Before casting a crucial vote for the health secretary, the top Senate Republican laid out several specific commitments he had secured, some of which appear to have been breached.
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
It is highly unusual for a health secretary to personally order a change to scientific guidance, but Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ordered the language adjustment on the C.D.C. website.
President Trump wants pharmaceutical production to return to the United States. A shuttered factory in Louisiana shows how hard that will be for generic medicines.
Dr. Reddyβs, an Indian generic drugmaker, in March closed its factory in Shreveport, La.