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Liz Essley Whyte

ARTICLES BY LIZ ESSLEY WHYTE

Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, July 29, 2026. Fauci declined to testify in a Senate committee hearing on his role in the US response to Covid-19, invoking his 5th Amendment rights. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg (Bloomberg)

Senate Panel Votes to Hold Fauci in Contempt for Refusing to Answer Questions

5 min read . 06 Aug 2026

Trump with Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr (AFP)

The Key Points of Tension Between Trump and RFK Jr. Over Vaccines

3 min read . 28 Jul 2026

Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, speaking at a protest in Washington, D.C., earlier this year.

The antiabortion movement is turning on Trump

6 min read . 04 May 2026

TrumpRx.gov, allows customers to search for specific medicines and purchase them through a manufacturer’s direct-to-consumer site, (Bloomberg)

White House debuts drug-buying site TrumpRx, with roughly 40 medications

3 min read . 06 Feb 2026

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made fighting obesity and accompanying chronic diseases one of the primary goals of his Make America Healthy Again agenda. (REUTERS)

Trump negotiating deal with Ozempic maker to sell weight-loss drugs for $149

3 min read . 05 Nov 2025

Pfizer avoids US tariffs with a drug price deal, angering other pharma CEOs. The deal secures lower Medicaid prices and a direct-to-consumer platform, driven by a Trump-Bourla relationship. (Bloomberg)

Inside Pfizer’s drug-pricing deal with the Trump administration

8 min read . 03 Oct 2025

It is the biggest cut to federal healthcare spending—and to Medicaid—in history. (Getty Images via AFP)

How healthcare cuts in the ‘big, beautiful bill’ will affect Americans

7 min read . 07 Jul 2025

Guests at the Make America Healthy Again ball. Photo: Liz Whyte/WSJ

MAGA returns to Washington with ‘mood-boosting’ mocktails, meme coins and paella

5 min read . 21 Jan 2025

People once dismissed for their disbelief in conventional medicine are now celebrating a new champion in Washington. (Image: Pixabay)

How Science lost America’s trust and surrendered health policy to skeptics

1 min read . 20 Nov 2024

Further down the road are lab-grown organs, such as livers or hearts.

Lab-grown blood vessels could soon become reality

5 min read . 16 Oct 2024

The Food and Drug Administration headquarters in White Oak, Md. Photo: Andrew Kelly/Reuters

FDA widens probe of Ecstasy-based drug studies

2 min read . 24 Aug 2024

When Rachel Sherman gave birth 22 weeks into her pregnancy, the hospital told her there was no way to save him. (WSJ)

Doctors can now save very premature babies. Most hospitals don’t try.

10 min read . 08 Aug 2024

Ozempic pen by Novo Nordisk. PHOTO: F. MARTIN RAMIN/THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

FTC targets ‘junk’ patent listings on Ozempic and other drugs

4 min read . 30 Apr 2024

The diabetes drug Ozempic is facing a surge in demand. PHOTO: F. MARTIN RAMIN/THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Drug shortages in U.S. reach a record high

4 min read . 13 Apr 2024

The Federal Trade Commission building in Washington.

Drug Shortages Trigger FTC Probe

2 min read . 15 Feb 2024

The Death Rate for Babies in America Rose for the First Time in 20 Years

The Death Rate for Babies in America Rose for the First Time in 20 Years

3 min read . 01 Nov 2023

The investigation signals further scrutiny of Abbott’s operation of the plant, a major source of baby formula in the U.S., and perhaps of the more than $4 billion formula industry (Photo: AP)

Abbott under federal criminal investigation over baby formula

3 min read . 22 Jan 2023

The investigation signals further scrutiny of Abbott’s operation of the plant, a major source of baby formula in the U.S

Abbott under federal criminal investigation over baby formula

3 min read . 21 Jan 2023

FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen outside of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in White Oak, Maryland, U.S., August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo (REUTERS)

FDA increasingly halting human trials as firms pursue risky, cutting-edge drugs

5 min read . 10 Jan 2023

FDA eases baby-formula import rules to boost supplies

4 min read . 17 May 2022