After decades of investing in life science breakthroughs, from biotech platforms to diagnostic innovations, I’ve seen what’s possible when bold ideas meet real backing. I’ve also seen what happens when bureaucracy gets in the way. Nearly $52 billion flows through the National Institutes of Health each year — taxpayer money entrusted to one of the world’s most important engines of biomedical progress. It begs a tough question: Is the NIH delivering what it promises? In my opinion, not yet.
Discovery today moves faster than ever, but the NIH struggles to keep pace — not from lack of talent or mission, but because of outdated systems, fragmented structure, and a risk-averse culture. This isn’t a partisan issue. It’s not about dismantling anything. It’s about upgrading an essential institution to work the way science works: fast, open, collaborative, and accountable. Under Dr. Jay Bhattacharya’s leadership, with his courage and clear-eyed vision, we’re closer than ever to meaningful reform.
The NIH’s 27 institutes and centers often function in isolation, duplicating work and missing chances to collaborate. In 2024, $9 billion went to indirect costs like admin overhead — paperwork, not pipettes or Petri dishes. Rep. Cathy McMorris proposed streamlining to 15 centers, a plan that ought to be seriously considered. Merging overlapping fields, say, translational medicine and biomedical imaging, would sharpen focus and accelerate progress. It would help the NIH act like a modern, integrated organization, not a loose confederation of silos. Let scientists spend their time in the lab, not in grant-cycle purgatory.
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Public funding comes with public accountability, and the NIH has work to do. Concerns over inadequate responses to research misconduct, opaque grant reviews, and questionable international ties — like those linked to risky pathogen studies — damage credibility and slow progress. What’s needed isn’t punishment but clarity. Reforms to tighten oversight, simplify peer review, and flag repeat issues will protect the science and the people behind it. The American public is generous in funding medical research. It’s time to be just as generous with the truth.
In my years as a venture capitalist, I’ve learned that real innovation comes from unexpected places — outsiders, first-time founders, scientists chasing questions no one else asks. But the NIH’s grant system favors the safe route, funding incremental research while visionary proposals, like a novel approach to Alzheimer’s, get passed over. Put more generalists and cross-disciplinary thinkers on peer review panels. Train reviewers to recognize high-risk/high-reward ideas. Carve out funding for newcomers applying for the first time. We can’t solve 21st-century problems if we’re afraid to back 21st-century thinkers.
The scientific landscape has changed — AI decodes protein structures, organ-on-chip tech replaces animal testing, wearables guide patient care. Yet the NIH uses tools and timelines built for another era. The new public access policy, requiring funded studies to be shared freely, is a good start. But modernizing how we evaluate, fund, and share research is overdue. AI-driven grant reviews and real-time data platforms could match the global pace of discovery. If we want to compete with China and Europe, we need to move faster.
Despite its massive budget, the NIH sends disproportionate funding to elite institutions. In 2023, half of all grants went to just 10 states. Great science can come from a fresh PhD in Idaho or a tenured lab in Iowa, but without grant caps, geographic diversity, and fair review standards, those ideas never get a shot. America doesn’t have a monopoly on good ideas. Let’s stop acting like it does.
Are all reform proposals perfect? No. They’ll need input from scientists, policymakers, and patients who count on the results. Ignoring the problem, though, is reckless. This isn’t about tearing down the NIH; it’s about retooling it for today’s challenges. I came to this country believing in what it stood for. I’ve backed companies that pushed the limits of healthcare. I believe American science is the best in the world, but it needs a system that doesn’t hold it back. Let’s build an NIH that earns trust, funds bold ideas, and turns the best thinking into real-world cures. It’s time we let science lead. 
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Guy Paul Nohra is co-founder of Alta Partners, a leading Venture Capital firm in life sciences, funding over 150 companies in the healthcare/life sciences sector since 1996 through eight Venture Capital funds.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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It&#8217;s time to talk about the biggest conspiracy and cover-up in modern American history.
No, I&#8217;m not talking about Jeffrey Epstein.
I am talking about the cover-up that was right in front of us that actually does go all the way to the top.
That cover-up, of course, involves the fact that the president of the United States was mentally deficient for several years and that someone else — we don&#8217;t know who — was actually running the country. 
The smoking gun to that effect was presented on Wednesday in front of Congress. Doctor Kevin O&#8217;Connor, who was former President Joe Biden&#8217;s White House physician, constantly invoked his rights under the Fifth Amendment and physician-patient privilege before the <a href="https://x.com/gopoversight/status/1943063181490032905?s=46">House Oversight Committee</a>.
That is insane.
O’Connor was asked about what he knew and when he knew it about Joe Biden&#8217;s health condition, and he pled the Fifth. He was asked if he was ever told to lie about the president&#8217;s health, whether Biden as president was unfit to execute his duties as president, and he consistently invoked physician-patient privilege and the Fifth Amendment.
Exasperated, one GOP rep asked, “Doctor O&#8217;Connor, is it your intention to decline to answer all questions put to you today by the Committee on the basis of the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination?”
O’Connor again stated, “On the advice of counsel, I must respectfully decline to answer based upon the physician-patient privilege and in reliance on my right and the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution.”
Okay, this is insane.
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He was claiming, based on two different things, that he would not testify. One, of course, is physician-patient privilege, the idea that you are supposed to keep secret health information that you and your doctor exchange. The doctor is not supposed to talk publicly about that.
But physician-patient privilege should probably not extend to public statements that you make about the health of the president of the United States because you&#8217;re violating patient privilege by even saying that much. If you make a statement that the president is healthy and the president has the following conditions, that&#8217;s a violation of physician-patient privilege.
In any other context, if your doctor went to a bar today and started talking about your specific health issues, even if he said you&#8217;re totally healthy and fine, that would be a violation of physician-patient privilege.
But that&#8217;s exactly what Kevin O&#8217;Connor did. He put out public statements about the health of the president of the United States. Thus, asking him about that should not be an issue.
As far as the Fifth Amendment, which protects against self-incrimination, he was saying that if he spoke, he could find himself in danger of a perjury trap or in danger of committing a crime, which is absolutely astonishing.
Remember, the original question here was, “Were you instructed to lie about the president&#8217;s health at any point?”
That is not a question about the president&#8217;s health. That&#8217;s a question about the lies surrounding the president&#8217;s health. So if he says yes, he might have committed a crime when he told the American people something false or told Congress something false.
We have an explicit amendment to the Constitution that is designed to oust people who are mentally incompetent from this office, which means all members of the Biden cabinet were complicit in the cover-up of his health condition. All Biden cabinet members were complicit in the reality that the president of the United States was not actually the president of the United States. That&#8217;s a scandal. That&#8217;s a cover-up, and requires a much deeper investigation.
It was all out in public view. There was tremendous evidence for it. Yet in 2024, O’Connor said Biden’s mental cognition was “excellent.”
Congress can easily solve this problem. All they have to do is grant him immunity, because then the Fifth Amendment concern goes away. If they say, “Anything you testify on today cannot be used as the basis for your future prosecution,” he can no longer claim the Fifth Amendment because the Fifth Amendment only applies in arenas where you could theoretically be prosecuted for the things that you are saying.
There are also other ways around this. According to the Congressional Research Service, “Under federal statute, when a witness asserts the privilege, the full House or the committee conducting the investigation may seek a court order that 1) directs the witness to testify and 2) grant the witness immunity against the use of his or her testimony.”
So that is presumably the next step.
We already know there was a cover-up. The only question is, who told O&#8217;Connor to cover up the health condition?
Was it Jill? Was it Joe who did that? Also, why was everybody else in the White House complicit in this cover-up? And who the hell was the president of the United States for multiple years?
The American people were lied to. Anybody who was involved in the Joe Biden cabinet that refused to make a move to invoke the 25th Amendment to oust him as president of the United States for mental incompetence needs to be effectively barred from politics forever.
Anyone who&#8217;s a cabinet secretary who rose to that level — the Pete Buttigiegs of the world, for example — needs to be held accountable for not having tried to invoke the 25th amendment, because the American people were robbed of having a president of the United States that they actually elected.
The fact that O’Connor is taking the Fifth Amendment is demonstrative of the lengths to which people surrounding the president will go to maintain their hold on proximity to power.
They shouldn’t get away with it.

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Tallulah Willis fired back after fans criticized her decision to post photos of her father, retired actor Bruce Willis, as he battles frontotemporal dementia (FTD).
Tallulah, the youngest of the three daughters the &#8220;Die Hard&#8221; actor shares with actress ex-wife Demi Moore, shared a series of photos via Instagram — several of which included her father — as they shared a &#8220;Sunday Funday&#8221; with family.
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Responding to Willis&#8217; photos — which she captioned, &#8220;Sunday funday at Grams ! Grateful&#8221; — one fan suggested that perhaps she should not share photos of her father as he continues to struggle with his health.
&#8220;I don’t think you should expose your dad to the public! He is vulnerable! And some things should be kept private! You don’t have his permission to post it!&#8221; the comment read.
&#8220;Hi. I hear that. As a family we use our discretion when posting. Today was a great day filled with smiles,&#8221; Tallulah responded to the comment directly. &#8220;I made the judgment call to show that to the world, because I know what he means to everyone.&#8221;
The majority of the comments were positive, however, and many shared personal stories of their own loved ones who had suffered from dementia or other similar conditions. Most defended Willis in her decision to celebrate and share the good moments whenever they came, saying that it was clear from the photos that he was surrounded by family and well-loved.
The beloved action star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bruce-willis-reveals-diagnosis-that-is-taking-him-out-of-the-hollywood-game">left Hollywood</a> abruptly in 2022, publicly sharing a diagnosis of aphasia. Several months later, his family revealed that he&#8217; been diagnosed with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-bruce-willis-diagnosed-with-frontotemporal-dementia">frontotemporal dementia</a>.
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&#8220;FTD is a cruel disease that many of us have never heard of and can strike anyone,” the family&#8217;s statement read. &#8220;For people under 60, FTD is the most common form of dementia, and because getting the diagnosis can take years, FTD is likely much more prevalent than we know. Today there are no treatments for the disease, a reality that we hope can change in the years ahead. As Bruce’s condition advances, we hope that any media attention can be focused on shining a light on this disease that needs far more awareness and research.&#8221;

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A bill stripping free healthcare for illegal immigrants in Minnesota was signed into law this week, days after Minnesota House Democrat leader Melissa Hortman was assassinated in what law enforcement says was an act of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/read-the-hit-list-found-in-minnesota-gunmans-vehicle?author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=4&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Read+The+‘Hit+List’+Found+In+Minnesota+Gunman’s+Vehicle">political violence</a>.
Hortman was the lone House Democrat to vote for the bill. She gave a tearful explanation to reporters following the vote, Sahan Journal reported. “I’ll continue to have health insurance, so I’m fine,” she <a href="https://sahanjournal.com/news-partners/minnesota-legislature-special-session-2025-budget/?utm_source=chatgpt.com">said</a>. “What I worry about is the people who will lose their health insurance. I know that people will be hurt by that vote.”
A number of bills were passed concerning the state&#8217;s budget, all of which were bipartisan. “Minnesotans expect that when Democrats and Republicans are elected to co-govern in the state Legislature that we would compromise and get things done and fund their state government,” Hortman <a href="https://sahanjournal.com/news-partners/minnesota-legislature-special-session-2025-budget/?utm_source=chatgpt.com">commented</a>. “And that’s exactly what we did.”
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🚨Melissa Hortman sounded fearful after voting to repeal healthcare for illegal aliens
Almost as if she knew that her base would become unhinged
She and her husband were tragically shot and killed. A targeted attack, per Gov. Walz.
Was her vote the motive? <a href="https://t.co/ebQjP5y5lm">pic.twitter.com/ebQjP5y5lm</a>
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&#8220;I signed the final bills Melissa Hortman shepherded through the most narrowly divided legislature in the county. All of them bipartisan,&#8221; Democrat Gov. Tim Walz posted on X on Tuesday. &#8220;We debated, we found common ground, and we compromised. That’s how democracy should function.&#8221;
Minnesota-based reporter Dustin Grage said the bills ushered in by Hortman include the &#8220;largest tax cut in state history&#8221; and &#8220;no new taxes,&#8221; in addition to the rolling back of free health care for illegals.
&#8220;This was only possible because of Democrat Leader Melissa Hortman,&#8221; Grage said. &#8220;We disagreed on just about every issue—but she was the only House Democrat willing to meet in the middle and deliver real results for Minnesotans.&#8221;
&#8220;It’s heartbreaking that she’s gone,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Her leadership in this moment will not be forgotten, and her legacy will live on long after all of us.&#8221;
&#8220;Life is fragile. Hold your loved ones close,&#8221; Grage added. &#8220;Political violence is never acceptable. Pray for peace.&#8221;
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Last night, Minnesota officially signed into law:
• The largest tax cut in state history 
• No new taxes 
• Repeal of free healthcare for illegal immigrants
This was only possible because of Democrat Leader Melissa Hortman.
We disagreed on just about every issue—but she was… <a href="https://t.co/w8gl0va87i">pic.twitter.com/w8gl0va87i</a>
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Hortman and her husband were shot to death in their homes on Saturday morning. The suspect, Vance Boelter, allegedly impersonated a police officer to gain access to Hortman. He is also accused of shooting and wounding Democrat state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette.
Law enforcement has indicated that Boelter had a potential “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/read-the-hit-list-found-in-minnesota-gunmans-vehicle?author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=4&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Read+The+‘Hit+List’+Found+In+Minnesota+Gunman’s+Vehicle">hit list</a>” with additional lawmakers&#8217; names in his vehicle.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/read-the-hit-list-found-in-minnesota-gunmans-vehicle?author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=4&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Read+The+‘Hit+List’+Found+In+Minnesota+Gunman’s+Vehicle">Read The ‘Hit List’ Found In Minnesota Gunman’s Vehicle</a>

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was rushed to a hospital on Tuesday after suffering an allergic reaction, a department spokeswoman said.
“Secretary Noem had an allergic reaction today. She was transported to the hospital out of an abundance of caution. She is alert and recovering,” Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin told <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/17/politics/kristi-noem-hostpital">CNN</a>.
Noem is being treated at a hospital in Washington, D.C., where she was rushed by ambulance Tuesday afternoon. It is unclear what triggered Noem’s reaction.
Noem was one of President Donald Trump’s first nominees, being appointed just days after the president took office in January. Since then, Noem has been one of the chief apologists for Trump’s immigration and deportation agenda to the public, as well as responsible for its implementation.
Immigration has been Trump’s key issue since he first ran for office in 2016, and his handling of it is currently his strongest issue with Americans. According to the results of an <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/poll-americans-disapprove-trumps-performance-republicans-manage-splits-rcna212585?taid=684f0a494f8e5800013ab5b8&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter">NBC News Decision Desk</a> poll released on Sunday, Americans view Trump’s handling of border security and immigration 51% positively to 49% negatively.
Trump’s immigration agenda has proven the most popular among immigrants to the United States. CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/legal-immigrants-have-swung-40-points-right-on-immigration-favor-gop-polling-expert">said</a> last week that immigrant voters in the United States have swung more toward Trump on immigration than any other demographic.
“Foreign-born voters have gone tremendously to the right on this issue in 2024 and 2025 versus where they were in 2020,” said Enten. “You go back to 2020, Democrats, get this, held a 32-point lead on this issue. Immigrant voters were in the Democratic camp. Jump forward to 2024, 2025. Look at that shift. A 40-point shift to the Right among immigrant voters.”
“Republicans now lead on this issue by eight points over Democrats, more so than any other group that I could find,” he added.

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Food giant Kraft Heinz announced on Tuesday that it will remove all artificial dyes from its foods and beverages by the end of 2027, following pressure from Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Kraft Heinz said effectively immediately, no new products will contain such dyes, and all products for U.S. consumers will be synthetic dye-free in a couple years.
&#8220;The vast majority of our products use natural or no colors, and we’ve been on a journey to reduce our use of FD&amp;C colors across the remainder of our portfolio,&#8221; Kraft Heinz&#8217;s president of North America operations Pedro Navio <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/kraft-heinz-removing-all-artificial-dyes-from-us-products-end-2027">said</a> in a statement.
About 10% of Kraft Heinz products still contain artificial dyes, according to the company. Flagship products like Heinz Ketchup never had synthetic dyes, and artificial dyes were removed from the ever-popular Mac &amp; Cheese about a decade ago.
The shakeup will mostly affect products from some Kraft Heinz brands, including Crystal Light, Kool-Aid, and Jell-O brands.
Kennedy applauded the move on X, writing, &#8220;Just months after [HHS] and the [FDA] announced it will phase out petroleum-based synthetic dyes from the nation’s food supply, [Kraft Heinz] has committed to remove all artificial dyes from its foods by the end of 2027.&#8221;
&#8220;This voluntary step—phasing out harmful dyes in brands like Kool-Aid, Jell‑O, and Crystal Light—proves that when the government sets clear, science-based standards, the food industry listens and acts,&#8221; RFK added. &#8220;I urge more companies to follow this lead and put the well-being of American families first. Together, we will Make America Healthy Again.&#8221;
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Just months after <a href="https://twitter.com/HHSGov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HHSgov</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/US_FDA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@US_FDA</a> announced it will phase out petroleum-based synthetic dyes from the nation’s food supply, <a href="https://twitter.com/KraftHeinzCo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KraftHeinzCo</a> has committed to remove all artificial dyes from its foods by the end of 2027.
This voluntary step—phasing out harmful dyes in brands… <a href="https://t.co/SxRNh76QJB">pic.twitter.com/SxRNh76QJB</a>
— Secretary Kennedy (@SecKennedy) <a href="https://twitter.com/SecKennedy/status/1935011928403071168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2025</a></blockquote>
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/major-food-companies-accelerate-maha-changes-to-recipes">Major food brands</a> have been adjusting their recipes to nix artificial dyes and preservatives since Kennedy was sworn in as HHS secretary. The momentum to implement &#8220;Make America Healthy Again&#8221; changes only hastened after RFK announced in April that he&#8217;s working with businesses to phase out all petroleum-based food dyes.
In May, for example, the CEOs of both PepsiCo and Tyson Foods said they&#8217;ll be ahead of schedule on ridding their products of such dyes. Ramon Laguarta, the head of PepsiCo, for example, said brands like Lay’s and Tostitos will be rid of artificial colors by the end of 2025.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/major-food-companies-accelerate-maha-changes-to-recipes">Major Food Companies Accelerate MAHA Changes To Recipes</a>

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Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has named eight people to serve on the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP), <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rfk-jr-guts-cdc-vaccine-panel-retiring-all-17-members?author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=RFK+Jr.+Guts+CDC+Vaccine+Panel%2C+‘Retiring’+All+17+Members" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a highly influential vaccine panel he gutted</a> earlier in the week. 
The new members include Dr. Robert Malone, who worked on early research for mRNA vaccine technology and is a vocal critic of the mRNA COVID vaccines, as well as other medical experts who took dissenting positions from the medical establishment during the COVID pandemic.
Kennedy announced on X Wednesday evening that the eight new members are &#8220;highly credentialed scientists, leading public-health experts, and some of America’s most accomplished physicians.&#8221;
&#8220;All of these individuals are committed to evidence-based medicine, gold-standard science, and common sense,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They have each committed to demanding definitive safety and efficacy data before making any new vaccine recommendations.&#8221;
In addition to Malone, who&#8217;s the most well-known, the other members include Dr. Joseph R. Hibbeln, Martin Kulldorff, Retsef Levi, Dr. Cody Meissner, Dr. Michael A. Ross, Dr. James Pagano, and Vicky Pebsworth.
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On Monday, I took a major step towards restoring public trust in vaccines by reconstituting the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP). I retired the 17 current members of the committee. I’m now repopulating ACIP with the eight new members who will attend ACIP’s…
— Secretary Kennedy (@SecKennedy) <a href="https://twitter.com/SecKennedy/status/1932899858920120692?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
Kennedy noted Malone&#8217;s work on mRNA vaccine technology, specifically his &#8220;foundational research in the late 1980s on lipid-mediated mRNA delivery, which laid the groundwork for later developments in mRNA-based therapeutics.&#8221;
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Thank you for the honor of serving my country in this way, <a href="https://twitter.com/SecKennedy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecKennedy</a>. I will do my best to serve with unbiased objectivity and rigor. <a href="https://t.co/mO0a3eGcjb">https://t.co/mO0a3eGcjb</a>
— Robert W Malone, MD (@RWMaloneMD) <a href="https://twitter.com/RWMaloneMD/status/1932901388360847477?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
Dr. Martin Kulldorff, another panelist, is an epidemiologist who co-authored the pandemic-era Great Barrington Declaration, which criticizes lockdown restrictions, CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-cdc-vaccine-advisory-panel-names/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-cdc-vaccine-advisory-panel-names/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a>. Additionally, Dr. Cody Meissner opposed COVID vaccine requirements for children and spoke out against masking them.
Kennedy said the new eight members will attend a scheduled ACIP meeting on June 25, which is set to discuss the COVID vaccine.
Explaining his reasoning for gutting the panel on Monday, Kennedy wrote in the Wall Street Journal that ACIP had lost the trust of the American people, effectively becoming a &#8220;rubber-stamp&#8221; for all vaccines while ignoring safety concerns and conflict of interest rules. 
RFK Jr. wrote that ACIP has “never recommended against a vaccine—even those which were later withdrawn for safety reasons,&#8221; adding that the panel “failed to scrutinize vaccine products given to babies and pregnant women.” 
ACIP is highly influential. The panel meets a few times a year and makes recommendations to the CDC, thereby basically setting the childhood vaccine schedule and other vaccine-related recommendations, like flu shots and COVID vaccines. ACIP also heavily influences which vaccines are covered by both public and private insurance.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rfk-jr-guts-cdc-vaccine-panel-retiring-all-17-members?author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=RFK+Jr.+Guts+CDC+Vaccine+Panel%2C+‘Retiring’+All+17+Members" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RFK Jr. Guts CDC Vaccine Panel, ‘Retiring’ All 17 Members</a>

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Arkansas has moved forward with banning the purchases of candy and soda with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly referred to as food stamps.
Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders was one of the first governors in the nation to submit a waiver to the federal government, asking for approval to limit SNAP. This week, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins approved the waiver.
“This approval sends a clear message: President Trump and his administration are tackling America’s chronic disease epidemic, and Arkansas stands with him in that fight,” Sanders said of the approval, as first <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/06/10/exclusive-arkansas-bans-junk-food-food-stamps/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> by The Daily Signal.
“I am incredibly grateful for Secretary Rollins’ quick approval of our waiver. Arkansas leads the nation in getting unhealthy, ultra-processed foods off food stamps and helping our most vulnerable citizens lead healthier lives,” she added.
Rollins has previously said she&#8217;s working closely with Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to advance the &#8220;Make America Healthy Again&#8221; movement. Kennedy, the figurehead of the MAHA movement, has called sugar &#8220;poison,&#8221; led the phasing out of petroleum-based food dyes, and encouraged states to limit SNAP.
Nebraska, another red state, has also been approved by the federal government to limit SNAP purchases to healthier options.
The Daily Wire spoke to Sanders earlier this month about Arkansas becoming a leading state in the MAHA movement. On SNAP limitations, Sanders said it only makes sense.
“It&#8217;s crazy to think that you can use food stamps to purchase soft drinks and candy, but not a hot rotisserie chicken,&#8221; she told The Daily Wire in a video interview. &#8220;The very definition of SNAP, if you look at the second word, it&#8217;s &#8216;nutrition.'&#8221; 
&#8220;There&#8217;s nothing nutritional about candy bars and Cokes,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;So making sure that we are actually helping the people who really need it, and help incentivize healthier choices is something we have to do.&#8221;
&#8220;The food stamp program is a $119 billion federally run program, but about $27 billion of that are spent on candy, soft drinks, and unhealthy desserts and snacks,&#8221; Sanders said. &#8220;So we are literally helping fund the epidemic crisis that we have going on of unhealthy lifestyles in our country, when we&#8217;re supposed to be helping these recipients of the food SNAP program.&#8221; 
&#8220;We can and we have to do a better job,&#8221; the Republican added. &#8220;I&#8217;m proud of the fact that Arkansas is again leading the way.&#8221; 
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sarah-sanders-wont-back-down-after-cvs-threatens-to-leave-arkansas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sarah Sanders Won’t Back Down After CVS Threatens To Leave Arkansas</a>

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Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Monday that he’s gutting the panel that advises on vaccination safety and efficacy, arguing that it’s another step toward restoring public trust.
Kennedy, whose department has already made <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cdc-stops-pushing-covid-shots-for-healthy-pregnant-women-children-common-sense">several moves</a> to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hhs-investing-500-million-to-develop-universal-vaccines?author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=HHS+Investing+%24500+Million+To+Develop+Universal+Vaccines">shake up</a> vaccination research and recommendations, said he’s “retiring” all 17 members of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices, known as ACIP.
“Today, we are taking a bold step in restoring public trust by totally reconstituting the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP),” RFK <a href="https://www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-jr-hhs-moves-to-restore-public-trust-in-vaccines-45495112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal. “We are retiring the 17 current members of the committee, some of whom were last-minute appointees of the Biden administration.”
Kennedy said he had to remove these panel members or the Trump administration wouldn&#8217;t be able to appoint a majority of new members until 2028.
RFK Jr. suggested the panel effectively works as a rubber-stamp and is plagued with conflicts of interest.
ACIP, he highlighted, has never recommended against a vaccination it’s been asked to advise on, even vaccines that were later withdrawn for safety reasons. “It has failed to scrutinize vaccine products given to babies and pregnant women,” he wrote.
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“To make matters worse, the groups that inform ACIP meet behind closed doors, violating the legal and ethical principle of transparency crucial to maintaining public trust,” RFK said.
Kennedy cited a 2000 investigation that found enforcement of ACIP conflict-of-interest rules were “weak to nonexistent.”
“Committee members regularly participated in deliberations and advocated products in which they had a financial stake,” he wrote. “The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) issued conflict-of-interest waivers to every committee member.”
Citing a 2009 HHS inspector general report, Kennedy added that not all committee members completed full conflict-of-interest forms, and of the ones who did, it was found that 97% of the forms had omissions. Additionally, the CDC – which is the agency ACIP passes along its recommendations to – “took no significant action to remedy the omissions.”
“The public must know that unbiased science guides the recommendations from our health agencies,” Kennedy said. “This will ensure the American people receive the safest vaccines possible.&#8221;
As previously reported by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hhs-investing-500-million-to-develop-universal-vaccines?author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=HHS+Investing+%24500+Million+To+Develop+Universal+Vaccines" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire</a>, HHS, under Kennedy&#8217;s leadership, is investing half a billion dollars into a project that seeks to develop universal vaccinations for numerous viruses, called &#8220;Generation Gold Standard.&#8221;
Moreover, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kennedys-cdc-to-reportedly-study-potential-link-between-vaccines-and-autism?author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Kennedy’s+CDC+To+Reportedly+Study+Potential+Link+Between+Vaccines+And+Autism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CDC is studying the sharp rise in autism rates</a>, which reportedly includes research on whether there&#8217;s any link between vaccinations and the rise in autism.
And, last month, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cdc-stops-pushing-covid-shots-for-healthy-pregnant-women-children-common-sense">CDC rescinded guidance</a> that pregnant women and children should receive a vaccine against COVID. “I couldn’t be more pleased to announce that, as of today, the COVID vaccine for healthy children and healthy pregnant women has been removed from the CDC recommended immunization schedule,” RFK said at the time.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cdc-stops-pushing-covid-shots-for-healthy-pregnant-women-children-common-sense" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CDC Stops Pushing COVID Shots For Healthy Pregnant Women, Children: ‘Common Sense’</a>

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President Donald Trump ordered on Wednesday an investigation into whether aides improperly used autopen for executive actions in an effort to conceal former President Joe Biden&#8217;s health issues while in office.
In a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/06/reviewing-certain-presidential-actions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">memo</a>, Trump tasked the Counsel to the President with determining if &#8220;certain individuals conspired to deceive the public about Biden&#8217;s mental state and unconstitutionally exercise the authorities and responsibilities of the President.&#8221; Trump noted the U.S. Attorney General, Pam Bondi, and other relevant agency heads would provide consultation.
&#8220;Given clear indications that President Biden lacked the capacity to exercise his Presidential authority, if his advisors secretly used the mechanical signature pen to conceal this incapacity, while taking radical executive actions all in his name, that would constitute an unconstitutional wielding of the power of the Presidency, a circumstance that would have implications for the legality and validity of numerous executive actions undertaken in Biden&#8217;s name,&#8221; Trump said.
A president is allowed to use a machine to sign off on various documents. However, the Heritage Foundation&#8217;s Oversight Project examined records with Biden&#8217;s signature over the course of his presidency and found many important documents featuring autopen signatures, including his 11th-hour <a href="https://x.com/ItsYourGov/status/1899520975156216146" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pardons</a> for Dr. Anthony Fauci, General Mark Milley, January 6 Committee members, and certain Biden family members.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump went as far as to <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@Hua341/posts/114451007070972131" target="_blank" rel="noopener">insist</a> Biden&#8217;s pardons using autopen were &#8220;VOID, VACANT, AND OF NO FURTHER FORCE OR EFFECT.&#8221; He also said members of the &#8220;Unselect Committee&#8221; should &#8220;fully understand that they are subject to investigation at the highest level.&#8221;
Other presidential signatures on documents, such as the pardon for Hunter Biden and the president&#8217;s announcement that he was dropping out of the 2024 presidential race after a fumbling debate performance against Trump, appear to have been done by hand, the Oversight Project <a href="https://oversight.heritage.org/Autopen_Memorandum_(Final).pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">determined</a>.
In a <a href="https://x.com/mviser/status/1930449726538670156" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>, Biden pushed back on the notion that he did not dictate his executive actions. “Let me be clear: I made the decisions during my presidency. I made the decisions about the pardons, executive orders, legislation, and proclamations. Any suggestion that I didn’t is ridiculous and false,&#8221; the 46th president said.
Republicans in Congress have been skeptical, looking into any efforts to cover up Biden&#8217;s condition and the potential unauthorized use of autopen. House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) has <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/release/chairman-comer-demands-testimony-from-bidens-doctor-former-white-house-aides-on-cover-up-of-mental-decline/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">demanded</a> testimony from various former White House aides and, on Wednesday night, announced he would be <a href="https://x.com/RepJamesComer/status/1930413180200652905" target="_blank" rel="noopener">subpoenaing</a> Biden&#8217;s doctor.
The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-is-impersonation-of-the-president-expert-lays-out-the-stakes-of-bidens-autopen-controversy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> Daniel Turner, founder of Power The Future, testified to Congress on Wednesday that White House staff may have used an autopen of Biden’s signature in a &#8220;deceit of the American people&#8221; in which orders were signed with &#8220;no evidence of Joe Biden in first person, in his voice as president talking about them.&#8221;
A new book from CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios reporter Alex Thompson, &#8220;Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again,&#8221; as well as the recent disclosure that Biden is fighting an &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-biden-diagnosed-with-aggressive-form-of-prostate-cancer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">aggressive form</a>&#8221; of prostate cancer and the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/audio-of-bidens-special-counsel-interview-is-out-and-its-painful-to-listen-to" target="_blank" rel="noopener">audio</a> of former special counsel Robert Hur’s interview with him fueled scrutiny.
While at a public event in Delaware last week, former President Biden issued a defiant response when confronted about the controversy over his mental and physical health while in office. “You can see that I’m mentally incompetent and I can’t walk, and I can beat the hell out of both of them,” he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-says-he-can-beat-the-hell-outta-jake-tapper-jokes-hes-mentally-incompetent" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, apparently referencing Tapper and Thompson.

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Arkansas Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is not backing down after pharmacy giant CVS has threatened to leave the state over a new state law targeting drug middlemen called pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs.
In an <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqAe_rGGNek">interview with The Daily Wire</a>, Sanders said she would not allow CVS, which owns one of the &#8220;Big Three&#8221; PBMs called Caremark, to &#8220;manipulate and control the market simply so that they keep a few stores in our state open.&#8221; 
“It shows where their priorities are,&#8221; the governor said over CVS&#8217;s response to the law. &#8220;They would rather own the PBM than keep their pharmacy open and provide care to the patients they claim to care about. I think it tells us everything that we need to know, that they care more about their bottom line.&#8221;
&#8220;Look, I&#8217;m all for private industry making money, but not on the backs of the people who really need access to care, really need access to some of these specialty drugs that they&#8217;re inflating the market on,&#8221; Sanders continued. 
The Republican told The Daily Wire that other pharmacies are willing to take CVS&#8217;s place if need be.
&#8220;We have a number of other pharmacies that I know will be happy to step up and take CVS’s place if they decide to take their ball and go home,&#8221; Sanders blasted. 
As highlighted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/every-cvs-pharmacy-in-red-state-might-close-after-crackdown-on-drug-middlemen" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire</a> last month, CVS said it might have to close all 23 of its pharmacies in Arkansas over the new policy. The company issued similar threats before Sanders signed the bill into law in April.
The law in question is a first-in-the-nation targeting of PBMs, and is set to go into effect in January 2026. It bans PBMs from holding permits for prescription drug sales in Arkansas.
PBMs are supposed to lower drug prices for Americans. They act as middlemen between drug manufacturers, insurance companies, and pharmacies, and negotiate prices. 
However, over the last decade, PBMs have consolidated, and now there are just three companies overseeing prescriptions for more than <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/21/business/prescription-drug-costs-pbm.html">270 million Americans</a>. They’ve been accused by both Republicans and Democrats of inflating prices for their own benefit and driving small pharmacies out of business. 
“What was happening is you have these pharmaceutical companies, they’re supposed to use PBMs to negotiate better drug prices between the insurance companies and the pharmacies,&#8221; Sanders explained. &#8220;But what was actually happening is the pharmacies were buying the PBMs and completely controlling and monopolizing the market. We call &#8217;em drug middlemen, because that’s exactly what they are.&#8221;
&#8220;They’re over-inflating prices and passing that inflation down to the consumer,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;You had three of the largest PBMs in the country controlling 80% of the pharmaceutical market – complete control allows them to charge more.” 
Sanders also stressed that this law in Arkansas is intended to help small pharmacies keep their doors open. PMBs reportedly pay lowball prices to small independent pharmacies, forcing many to close their doors. 
“We&#8217;re optimistic that prices will come down not only in our state, but also that our local pharmacies will be able to keep their doors open, which was another big priority for us, so that people in rural communities don&#8217;t lose that access to care,&#8221; Sanders said. 
In a statement sent to The Daily Wire on Wednesday, CVS called the law in question &#8220;harmful&#8221; and &#8220;unconstitutional.&#8221;
&#8220;We’ve filed a lawsuit to block Act 624, a harmful law that will shut down 23 CVS Pharmacy locations, eliminate hundreds of jobs, and drive-up costs for Arkansans,&#8221; the statement said. &#8220;This unconstitutional law puts local politics ahead of patients, restricting their access to life-saving medications and undermining fair competition.&#8221;
The company notes its PBM reimbursing small independent pharmacies in the state more than it does CVS pharmacies.
About a month after Sanders signed the Arkansas bill, President Donald Trump signed an executive order targeting PBMs. The EO encourages direct consumer purchases, cutting out PBMs, and mandates more pricing transparency. 
Sanders said momentum is building across the country to tackle this issue. 
&#8220;I think the big thing here is that this isn&#8217;t just going to be something that takes place in Arkansas,&#8221; she said. &#8220;You&#8217;re seeing Louisiana look at passing similar legislation, New York, Texas, other states all over the country. It&#8217;s not even a Republican or Democrat issue. This is something that I think a lot of governors, as well as this president, are recognizing and actually taking action on something that&#8217;s been needed for a long time.” 
Sanders said she&#8217;s optimistic that consumers will have more access to prescription drugs and lower prices soon after this law goes into effect in 2026. 
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This post has been updated to include comment from CVS. 
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/every-cvs-pharmacy-in-red-state-might-close-after-crackdown-on-drug-middlemen" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Every CVS Pharmacy In Red State Might Close After Crackdown On Drug Middlemen</a>

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FDA Commissioner Marty Makary has committed to reviewing the abortion pill&#8217;s safety, according to Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO).
Hawley posted a letter he received from Makary on social media, noting the FDA head promised to review the safety of mifepristone, the popular abortion drug.
&#8220;As the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, I am committed to conducting a review of mifepristone and working with the professional career scientists at the Agency who review this data,&#8221; Makary wrote in his letter to Hawley.
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FDA chief Marty Makary just committed to me to do a full review of the chemical abortion drug’s safety: “As Commissioner of Food and Drugs, I am committed to conducting a review of mifepristone” 👇 <a href="https://t.co/nMxUhE18UA">pic.twitter.com/nMxUhE18UA</a>
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&#8220;As with all drugs, FDA continues to closely monitor the postmarketing safety data on mifepristone for the medical termination of early pregnancy,&#8221; Makary wrote.
Makary also noted that mifepristone is currently enmeshed in legal battles.
&#8220;FDA generally does not comment on matters that are the subject of pending litigation and therefore is unable to provide further information on this topic at this time,&#8221; the FDA chief said.
&#8220;FDA is committed to safeguarding public health by ensuring the safety, efficacy, and quality of the products it regulates,&#8221; Makary wrote. &#8220;The Agency carefully evaluates the scientific data, leveraging rigorous science to make informed decisions.&#8221;
The two-pill chemical abortion regimen — mifepristone, usually followed by misoprostol — aims to end the life of the unborn baby and expel it from the woman’s uterus. However, the drugs sometimes fail to expel all the fetal tissue, which can cause life-threatening complications.
An <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/abortion-pill-22-times-more-dangerous-than-fda-claimed-new-study-says?author=Mairead+Elordi&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=7&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Abortion+Pill+22+Times+More+Dangerous+Than+FDA+Claimed%2C+New+Study+Says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">analysis</a> released in April found that more than one in 10 women experienced a “serious adverse event” after taking the mifepristone abortion pill in 2023. This can include hemorrhaging, needing a blood transfusion, an emergency room visit, and even deadly conditions like sepsis.
That is about 22 times higher than what the FDA listed on its label for the brand Mifeprex in 2023. The FDA <a href="https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2023/020687Orig1s025Lbl.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cited</a> clinical studies saying less than 0.5% of women suffered “serious adverse reactions” to mifepristone.
Meanwhile, more than one in 20 women need a second abortion attempt after the abortion pill fails, another analysis of insurance claim data <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/more-than-1-in-20-women-need-second-abortion-attempt-after-abortion-pill-fails?author=Mairead+Elordi&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=More+Than+1+in+20+Women+Need+Second+Abortion+Attempt+After+Abortion+Pill+Fails" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> this week showed.
Last month, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., head of the Department of Health and Human Services, told lawmakers he had requested the FDA do a “complete review” of the abortion pill in the wake of the new data.
“It’s alarming,” RFK Jr. told Hawley during a Senate committee hearing.
“Clearly, it indicates that at the very least the label should be changed,” he said. “I’ve asked Marty Makary, who’s the director of the FDA, to do a complete review and to report back.”
A few months before Roe v. Wade was overturned, the FDA scrapped the requirement that women must obtain abortion pills in person from a healthcare provider, allowing them to get them online through the mail.

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