Trump admin paying thousands of dollars per month to store ruined USAID contraceptives Comments: by Nathaniel Weixel - 06/15/26 5:21 PM ET +++

Trump admin paying thousands of dollars per month to store ruined USAID contraceptives https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5925304-expired-contraceptives-trump-storage-costs/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--M9UwlIFYkxXQka9V0heR54fAMPxtbQRjhaN-ioasL2duIUlOkwYbPCT6jOG6kDc8B3GOL3TH20dhy-yNi2vk7Abr9DA&_hsmi=424011519&utm_content=424011519&utm_source=hs_email by Nathaniel Weixel - 06/15/26 5:21 PM ET The Hill: Trump Admin Pays To Store Expired Contraceptives In Belgium Millions of dollars’ worth of contraceptives meant to be distributed to low-income nations in Africa have expired, but the Trump administration is paying tens of thousands of dollars a month to keep them in storage in Belgium, according to a report from the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) inspector general. About $9.7 million worth of taxpayer-funded contraceptives purchased by USAID and originally destined for low-income nations in Africa got stuck in Belgium after the Trump administration shut down the agency last year. According to the report, about $8 million worth of hormonal contraceptives, injectable contraceptives and other family planning commodities are no longer usable after they were moved from climate-controlled storage. (Weixel, 6/15) RFK Jr. demands journal explain removal of vaccine study used to support his childhood immunization changes https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5924878-kennedy-demands-answers-vaccine-study/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz---bzO5S2jhTSa_ZihLsIIiDRdS0_0Um0EkeT8pZSa6h4nIq6VPU3rp4yip8yJyJHZOMLxB20s791mhr1q1Qg9npCbdWw&_hsmi=424011519&utm_content=424011519&utm_source=hs_email The Hill: RFK Jr. Demands Explanation For Journal's Vaccine Study Removal Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is demanding answers from a science journal on why a study regarding vaccination and sudden infant death was removed from the publication. In a letter dated June 11, Kennedy wrote to Toxicology Reports Editor-in-Chief Lawrence H. Lash concerning a 2021 study titled “Vaccines and sudden infant death: An analysis of the VAERS database 1990–2019 and review of the medical literature.” (Choi, 6/15) Dems offer roadmap to expand drug price talks Peter Sullivan https://www.axios.com/2026/06/16/democrats-drug-price-plan-trump?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9OuOKrYtkaqOB2z9XRa6vcQeKqjuU6CsXSutAvCBRzhjR8CRPEnQTbZgmfR5ulBZIwA8ondxqLz_8xq6tqYv2y3AIIZg&_hsmi=424011519&utm_content=424011519&utm_source=hs_email Axios: Dems Offer Roadmap To Expand Drug Price Talks Senate Democrats on Tuesday are unveiling a proposal to expand Medicare drug price negotiations, in a bid to counter President Trump's election-year messaging on health care affordability. (Sullivan, 6/16)