Lou Nunez, an 83-year-old U.S. Army veteran, has been horrified by Trump’s cuts to federal agencies, whipsaw tariff …

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