Matthew Perrone

Matthew Perrone, AP Health Writer

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The new head of the CDC has no training in medicine and once helped Peter Thiel develop man-made islands floating outside U.S. territory

By Matthew Perrone and The Associated Press

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., testifies during a House Energy and Commerce Committee, Tuesday, June 24, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Within a year, RFK wants to help you treat depression with psychedelics, LSD and ecstasy

By Matthew Perrone and The Associated Press

FILE – A nurse loads a syringe with a COVID-19 booster vaccine at an inoculation station in Jackson, Miss., Nov. 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

RFK Jr.‘s top FDA vaccine official restricts 2 COVID vaccine approvals against advice of agency scientists

By Matthew Perrone and The Associated Press

Food and Drug Administration commissioner Martin Markary speaks during an event with President Donald Trump to sign executive orders and proclamations in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, May 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

New FDA vaccine approval policy limits access to COVID shots to seniors and others at high risk

By Matthew Perrone, Lauran Neergaard, and others

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears at a budget hearing before a House Appropriations, Subcommittee hearing, Wednesday, May 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

RFK Jr. pledged not to upend vaccine system but FDA is about to ‘unleash a massive framework’ for how they’re tested and approved

By Matthew Perrone, Lauran Neergaard, and others

FILE – Dr. Casey Means, a wellness influencer, left, and journalist Megan Kelly, attend a confirmation hearing for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for the Secretary of Health and Human Services post, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Trump replaces his original surgeon general pick with a wellness influencer close to RFK Jr.

By Seung Min Kim, Matthew Perrone, and others

FILE – A vial of the Phase 3 Novavax coronavirus vaccine prepared for use in a trial at St. George’s University hospital in London, Oct. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

Trump’s FDA wants a new trial for Novavax’s COVID-19 shot, sparking uncertainty about updates to other vaccines

By Lauran Neergaard, Matthew Perrone, and others

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a news conference on the Autism report by the CDC at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

RFK Jr. is pushing the food industry to voluntarily drop petroleum-based artificial colors—but has stopped short of promising a formal ban

By Jonel Aleccia, Matthew Perrone, and others

WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 16: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a news conference at the Department of Health and Human Services on April 16, 2025 in Washington, DC. Secretary Kennedy held a news conference to discuss the recent surge of autism cases. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

After RFK Jr. cut food safety inspectors, the strained FDA struggles to close the gap

By Matthew Perrone and The Associated Press

FILE – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration building behind FDA logos at a bus stop on the agency’s campus in Silver Spring, Md, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

FDA reverses course on RTO order after layoffs and resignations threaten basic operations like approving new medicines

By Matthew Perrone and The Associated Press

Peter Marks, director of the center for biologics evaluation and research at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. With the U.S. vaccination pace slowing, the White House’s top medical adviser said this week that using “trusted messengers” will be an important way to overcome hesitancy in some communities and get the nation closer to an 80% vaccination rate. Photographer: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Ex-official says he was forced out of FDA after trying to protect vaccine safety data from RFK Jr.

By The Associated Press and Matthew Perrone

FDA nominee Martin Makary testifies before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Capitol Hill, March 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

FDA nominee avoids answering questions on abortion pill, agency layoffs and other issues

By Matthew Perrone and The Associated Press

The outside of the FDA headquarters

FDA scrambles to rehire entire teams overseeing medical devices after DOGE cut them, saying their terminations are ‘rescinded effective immediately’

By Matthew Perrone and The Associated Press

FILE – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration campus in Silver Spring, Md., is photographed on Oct. 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Trump administration cuts reach FDA employees in food safety, medical devices and tobacco products

By Matthew Perrone and The Associated Press

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 12: Dr. Marty Makary speaks during a screening of the HBO documentary film ‘Bleed Out’ on December 12, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for HBO)

Trump taps a Fox News personality, a surgeon and a former congressman to lead public health agencies

By Matthew Perrone, Amanda Seitz, and others