The website in California where consumers can shop for and enroll in health insurance plans that comply with Obamacare sent users’ personal health information to LinkedIn.
Covered California, the state-run marketplace for Obamacare (the Affordable Care Act), had a website on which consumers were asked about whether they were blind, pregnant, or used a high number of prescription medications, CalMatters <a href="https://calmatters.org/health/2025/04/covered-california-linkedin-tracker/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>, adding, “Kelly Donohue, a spokesperson for the agency, confirmed that data was sent to LinkedIn as part of an advertising campaign. &#8230; Visitors who filled out health information on the site may have had their data tracked for more than a year, according to Donohue.”
Covered California sending data to a company such as LinkedIn is “concerning and invasive,” Sara Geoghegan, senior counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center, said, calling it  “wholly irrelevant” for LinkedIn to have the information. “People don’t expect that their health information will be collected and used in this way,” she added.
“LinkedIn is already facing multiple proposed class-action lawsuits related to the collection of medical information,” CalMatters noted. “In October, <a href="https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/lawsuits-accuse-linkedin-tracking-users-health-info-a-26668" target="_blank" rel="noopener">three new lawsuits in California courts alleged</a> that LinkedIn violated users’ privacy by collecting information on medical appointment sites, including for a fertility clinic.”
Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA), a former candidate for governor, wrote on X, “This is incredibly disturbing. California&#8217;s Obamacare website tracked users&#8217; personal health information – such as pregnancy and prescription drug use – and sent it to LinkedIn for a &#8216;marketing campaign.&#8217; We are asking Secretary Kennedy to investigate for HIPAA violations.”
“Covered California has identified that some sensitive data was inadvertently collected by the tags, including first names, the last four digits of Social Security numbers, and other sensitive health information like pregnancy status. To our knowledge, access to this data was limited to Covered California credentialed users for the limited purpose of managing Covered California’s account,” the agency <a href="https://www.coveredca.com/newsroom/news-releases/2025/04/28/statement-on-data-and-information-sharing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">acknowledged</a>.
“Covered California is now the largest state-based health insurance marketplace in the country,” the organization boasts on its <a href="https://www.coveredca.com/marketing-blog/what-is-covered-california/">website</a>. “Over the last decade, we’ve helped reduce the percentage of uninsured adults under the age of 65 from 19.4 percent to just 7.5 percent — well below the national average.”

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to direct food manufacturers to phase out eight petroleum-based food dyes from cereals, sports drinks, and other grocery staples by the end of 2026.
The directive, expected to be announced in full detail on Tuesday, affects hundreds of thousands of grocery store items containing eight petroleum-based dyes, which health experts have long criticized for potentially causing hyperactivity and other neurobehavioral problems in children, according to a New York Times report.
The eight dyes being targeted <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/dining/rfk-jr-food-dyes.html">include</a> Red No. 40, Yellow No. 5, Yellow No. 6, Blue No. 1, Blue No. 2, Green No. 3, Red No. 3, and Orange B, according to details provided by HHS officials to the Times.
Food industry experts estimate that the reformulation costs could reach into the billions, though many companies have already developed alternative formulations for their European and Canadian products.
FDA Commissioner Martin Makary signaled the move as being in line with President Trump&#8217;s &#8220;Make America Healthy Again&#8221; initiative, stating last week to the Times, “My feeling is, why gamble with the health of our children?”
“We have some data points. We have some observational studies. We believe that these artificial food chemicals are implicated,” he said. “My feeling is why not err on the side of safety? Why say, ‘Let’s just take the risk because the vibrance of the colors is so appealing, it’s worth it.’&#8221;
Health activist Vani Hari, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kraft-removing-artificial-dyes-preservatives-from-mac-cheese/">credited</a> for pressuring Kraft to remove artificial colors from its macaroni and cheese products in 2015, noted, &#8220;We never had a president ever talk about these issues in this way. You are watching an entire population who largely never knew about these issues hear about them for the first time.&#8221;
Products manufactured for European and Canadian markets already use natural color substitutes like blueberries and carrots instead of artificial dyes, while American versions of the same products contain Red No. 40, Yellow No. 5, and Blue No. 1.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton recently opened an investigation into Kellogg for marketing its products as &#8220;healthy&#8221; despite containing petroleum-based artificial food colorings that he claimed had been linked to hyperactivity and other health problems.
Some food manufacturers had previously pledged to eliminate artificial ingredients by 2018, promises that largely went unfulfilled. This history of unfulfilled commitments formed part of the basis for Texas Attorney General Paxton&#8217;s recent investigation into Kellogg.
The International Food Additives Council expressed support for a unified federal approach in a statement, saying, &#8220;A unified, federal approach is essential for maintaining a safe and reliable food supply.&#8221;
West Virginia took early action on the issue last month when it banned foods containing most artificial food dyes and two preservatives, citing potential health risks.
These state-level initiatives, coupled with consumer advocacy campaigns, have increasingly pressured major food manufacturers to reformulate products sold in the American market to match the stricter standards already in place abroad.
The initiative gained significant momentum in March when Kennedy summoned executives from major food companies, including PepsiCo, Kellogg, and General Mills, to a Washington meeting, where he made clear that eliminating food dyes was a top priority of the administration.

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Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced this past week that he&#8217;s commissioning a series of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rfk-says-we-know-environmental-toxins-are-causing-autism-epidemic?author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=3&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=RFK+Says+‘We+Know’+Environmental+Toxins+Are+Causing+Autism+Epidemic" target="_blank" rel="noopener">studies</a> to investigate potential environmental causes for autism, and underscored how the rate of autism, including severe autism, is continuing to increase.
Speaking specifically of severe cases of autism, RFK Jr. noted that some children may never grow up to play baseball or even use the bathroom by themselves.
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RFK JR: And these are kids who will never pay taxes, they&#8217;ll never hold a job, they&#8217;ll never play baseball, they&#8217;ll never write a poem. They&#8217;ll never go out on a date. Many of them will never use a toilet unassisted <a href="https://t.co/8T3hcYYn9O">pic.twitter.com/8T3hcYYn9O</a>
— Acyn (@Acyn) <a href="https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1912532475265576977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2025</a></blockquote>
Some Democrat politicians, like <a href="https://x.com/SenWarren/status/1912895256040726625" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sen. Elizabeth Warren</a> (MA) and Illinois <a href="https://x.com/GovPritzker/status/1913044914780144023" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gov. JB Pritzker</a>, criticized Kennedy for allegedly standing against people with autism. RFK, however, was met with support from family members of Americans who suffer from severe autism.
&#8220;I am not an RFK jr. fan but he just described children with what some would call &#8216;profound&#8217; or &#8216;severe&#8217; autism at a press conference and I have already seen so much pushback about how &#8216;their kid who has autism isn&#8217;t like that&#8217; and like&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.congratulations???? mine is,&#8221; one X user posted.
&#8220;For my daughter, autism is not a super power. It makes her life very difficult. She struggles to communicate her needs, it&#8217;s hard for her to participate in things with other children. I am not a conspiracy theorist, I am not anti vax, and &#8216;love on the spectrum&#8217; is not my life,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;Like on one side you have people telling you that your kid&#8217;s disability essentially isn&#8217;t that big of a deal and on another they&#8217;re saying, &#8216;We believe you.&#8217; Even if I disagree with their conclusions, they have empathy for me. For my child.&#8221;
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for my daughter, autism is not a super power. it makes her life very difficult. she struggles to communicate her needs, it&#8217;s hard for her to participate in things with other children.
i am not a conspiracy theorist, i am not anti vax, and &#8220;love on the spectrum&#8221; is not my life.
— emily may (@emilykmay) <a href="https://twitter.com/emilykmay/status/1912614950230515715?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2025</a></blockquote>
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like on one side you have people telling you that your kids disability essentially isn&#8217;t that big of a deal and on another they&#8217;re saying, &#8220;we believe you.&#8221;
even if I disagree with their conclusions, they have empathy for me. for my child.
— emily may (@emilykmay) <a href="https://twitter.com/emilykmay/status/1912616252977147919?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2025</a></blockquote>
Another social media user commented, &#8220;As the mother of a daughter with severe autism, mild mental retardation and an intellectual delay, I resent your disdain for Secretary Kennedy’s efforts to research the increasing numbers of autism in America. My daughter was diagnosed over 20 years ago and he is the first Secretary of HHS to show concern for the autistic community. You may not like his choice of words, but his actions are commendable.&#8221;
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As the mother of a daughter with severe autism, mild mental retardation and an intellectual delay, I resent your disdain for Secretary Kennedy’s efforts to research the increasing numbers of autism in America.
My daughter was diagnosed over 20 years ago and he is the first…
— Lisa Walsh (@LisaWal24884807) <a href="https://twitter.com/LisaWal24884807/status/1912970063096983877?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 17, 2025</a></blockquote>
Another person shared a photo of her 9-year-old son who has severe autism and is &#8220;non-speaking.&#8221; &#8220;He has also had extensive genetic testing and they’ve found nothing not one mutation or gene that points to autism,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;I’m glad these folks talking about my son has autism and pays taxes are good, but we’re not. We need all the help we can get because my son will never pay taxes, graduate, have a girlfriend, get married, or even have privacy using the toilet.&#8221;
&#8220;So if you could please sit down and shut up and let RFK try to help us,&#8221; she added. &#8220;He’s not talking about you!&#8221;
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This is my baby he is 9 and has severe autism. 
I usually shield him from this ugly world but in light of the recent attacks on autism research I’ll tell you about him 
He didn’t get any vaccines until he was 6 years old well beyond his autism diagnosis 
So don’t even argue that… <a href="https://t.co/62s6vT9P5M">pic.twitter.com/62s6vT9P5M</a>
— Isable Jones (@IsableJones919) <a href="https://twitter.com/IsableJones919/status/1913560065820238280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 19, 2025</a></blockquote>
&#8220;The ignorance [surrounding] severe autism is actually mind boggling,&#8221; another comment said. &#8220;My nephew is severely autistic. He is in his 20s, but mentally is 8. He won’t ever be able to work. He won’t ever be able to be in a relationship. He has violent outbursts often. He has to be with my brother-in-law at all times. He does not have any other diagnosis other than severe autism.&#8221;
&#8220;Pretending people like him don’t exist in the world just because RFK said they did is literally insane,&#8221; the person added.
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The ignorance surround severe autism is actually mind boggling.
My nephew is severely autistic. He is in his 20s, but mentally is 8. He won’t ever be able to work. He won’t ever be able to be in a relationship. He has violent outbursts often. He has to be with my brother-in-law…
— Libertarian Mama 🔔 (@LibertarianMama) <a href="https://twitter.com/LibertarianMama/status/1912953380533944821?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 17, 2025</a></blockquote>
Kennedy said this past week that mold, pesticides, other food chemicals, and medicines could be potential toxins contributing to the autism epidemic. He also suggested ultrasound scans could be a factor, given the timing of such technological advances.
“This is a preventable disease,” he said. “We know it’s environmental exposure. It has to be. Genes do not cause epidemics. It can provide a vulnerability, but you need an environmental toxin.”
“We’re going to announce a series of new studies to identify precisely what the environmental toxins are that are causing it,” the secretary added. “This has not been done before. And we’re going to do it in a thorough and comprehensive way, and we’re gonna get back with an answer to the American people very, very quickly.”
Kennedy also revealed that 1 in 31 children are diagnosed with autism, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study. About 25%, he added, have &#8220;severe autism.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rfk-says-we-know-environmental-toxins-are-causing-autism-epidemic?author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=3&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=RFK+Says+‘We+Know’+Environmental+Toxins+Are+Causing+Autism+Epidemic" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RFK Says ‘We Know’ Environmental Toxins Are Causing Autism Epidemic</a>

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday aimed at slashing out-of-control health care costs by attempting to remove inefficient government practices and encourage more competitive drug pricing.
The executive orders take a wide swath of actions that are intended to improve the Medicare negotiating system, increasing the &#8220;competition for high-cost prescriptions drugs,&#8221; and lowering the cost of insulin for low-income individuals. In a press call attended by The Daily Wire, a White House official said that &#8220;every action&#8221; laid out in the executive order is &#8220;meant to improve the efficiency of drug pricing in the United States.&#8221;
&#8220;My first term included numerous significant actions, including some of the most aggressive in recent history, to deliver lower prescription drug prices to American patients,&#8221; Trump wrote in the executive order. &#8220;The message was clear:  no longer would the executive branch sit idly by as pharmaceutical manufacturers charged patients in our Nation more than those in other countries for the exact same prescription drugs, often made in the exact same places.&#8221;
While House officials said that the executive order was intended to leverage &#8220;current programs to deliver meaningful cost saving.&#8221;
One of the goals of the executive order is to ensure that Medicare is getting the same prices that various providers are paying.
&#8220;Hospitals often get heavily discounted drugs, sometimes it&#8217;s as low as 35% lower, below what Medicare is paying,&#8221; a White House Official said. &#8220;There will be instructions in the EO to do a survey and then contemplate rule-making on how to align Medicare payment with the costs of acquisition.&#8221;
Part of the order includes updating the Medicare drug price negotiation program, and White House officials say they expect to &#8220;eclipse&#8221; savings from the Biden administration during the same time frame. The administration&#8217;s goal is to have 22% savings in the program&#8217;s first year, according to a fact sheet from the White House.
The administration also hopes to standardize Medicare payments for prescription drugs, including cancer treatments, &#8220;regardless of where the treatment is administered,&#8221; the White House said.
The Food and Drug Administration is also directed in the order to &#8220;streamline&#8221; approval of generic drugs and facilitate more importation of drugs from other countries like Canada. The executive order also commissions a report on &#8220;anti-competitive&#8221; behavior from pharmaceutical companies.
Another one of the key provisions of the executive order is resurrecting a program from the first Trump administration that officials say will allow low-income individuals and people without health insurance to get insulin as low as three cents a vial and $15 for injectable epinephrine from qualified providers through the 340b program. This program allows certain health care providers to purchase drugs at significantly reduced rates.
&#8220;What the executive order does is resurrect something that we had pursued last term, which is to ensure that those 340b discounts are being passed through for insulin and epipens to low-income individuals,&#8221; a White House official said on Tuesday. &#8220;I think that many of you are familiar with the fact that in some cases the 340b program, the acquisition cost of things like insulin are literally pennies on the dollar.&#8221;
That 340b program for insulin and epinephrine was <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/06/16/2021-12545/proposed-rescission-of-executive-order-13937-executive-order-on-access-to-affordable-life-saving" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ended</a> by the Biden administration, which argued that it would raise prices for health care providers and &#8220;undue administrative costs.&#8221;
Health care costs have continued to skyrocket and have only worsened since former President Barack Obama and the Democrat-controlled Congress passed &#8220;Obamacare.&#8221;

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Japan&#8217;s population plummeted for the 14th year in a row in 2024, declining by nearly 900,000 people despite massive government spending aimed at encouraging childbirth.
New data <a href="https://www.stat.go.jp/data/jinsui/2024np/index.html">released</a> on Monday by Japan&#8217;s Internal Affairs Ministry shows the number of Japanese nationals declining by 898,000, marking the steepest annual decline since authorities began keeping records in the 1950s.
Roughly a quarter of the decline came in the 15-64 age demographic, which fell by 224,000 in a severe blow to the nation’s tax base, according to Bloomberg.
The country&#8217;s fertility rate in 2023 stood at just 1.2 expected births per woman over her lifetime, far below the 2.1 needed to maintain a stable population, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-15/japan-s-population-falls-by-half-million-as-birth-rate-stays-low">reflected</a> in Japan’s child population declining to a record-low 11.2% of the population, 13.8 million, after a decline of 343,000 last year.
The sharp demographic downturn comes despite the Japanese government <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-15/japan-s-population-falls-by-half-million-as-birth-rate-stays-low">approving</a> a $25 billion package in late 2023 to expand child allowances, improve childcare, and increase education support, only for birth rates to plummet further.
Former Health Minister Keizo Takemi described Japan&#8217;s demographic outlook as &#8220;critical,&#8221; warning the country only has until the 2030s to reverse course, per Newsweek.
Surveys show many younger Japanese are reluctant to marry or have families, discouraged by bleak job prospects, rising living costs outpacing salary growth, and corporate cultures incompatible with dual-income parenting.
The nation&#8217;s population is <a href="https://apnews.com/article/japan-birth-rate-declining-population-82662ea061286cb907fd7d071e5b0b9b">projected</a> to shrink by approximately 30% to 87 million by 2070, when four out of every ten Japanese will be 65 or older, potentially placing a crippling strain on Japan’s extensive welfare state, according to the Associated Press.
Experts like Ekaterina Hertog, an associate professor at the Oxford Internet Institute and Institute for Ethics in AI who researches the societal impact of Japanese labor practices, are concerned that monetary incentives simply won’t be enough to increase fertility simply due to how Japanese culture has developed in the modern era.
&#8220;Marriage trends in Japan and South Korea are significantly shaped by economic conditions and their intersection with gender roles,&#8221; she told Newsweek.
The number of annual marriages on the island nation dipped below 500,000 for the first time in 90 years in 2023.
Hertog explained that Japanese women still have the expectation of prospective husbands fulfilling the &#8220;traditional male breadwinner” role, causing many lower-paid men to postpone marriage or skip it entirely.
&#8220;Another important set of factors are family norms, that prescribe children&#8217;s support of elderly parents and the difficulty of negotiating them in societies which have had low fertility rates for decades,&#8221; she added.
Ryuichi Kaneko, demographer and professor at Meiji University, told the Asahi Shimbun newspaper: &#8220;I believe one of the reasons Japan&#8217;s declining birthrate has become especially severe is that, in the postwar period, the country built a society that prioritized economic activity to an extreme degree.”
&#8220;We believe the declining births has not been effectively controlled,&#8221; Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters regarding the new demographic data, according to the Associated Press.
This trend has been reflected in other Southeast Asian countries post-World War II, with China, South Korea, and Taiwan all experiencing similar if not more severe declines in fertility following mass urbanization, demanding work cultures, and changing attitudes toward marriage.
Similar trends are emerging in the United States, where fertility rates have dropped to 1.67 births per woman — also below the 2.1 replacement level — despite various government incentives for families.
Both nations are discovering that financial packages alone may be insufficient to overcome deeper cultural and economic factors affecting family formation decisions.
With fewer working-age citizens supporting a growing elderly population, Japan&#8217;s traditional social welfare systems face unprecedented strain — creating economic challenges that many other developed nations may soon confront.

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President Donald Trump gave a quick update to reporters aboard Air Force One after completing his annual physical exam at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, taking a swipe at former President Joe Biden in the process.
Trump appeared to be in good spirits and said that he believed he was &#8220;in good shape,&#8221; and said that he had at the very least gotten &#8220;every answer right&#8221; on the cognitive portion of the exam.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> on his annual physical at Walter Reed: &quot;I think I did well&#8230; I felt I was in very good shape — good heart, a good soul&#8230; I wanted to be a little different than Biden. I took a cognitive test, and I don&#39;t know what to tell you other than I got every answer right.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/GYJisB1xxV">pic.twitter.com/GYJisB1xxV</a>
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&#8220;Hey, everybody,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Just got back from Walter Reed &#8230; I think I did well, every test you can imagine. I was there for a long time, the yearly physical. I think I did well, I think they&#8217;re releasing the report on Sunday, the doctors, highly respected doctors. It&#8217;s great, amazing place.&#8221;
After being asked whether he&#8217;d been told he needed to make any changes, he said there were a few, but added, &#8220;I felt I was in very good shape — good heart, a good soul, very good soul. I took — I wanted to be a little different than Biden. I took a cognitive test, and I don&#8217;t know what to tell you other than I got every answer right.&#8221;
&#8220;I took just a lot of different tests having to do with the heart, having to do with other things,&#8221; he concluded, repeating the plan to have the report released on Sunday.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt had previewed the president&#8217;s plan to be fully transparent with regard to his annual physical earlier in the day, also jabbing at Biden and the previous administration&#8217;s lack of transparency.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PressSec</a>: &quot;I can tell you there was certainly a lack of transparency from the former president, from the entire former administration, and frankly, a lot of people in this room when it came to the health and the competence of&#8230; Joe Biden.&quot; 🔥 <a href="https://t.co/wpHOMgCTCc">pic.twitter.com/wpHOMgCTCc</a>
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&#8220;I can tell you there was certainly a lack of transparency from the former president, from the entire former administration, and frankly, a lot of people in this room when it came to the health and the competence of the former President of the United States, Joe Biden,&#8221; Leavitt said. &#8220;There was one of the greatest cover-ups and, frankly, political scandals this nation has ever seen. It&#8217;s been unraveled in recent books that are being written by journalists who engaged in that cover-up and scandal, which is quite ironic.&#8221;

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Federal agencies appear to be obstructing the release of documents that could provide vital insights into the Biden administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic and its broader global health agenda.
The <a href="https://gateway.zscalertwo.net/_sm_ctn?_sm_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.phralliance.org%2F&amp;_sm_rid=0kNJfQq1Jt3Vss1PNfNQFtvvn7McsctQP4Jq0TN&amp;_sm_cat=Miscellaneous%2Bor%2BUnknown">Public Health Reform Alliance</a>, an organization that advocates for increased transparency in the public health bureaucracy, submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) in October 2024, asking for the communications of Biden’s United States Global Health Security Coordinator, Stephanie Psaki. Psaki is the sister of Jen Psaki, who was Biden&#8217;s White House press secretary.
The government has thus far prevented the release of information, with the OSTP and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) each denying that they have the documents, and redirecting the requester to the other agency.
There has been a massive political and social backlash to the secrecy, and apparent lies, regarding the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. Americans&#8217; lives were upended in the wake of the virus and the ensuing response from the government. Years after businesses were shuttered, vaccines were mandated, and students were held out of schools, Americans are still largely in the dark about what science it was all grounded in and how we&#8217;re working to make sure it never happens again.
The Public Health Reform Alliance has run into a series of roadblocks as its attempted to obtain documents that it says would shed light on the prior administration&#8217;s approach to an issue that intimately impacted the lives of everyday Americans. Its director, Martin Hoyt, told The Daily Wire that Psaki’s communications could be vital for understanding the government’s approach to global health issues, and for forecasting how the government might respond to future crises.
“After enduring the most serious public health emergency in a century, these communications may be an integral part of the U.S. government&#8217;s next response to a pandemic or health security threat. This is an issue of transparency,” Hoyt explained. “We need to understand the extent to which our public health establishment was aligned with, followed or bucked the guidance of unaccountable, politicized and possibly compromised bodies like the WHO.”
The younger Psaki served as a Senior Advisor on Human Rights and Gender Equity at the Department of Health and Human Services&#8217; Office of Global Affairs before taking her post at OSTP.
The Biden administration explained the <a href="https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Global-Health-Security-Strategy-2024-1.pdf">role</a> of the OSTP, writing in one report that it is tasked with leading “interagency science and technology policy coordination efforts” while also serving “as a source of scientific and technological analysis and judgment for the President with respect to major policies, plans, and programs of the Federal Government.”
OSTP rerouted the request from the Public Health Reform Alliance, informing the organization that the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) would handle the request for the documents.
“OSTP was unable to locate any responsive records because they have been transferred to the National Archives and Records Administration,” the office said in a February 19 email viewed by The Daily Wire.
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NARA then told the Public Health Reform Alliance on March 3 that it had received the request, before going on to inform the organization that it did not have custody of the documents in a follow up email on March 19. NARA then directed the Public Health Reform Alliance back to the OSTP, despite the White House office previously stating that the documents had already been transferred.
“I have confirmed this morning that the National Archives does not yet have legal custody of the records from the Office of Science and Technology Policy from the Biden administration,” the March 19 email read. “I apologize for routing you back to them, as I know they sent you to us, but until such time as legal custody is transferred, the Office of Science and Technology Policy must be the agency to respond to you.”
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Then, after being directed to NARA by OSTP and back to OSTP by NARA, OSTP told the Public Health Reform Alliance again that it would have to receive the documents from NARA in a March 20 email.
“We submitted a search to the e-discovery component prior to the final letter. That search returned zero hits because the files have been transferred to NARA as indicated in our final correspondence,” that email from OSTP to the Public Health Reform Alliance read.
“The American public lived and, tragically, died by the government&#8217;s edicts and recommendations,” Hoyt told The Daily Wire. “The American public deserves to know how they were formulated as well as the true intent and direction that this government planned to lead the nation for the next five years.”
Neither the OSTP nor NARA responded to a request for comment.

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Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Thursday that his department will know what is causing the autism epidemic by September.
A CDC study from 2020 found that 1 in 36 children in the United States have been diagnosed with autism. Kennedy, while speaking to President Donald Trump about the announcement, said that now 1 in 31 children are diagnosed with the disorder.
&#8220;The latest rates, the autism rates have gone from 1 in 31 from 1 in 10,000 when I was a kid,&#8221; RFK said to Trump. &#8220;At your direction, we&#8217;ve launched a massive testing and research effort that&#8217;s going to involve hundreds of scientists from around the world.&#8221;
&#8220;By September, we will know what has caused the autism epidemic and we will be able to eliminate those exposures,&#8221; he added.
Trump applauded Kennedy&#8217;s work and said &#8220;there will be no bigger news conference&#8221; when RFK reveals what&#8217;s behind the epidemic.
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🚨 BREAKING: HHS Secretary <a href="https://twitter.com/RobertKennedyJr?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RobertKennedyJr</a> declares that by September, the United States will uncover the cause of the autism epidemic and eliminate exposures:<a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a>: &#8220;Think of that, so it was 1 in 10,000 children had autism, and now it’s 1 in 31.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/Y81wxzOfF1">pic.twitter.com/Y81wxzOfF1</a>
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1910386388148871559?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
Just last month, HHS spokesman Andrew Nixon <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-cdc-plans-study-into-vaccines-autism-sources-say-2025-03-07/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the department will leave “no stone unturned” while studying the rise in autism.
“As President Trump said in his Joint Address to Congress, the rate of autism in American children has skyrocketed,” he said. “CDC will leave no stone unturned in its mission to figure out what exactly is happening. The American people expect high quality research and transparency and that is what CDC is delivering.”
Numerous reports indicated that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was specifically studying if there is any link between vaccinations and the rise in autism.
National Institutes of Health (NIH) director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya has said he doesn’t believe there is a link between vaccines and the rise in autism, but would back “a broad scientific agenda” looking into the matter.
“I don’t generally believe there is a link, based on my reading of the literature. But we do have a sharp rise in autism rates, and I don’t think any scientist really knows the cause of it,” Bhattacharya said during a confirmation hearing. “I would support a broad scientific agenda based on data to get an answer to that.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kennedys-cdc-to-reportedly-study-potential-link-between-vaccines-and-autism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kennedy’s CDC To Reportedly Study Potential Link Between Vaccines And Autism</a>

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Republican West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey signed a &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/soda-lobby-group-american-beverage-denies-paying-influencers-to-fight-snap-restrictions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Make America Healthy Again&#8221; bill</a> into law this week that bans a number of food dyes. He&#8217;s also challenging himself (with the help of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.) and his constituents to get more exercise daily.
&#8220;I&#8217;m not pretending to be a fitness guru,&#8221; Morrisey said, following the bill signing. &#8220;But, I have asked Secretary Kennedy to be my personal trainer. He hasn&#8217;t said yes yet, but I think he&#8217;s sizing me up as a major renovation project.&#8221;
In the quest to get his state healthy, the governor offered a challenge for West Virginia residents to get out and walk at least one mile per day. &#8220;As governor, I understand that I need to do this, as well, and start shedding the pounds,&#8221; he said.
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A few minutes ago, I completed my second installment of the Mountaineer Mile. Over 10,000 steps so far today! Let’s make West Virginia Healthy Again!
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— Patrick Morrisey (@MorriseyWV) <a href="https://twitter.com/MorriseyWV/status/1906115349654708452?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 29, 2025</a></blockquote>
In a post on X, Morrisey elaborated on the challenge, and how he&#8217;s personally participating. 
&#8220;Tonight, after our big event with HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr., I finished my first installment of the Mountaineer mile — a new challenge for West Virginians to get out and walk at least a mile every day,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;I know walking every day won’t be easy for everyone, including myself. But it’s worth the effort and will help all of us live longer and spend more time with our friends and family on things that matter.&#8221;
&#8220;In my life, I haven’t always made the right decisions in terms of food and exercise, but I am going to do my best now to improve and shed some pounds,&#8221; the governor added. &#8220;I took this photograph of the sunset on my walk in Shannondale. Have a great night!#MountaineerMile.&#8221;
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Tonight, after our big event with HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr., I finished my first installment of the Mountaineer mile— a new challenge for West Virginians to get out and walk at least a mile every day.
I know walking every day won’t be easy for everyone, including… <a href="https://t.co/x849gu9RkJ">pic.twitter.com/x849gu9RkJ</a>
— Patrick Morrisey (@MorriseyWV) <a href="https://twitter.com/MorriseyWV/status/1905777190777876696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 29, 2025</a></blockquote>
West Virginia is also moving forward to ask the federal government to allow the state to <a href="https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/west-virginia-morrisey-ban-food-dyes-schools-snap.html#:~:text=Governor%20Morrisey%20announced%20at%20the,SNAP%2C”%20Secretary%20Kennedy%20said." target="_blank" rel="noopener">restrict junk food and soda from food stamps</a>, also known as SNAP benefits.
Kennedy made comments about Morrisey&#8217;s weight and his health goals in light of the MAHA movement in West Virginia.
&#8220;You look like you ate Gov. Morrisey,&#8221; RFK recalled telling the governor. &#8220;There was a lot of talk about getting healthy again, and I&#8217;m very happy that he&#8217;s invited me to be his personal trainer. I&#8217;m gonna put him on a really rigorous regimen &#8212; we&#8217;re gonna put him on a carnivore diet.&#8221;
&#8220;Raise your hand if you want Gov. Morrisey to do a public weigh-in once a month,&#8221; Kennedy added. &#8220;And then when he&#8217;s lost 30 pounds, I&#8217;ll come back to this state and do a celebration in a public way, and with him.&#8221;
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NEW: RFK Jr. tells West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey that he needs to lose 30 pounds to his face, calls on Morrisey to do a &#8220;public weigh-in&#8221; every month.
The Health Secretary is now fat-shaming people in public. Amazing.
&#8220;I said, &#8216;You look like you ate Governor Morrissey.'&#8221;… <a href="https://t.co/knJwos0paR">pic.twitter.com/knJwos0paR</a>
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href="https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/1905678687770648720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2025</a></blockquote>
Kennedy also strongly commended Morrisey in a statement. “West Virginia is leading the nation in passing a bill to clean up our food supply and submitting a waiver to remove soda from SNAP,” he <a href="https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/west-virginia-morrisey-ban-food-dyes-schools-snap.html#:~:text=Governor%20Morrisey%20announced%20at%20the,SNAP%2C”%20Secretary%20Kennedy%20said." target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;This state leadership adds leverage to the Trump administration’s drive to Make America Healthy Again.&#8221;
&#8220;I urge every Governor to follow West Virginia’s lead and submit a waiver to the USDA to remove soda from SNAP,&#8221; the secretary continued. &#8220;If there’s one thing we can agree on, it should be eliminating taxpayer-funded soda subsidies for lower income kids. I look forward to inviting every Governor who submits a waiver to come celebrate with me at the White House this fall. Thank you, Secretary Rollins for your leadership on this vital issue for children’s health.”

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California residents may soon have the chance to vote on a measure that would restrict insurance companies from denying coverage — an initiative named after the man who gunned down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a New York City street.
The proposed “Luigi Mangione Act” has already found its way to the California attorney general’s desk, according to local outlet <a href="https://ktla.com/news/california/proposed-california-ballot-initiative-luigi-mangione-act-would-make-it-harder-for-insurers-to-deny-medical-care/">KTLA</a>. If enacted, it would then be illegal for insurance companies to “delay, deny or modify any medical procedure or medication” prescribed by California doctors if failure to implement such treatments could result in “disability, death, amputation, permanent disfigurement, loss or reduction of any bodily function.”
The measure would also limit modifications to such treatments to licensed physicians, and make it illegal for anyone other than another licensed physician to review or modify them.
Insurance companies, in order to deny coverage for anything, would have to prove “by clear and convincing evidence that the medication or procedure was unnecessary or would not result in disability, death, amputation, permanent disfigurement or the loss or reduction of any bodily function.”
A number of critics took issue with the initiative, primarily because it was being named after a murderer.
“Well that’s f****ing disgusting and insane!” Guy Benson posted.
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Well that’s f****ing disgusting and insane!
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“This is like calling a pro-abortion bill the ‘Kermit Gosnell Act.’ It’s deranged,” another said.
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This is like calling a pro-abortion bill the “Kermit Gosnell Act.” It’s deranged. <a href="https://t.co/W7ewgF5jU5">https://t.co/W7ewgF5jU5</a>
&mdash; Jennifer Greenberg 🕊️ (@JennMGreenberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/JennMGreenberg/status/1906014722249355751?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 29, 2025</a></blockquote>
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“Using a [murderers] name to glorify a bill is on another level,” Chef Andrew Gruel commented, later adding, “*allegedly.”
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*alleged
&mdash; Chef Andrew Gruel (@ChefGruel) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChefGruel/status/1905868861917811196?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 29, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Fox News’ Jimmy Failla posted a video blasting the initiative, saying, “We don’t name legislation after murderers. If we did, we’d have a marriage act named after O.J. Simpson.”
He went on to say that the only thing that really made any sense was to name legislation “after the victims of the thing you’re trying to fix.”
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&quot;We don&#39;t name legislation after murderers.&quot;<a href="https://twitter.com/jimmyfailla?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jimmyfailla</a> reacts to a proposed California ballot initiative, the ‘Luigi Mangione Act,’ which would limit health insurers’ ability to deny care. <a href="https://t.co/8AiXhOSdyk">pic.twitter.com/8AiXhOSdyk</a>
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Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mahas-latest-wins-on-fluoride-food-and-vaccines" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Robert F. Kennedy Jr.</a> announced Thursday that he&#8217;s restructuring the department and terminating tens of thousands of employees.
HHS said the moves are being made in accordance with President Donald Trump&#8217;s Executive Order, “Implementing the President’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ Workforce Optimization Initiative,&#8221; according to a press release.
&#8220;What I found when I came to HHS, is really a sprawling bureaucracy. We have over 100 communications departments &#8212; we should have one. We have 40 IT departments, 40 procurement departments, dozens of HR departments,&#8221; Kennedy <a href="https://x.com/michaeljknowles/status/1905403551024554014" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told Daily Wire host Michael Knowles</a>. &#8220;And that is where we&#8217;re doing the cuts. We&#8217;re going down from 82,000 personnel to 62,000.&#8221;
&#8220;We&#8217;re keeping the scientists, we&#8217;re keeping the front-line providers,&#8221; he added. &#8220;We trying to do our best, not only to serve as stewards of the taxpayer money, but also to make the agency more efficient.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/michaeljknowles?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@michaeljknowles</a>: &#8220;You fired 20,000 bureaucrats. What is this move? It seems like DOGE meets HHS.&#8221;<a href="https://twitter.com/RobertKennedyJr?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RobertKennedyJr</a>: &#8220;What I found when I came to HHS was really a sprawling bureaucracy. We have over 100 communications departments—we should have one.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/Cd6GYEzDNg">pic.twitter.com/Cd6GYEzDNg</a>
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1905396193657856371?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 27, 2025</a></blockquote>
Kennedy&#8217;s first round of action will cut around 10,000 positions, which will help save taxpayers $1.8 billion annually. Through early retirement programs and the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fork-in-the-road-trump-makes-offer-for-millions-of-federal-workers-to-resign" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Fork in the Road” initiative</a>, the department seeks to eventually downsize to 62,000.
“ We&#8217;re gonna streamline our agency and eliminate the redundancies and invite everyone to align behind a simple, bold mission,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We&#8217;re gonna save taxpayers nearly $2 billion a year, and we&#8217;re gonna return HHS to its original commitment to public health and gold standard science.&#8221;
&#8220;I want everyone who works here to be proud of this agency, to be proud of the work, to feel a renewed inspiration,&#8221; he added.
HHS outlined the &#8220;specific contents&#8221; of the restructuring plan, below:
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<li>Creation of the Administration for a Healthy America (AHA), which will combine multiple agencies — the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) — into a new, unified entity. This centralization will improve coordination of health resources for low-income Americans and will focus on areas including, Primary Care, Maternal and Child Health, Mental Health, Environmental Health, HIV/AIDS, and Workforce development. Transferring SAMHSA to AHA will increase operational efficiency and assure programs are carried out because it will break down artificial divisions between similar programs.</li>
<li>Strengthening the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR), responsible for national disaster and public health emergency response, will transfer to the CDC, reinforcing its core mission to protect Americans from health threats.</li>
<li>New Assistant Secretary for Enforcement: HHS will create a new Assistant Secretary for Enforcement to oversee the Departmental Appeals Board (DAB), Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA), and Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to combat waste, fraud, and abuse in federal health programs.</li>
<li>Research and Evaluation for Health Policy: HHS will merge the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to create the Office of Strategy to enhance research that informs the Secretary’s policies and improves the effectiveness of federal health programs.</li>
<li>Reorganization of the Administration for Community Living (ACL): Critical programs that support older adults and people with disabilities will be integrated into other HHS agencies, including the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), ASPE, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). This reorganization will not impact Medicare and Medicaid services.</li>
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Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/soda-lobby-group-american-beverage-denies-paying-influencers-to-fight-snap-restrictions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Soda Lobby Group American Beverage Denies Paying Influencers To Fight SNAP Restrictions</a>

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“Scrubs” star Eliza Coupe hit back at critics who expressed concern about her health following her recent red carpet appearance.
“Pictures from my camera roll from the past three weeks,” the 43-year-old actress captioned her post on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DHfY8mruWzh/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a>, showing an array of pictures of herself. She included hashtags like “thisishwhatireallylooklike,” &#8220;truth,” and “haterscanhate,” among others.
The comments came after she hit the premiere of Netflix’s “The Residence” at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, California, on March 19.
In pictures that surfaced from the event, Coupe wore a gold shimmering minidress with black thigh-high boots and black fur jacket.
Social media users wrote that the actress looked “unrecognizable” and worried about her health, <a href="https://pagesix.com/2025/03/26/celebrity-news/scrubs-star-eliza-coupe-fires-back-after-look-sparks-concern/">Page Six</a> noted.
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Damn. This is just sad.
Scrubs star Eliza Coupe, 43, looked unrecognizable in Hollywood on Wednesday night.
I see this in Los Angeles all the time. This looks like more than just normal aging and screams drug abuse and malnutrition to me.
I don’t know her personally so I… <a href="https://t.co/oxYSyFGBbV">pic.twitter.com/oxYSyFGBbV</a>
— Stella X (@stellaaaaaax) <a href="https://twitter.com/stellaaaaaax/status/1902884293401276795?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 21, 2025</a></blockquote>
“I see this in Los Angeles all the time,” one person wrote. “This looks like more than just normal aging and screams drug abuse and malnutrition to me. I don’t know her personally so I can’t say for sure but I really hope she has family and friends who can check in on her because this is deeply concerning.”
Another added, “Oh my goodness… Eliza Coupe looks so terrible these days, she was at some awards thing this week… I hope she heals from whatever is going on with her… see the second photo in 2021 to how she looked before, such a stunner, I hope she gets herself back to health.”
While a third noted, “The photos of Eliza Coupe at ‘The Residence’ premier make me so sad, love ‘Happy Endings,’ one of the best sitcoms. I was so excited to see her in this. Really hope she’s ok.”
And a fourth person wrote, “I don’t like to comment on people’s bodies but that photo of Eliza Coupe is really upsetting. I hope she’s okay.”
The “Benched” star recently opened up about her struggles with body image in the past when she appeared on the <a href="https://youtu.be/xpNYjqA7i7Q?si=3g64tUZKf2OxhXq3">“Funny Thing Is”</a> podcast in February.
“I was so broken; I couldn’t get fixed enough for the relationship because I had damaged it with my own s***,” Coupe said. “Some may call it an eating disorder, I just call it that’s been my life.”
“So my drug of choice was always food … I did crazy s*** with it,” she added. “And then being on amphetamines, you’re not eating anyway. I would over-exercise, and there was a sprinkle of bulimia in there.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ariana-grande-addresses-fans-concerned-she-looks-too-thin-healthy-can-look-different" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ariana Grande Addresses Fans Concerned She Looks Too Thin: ‘Healthy Can Look Different’</a>

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