Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
More Trump Administration Decisions Quashed
Politico: CDC Reassigns Official Who Drew Spotlight For Pandemic Warning
CDC respiratory disease chief Nancy Messonnier has been reassigned from her position heading the agency's Covid-19 vaccine task force, according to three people familiar with the move. Messonnier is being absorbed into an incident management response team headed by CDC Director Rochelle Walensky. But the situation remains fluid as CDC restructures teams under Walensky's leadership. (Owermohle, Banco and Cancryn, 4/22)
Politico: HUD Scraps Trump Proposal On Transgender Access To Single-Sex Homeless Shelters
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is withdrawing a Trump-era proposed rule giving federally funded single-sex homeless shelters the choice to house only people whose biological sex, rather than gender identity, matches the sex of the shelter. The Trump rule, proposed last July, would have rolled back transgender protections included in HUD’s 2016 Equal Access rule, which mandated access to shelter based on a person’s self-expressed gender identity. (O'Donnell, 4/22)
KHN: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Picking Up The Pace Of Undoing Trump Policies
The Biden administration is speeding up the pace of efforts to undo Trump administration health policies. The two most recent: overturning a ban on fetal tissue research funded by the National Institutes of Health and canceling a last-minute extension of a Medicaid waiver for Texas. (4/22)
In other news about the Biden administration —
AP: Jill Biden Hears From Navajo Women On Needs, Priorities
Jill Biden spent the first day of a trip to the Navajo Nation listening to female tribal leaders whom she referred to as her “sister warriors,” on the needs and priorities of the country’s largest Native American reservation. Biden sprinkled in phrases in Navajo that point to the holistic nature of the culture that interconnects all things, living in balance, beauty and harmony. She said she was proud to address the Navajo Nation on a day that highlights the protection of Mother Earth, a reference to Biden’s climate change agenda. (Fonsec, 4/23)
