NEW: Political appointees across DOJ are rushing to exit due to fears that their ties to a Trump agenda with Stephen Miller now chief of staff will tank their careers, said current and former Trump DOJ officials.

From @benjaminpenn, w/ assist from me:

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A former HHS worker filed a lawsuit against the department alleging wrongful termination related to racial discrimination and retaliation.

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Part of NIH's vaccine injury initiative will take effect in '27.

The billing code reimbursing providers for addressing severe vaccine injuries was included in a final Medicare rule yesterday.

More on the rule from my colleague @LaClason : news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and…

And if you need a refresher on the billing code itself, here's my story from last month:

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Bloomberg's website is FREE for the election. bloomberg.com/graphics/2026-…

New: Amy Gleason was the acting administrator of DOGE as it worked to slash the size of the federal workforce through layoffs and incentivizing employees to quit.

Her husband got hired at an under-the-radar division of HHS just 33 days after widespread layoffs at the agency
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New: Following yesterday’s news about ARPA-H Director Alicia Jackson, agency leaders briefed staff about her absence and the remaining ethics issues.

Story w/ @rachelcohrs

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Congrats to my dear friend @AliceOllstein whose book is out today! Excited to read my copy.

Scoop: ARPA-H Director Alicia Jackson is on administrative leave, following a Bloomberg Law inquiry into her ethics status.
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“We’ve got to make sure that that process is in place. We’re working really hard to do it,” Kyle Diamantas, acting FDA commissioner, said Monday about the agency's rare disease initiative framework. “It’s a top priority of mine.” news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and…

New from me on the campaign trail!

Visited Lansing, Mich., last week to shadow @tombarrettmi7 as he door-knocked & @WeWill2026 as he held town halls.

It's the costliest House race in the country & both men are leaning into populist health policy ideas.
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New: Top officials at HHS and FDA have been working to balance Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s push to expand access to buzzy peptides with safety concerns raised by agency scientists. A peek behind the curtain with new details on the path ahead w/ the dream team @rileyraygriffin @g0ingmad @nyahphengsitthy
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The Federal Labor Relations Authority cautioned HHS about using AI in briefs after finding discrepancies in a majority of citations and footnotes in a recent brief.

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The Trump administration is rolling out seismic changes to federal performance evaluations — and workers say they are already eroding morale and diminishing managers’ input. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re…

New: FDA leadership is kicking off a top-to-bottom review of how it approaches approvals for drugs to treat rare diseases. The Rare Disease Framework Initiative will kick off with a meeting on Oct. 28
w/ @RobertLangreth
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First in @BLaw: The leading hospital trade association is challenging the government’s renewed attempt at a 340B drug rebate pilot slated to run early next year, seeking to derail the new discount mechanism for the second time. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and…

As expected, drug industry files first lawsuit against Trump administration's GLOBE drug pricing model: news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and…

Abortion providers are facing a loss of legal protections when offering services to out-of-state patients under a legal challenge that threatens to upend reproductive rights.

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The GAO says HHS impounded funds at AHRQ, in a new report.

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