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MORE ON THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AP: Parents Sue US After 8-Year-Old Dies In CBP Custody https://apnews.com/article/immigration-border-texas-anadith-mcallen-492a27426f879af0f08031b0c18f845b?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9OH-jKMTI7nfYrQZjEcQvwbOmhWztwYJ6FZXAJ7l_Jj3H8NYZmvKX2dL8xzaDNuzfB1BqotKqneNBL9D69w7HcNTsetQ&_hsmi=413467295&utm_content=413467295&utm_source=hs_email The Honduran family of an 8-year-old girl with a heart condition who died in U.S. custody after crossing the border in 2023 sued the federal government on Friday. Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez, who had chronic heart problems and sickle cell anemia, got sick with flu-like symptoms and died after being detained for eight days in a U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility in Donna, then later Harlingen, Texas. (Gonzalez, 4/10) The New York Times: Trump’s Military Transgender Ban Is Keeping Workers On Expensive Paid Leave https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/us/trump-military-transgender-ban-paychecks.html?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--Ety6g4kgC6idgrNJBvyj6CQXcKYSXWp9eSsSByAxAyTYzRDJElR2e1srujPW8IBOfxlYDWCFnlYtEQv02t2CY8KSHAw&_hsmi=413467295&utm_content=413467295&utm_source=hs_email Highly trained service members have been put on paid leave for nearly a year as they wait for the military to decide their fate. (Phillipps, 4/13) Politico: Trump Is Still Trying To DOGE The NIH. Republicans Are Tired https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/11/trumps-budget-hawk-is-still-trying-to-slash-medical-research-congress-is-saying-no-00866582?utm_campaign=KHN:+First+Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--CdhwOAoNWNoNa1tjFTDUxJ8bR5f2J3yisg4cNHkyxP9tRHpOXgzgglUVY9OQj_QlW-VsWGVLdxktvOPDIrxMbVD5jdQ&_hsmi=413467295&utm_content=413467295&utm_source=hs_email White House budget director Russ Vought isn’t done trying to cut the National Institutes of Health’s funding, but Congress isn’t taking him seriously anymore. Vought released a proposal last week to slash the 2027 budget for the world’s largest funder of health research by 10 percent, down from 40 percent last year. It’s unlikely Congress or the agency’s head will listen to him. Lawmakers rejected Vought’s first big cut in the spending bill they passed in February and already promised to reject the smaller one this year. (Hooper, 4/11) 'MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN' Stat: Why RFK Jr. Backs Peptides But Questions Vaccines https://www.statnews.com/2026/04/06/rfk-jr-apparent-contradiction-peptides-vaccines-medical-libertarianism/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8Qi6R_lOwXzAWHy7et1j7KbvkH_tppCg_LDwVPjgcBdofXwErX8t6GT5nPdWLs4ihMrl3UcSPLdCcEcmCXNnwOnF7Hxw&_hsmi=413467295&utm_content=413467295&utm_source=hs_email Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tends to favor health choices he sees as natural — whether that means eating “real food” like meat and vegetables instead of ultra-processed food or suggesting, falsely, that nutrition and vitamins are a good alternative for fighting off measles instead of vaccines. But there’s at least one area where the health secretary breaks with his own tradition. (Todd, 4/6) CNN: Peptides: What’s Real, What’s Risky And What’s Next https://edition.cnn.com/2026/04/13/health/peptides-what-to-know-wellness?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_9gcBt3U33qCzlLTQv4FD6n9Nw8McCShDuRM9WFRUScq3B6jZrFqHkbGzcysdNpmUSSZqN74fBT6hoWAz-FXiAUm57Og&_hsmi=413467295&utm_content=413467295&utm_source=hs_email In the early 2020s, interest in GLP-1 weight loss drugs exploded. Now, as we move deeper into the decade, a new buzzword is taking over: peptides. And the demand for peptides continues to surge. “The GLP-1s put it on the map, and then people were like, ‘Well, what’s next?’” said Evan Miller, founder and CEO of Gameday Men’s Health, a concierge men’s health network that provides peptides and other care. (Howard, 4/13) The Wall Street Journal: RFK Jr. Once Touted Raw Milk. Now He’s Stopped Talking About It. https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/rfk-jr-raw-milk-05c321ef?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_idi66UxZynqkGj4mUETgoWOa97VdlkXX6pGg-0oCm2zFaxbugD2UkI-k81lYrcbl_wFPSSyls8JwTso9mdbH7hgkReg&_hsmi=413467295&utm_content=413467295&utm_source=hs_email Mark McAfee, chief executive of Raw Farm, the country’s largest raw-milk producer, got an unexpected text last year from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. proposing a conversation about raw milk once FDA Commissioner Marty Makary was confirmed. The meeting never happened. In the months that followed, McAfee said, his outreach to the health secretary went unanswered. Kennedy, who once took shots of raw milk at the White House alongside a wellness influencer, stopped publicly championing the product. (Siddiqui, 4/11) NBC News: Americans Are Eating Up The Meat Industry's Health Claims https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/americans-are-eating-meat-industrys-health-claims-rcna267122?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9jNJNx9DRYICfXbDG3r7LQLE4ElZwYMBc1rRnuZ2UmPVHS6WIJVVT0EEFzibLqpWBoqszsHj-RDEyxuIc1OHOnqsuQdw&_hsmi=413467295&utm_content=413467295&utm_source=hs_email Protein-hungry shoppers are buying more meat with their health top of mind. Health experts, however, wish they’d think beyond the butcher counter. More than three-quarters of U.S. consumers saw meat and poultry as “part of a healthy, balanced diet” last year, up from 64% in 2020, according to an annual survey from food industry groups FMI and the Meat Institute, released last month. Forty-five percent are “actively trying to prepare more meals containing meat or poultry,” while another 31% are “doing so off and on,” the survey found. (Bellis, 4/11) Politico: RFK Jr. Has Turned Corporate America’s Name To Mud, POLITICO Poll Finds https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/11/rfk-food-pharma-regulation-politico-poll-00866079?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8XY7NQuXWYFFaka4kLAcqIjbVCIOa0ZkhKjspjTVHvajNNHncWKUGv0Wm0nki7RQ-WcUVPGz2h-tqDpt784cO0QZG8WA&_hsmi=413467295&utm_campaign=KHN:+First+Edition&utm_content=413467295&utm_medium=email&utm_source=hs_email The party of business is now chock-full of voters who distrust food and pharmaceutical companies and want to regulate them. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is one of them and the health secretary’s drive to spread that message in Washington is proving costly for industry. (Chu, 4/11)